ASM welcomes delay of new customs declaration service in UK
Agency Sector Management (ASM) has welcomed HM revenue and customs (HMRC)’s decision to extend the cut-off date for its online customs handling of import and export freight (Chief) system beyond September 2020, a deadline dubbed unrealistic by the UK’s freight forwarding community. Transition to the new customs declaration service (CDS), originally scheduled for the start of 2021, will now be delayed.
Peter MacSwiney, ASM chairman, said: "During this extended transition, both Chief and CDS will accept declarations, and traders will continue to migrate to the new service, as and when systems and operations allow. ASM continues to engage with HMRC at all levels, as well as with other stakeholders, to ensure a successful transition.”
ASM and most other customs software providers have a dependency on community system providers to provide inventory management and they also indicated that they would not be able to meet the deadline. (mw)