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UK's HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed to replace the current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) with the Customs Declarations Service (CDS) in March 2023.
''We have been clear that the Customs Declarations Service (CDS) will replace CHIEF by March 2023 and that all users will need to be ready to submit customs declarations on CDS by this point. Additionally, our plans to close CHIEF for import declarations on 30 September 2022have not changed.
''The five-year contract that HMRC has with Fujitsu relates to a range of IT services not just CHIEF. It also takes into account the decommissioning of CHIEF, which as a substantial IT system can take at least 18 months once all users have migrated and CHIEF has closed. As of this month, we will be significantly increasing our communications to remind traders of the above deadlines as well as the steps they will need to take to make their customs declarations on CDS,'' HMRC said.
