1. Customs Declaration Service (CDS) Automated Customs & International Trade Association
21 March 2018
Stella Jarvis
Customs Transformation

2. 1. Trade Documentation List
Key documents have been shared with software developers.
Further business and validation rules will be shared in the completed Import Tariff – out this week for QR until 13 April. Contains all CPC codes except those for inventory linking.
Schemas for import and export inventory linking have been shared with CSPs.
Document set has been validated with external developers, we continue to use their feedback to improve documentation. SA

3. 2. Customer Migration
From August 2018, there will be a gradual and controlled migration of traders from CHIEF to CDS, aligned to phased availability of CDS functionality. Supplementary declarations will be the focus from August It is planned that full CDS functionality will be delivered into live by Jan 2019.
HMRC will support the migration of a population of software developers, FPOs, CSPs and some specific high volume declarants. Guidance on CDS will also be provided via communications channels to all existing CHIEF users.
Commercial software / service providers will manage the roll-out of CDS compliant software and the migration of their own customer base, in alignment with HMRC’s overall migration strategy and schedule.

4. 3. Delivery Timeline
Since December 2017, stakeholders have been testing their software using business scenarios against phased trade test drops.
The programme will deliver functionality into production with dual running of CHIEF and CDS in iterative cycles. Functionality will still continue to be dropped into Trade Test to support a phased roll out.
As the releases of functionality are ready we will carry out a number of rehearsals on the cutover and migration activities.
Once dual running is operational we will begin to migrate customers.
There will be a gradual and managed ramp-up of volume on CDS to allow us to safely migrate to the new live service. SA

5. 4. Trade Test Milestones
This table shows the difference between the internal and external dates for each trade test.
The internal date reflects the date that the go / no go decision must be made, while the external date reflects when external developers and CSPs will be able to begin testing against the new functionality in trade test.
This allows time for each trade test to be deployed.
Trade Test Milestone
Internal Go / No Go Date
External Live Date
TT Milestone 1
19 December 2017 (Tuesday)
21 December 2017 (Thursday)
TT Milestone 2
29 January 2018 (Monday)
31 January 2018 (Wednesday)
TT Milestone 3
8 March 2018 (Thursday)
12 March 2018 (Monday)
TT Milestone 4
17 May 2018 (Thursday)
21 May 2018 (Monday)
TT Milestone 5
21 June (TBC) 2018 (Thursday)
TBC
TT Milestone 6
26 July 2018 (Thursday)
30 July 2018 (Monday)

6. 5. High Level Trade Test Plan
2017
2018
w/c
20 Nov
4 Dec
18 Dec
1 Jan
15 Jan
29 Jan
12 Feb
26 Feb
12 Mar
26 Mar
09 Apr
23 Apr
07 May
21 May
4 June
18 Jun
02 Jul
16 Jul
30 Jul
Scenarios & Completion Rules
Sup Decs via EIDR; FEC; Quota
Mid Feb
Totality
End March
Technical Specs to Trade
Technical Specs to Trade
Technical Specs to Trade
Trade Readiness Dependencies
Trade Test Pack
Trade Test Pack
Trade Test Pack
Deliver Functionality & Rules Configuration
E-2-E Testing
Business Rules Delivery
Features &
Deliver Functionality & Rules Configuration: Sup Declarations via EIDR; FEC; Quota
E-2-E Testing
Rules Configuration: Complete Supplementary Declarations
Deliver Functionality & Rules Configuration: Frontier Declarations
E-2-E Testing
TT M4.1
TT M4.2
Go Live
Testing & Go Live
Testing & Go Live
Testing & Go Live
Testing & Go Live
TT M1
21 Dec
TT M2
31 Jan
TT M3
12 March
TT M4
21 May
TTM 5: Sup Decs Concluded
End June (TBC)
TT M6
30 July

7. 6. Dual Running Principles
A Customs Declaration will exist in either CHIEF or CDS, not both.
Declarations that start in CHIEF will finish in CHIEF; those that start in CDS will finish in CDS.
No migration of inflight declarations.
Limit dependency on IT solutions (Trade or HMRC) to support dual running.
Consider and implement change of business process vs change to IT systems.
Maintain trade migration flexibility.

8. 7a. Declarations
CFSP – an IT solution will enable a Simplified Frontier Declaration to be submitted to CHIEF and the subsequent SDIs submitted to CDS - or vice versa.
UCC will simplify the border release and Entry in Declarants Records (EIDR) processes, enabling most CFSP traders to avoid the need to make frontier declarations at all.      
Likewise, a warehouse removal can be declared to CDS, independent of which system was used for the entry to warehouse.
Continued…….

9. 7b. Declarations
UCC may require additional data to be provided on removal, that was not part of the original declaration on entry to warehouse. However the trader should have this information as a condition of their warehouse approval, even if it is held in a different place or format.
The timing and phasing of CDS rollout will be subject to agreement between the trader and their software supplier.
That means CDS migration could be in stages, especially where a company uses different software products for different declaration types.

10. 8. MSS and Inventory Linking
MSS reports will contain both CHIEF and CDS data in order to ensure that all import and export entries can be seen in one place. 
MSS reports will be available via the Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) through the CDS dashboard.
CSPs will provide an automated solution for Imports Inventory clearance across both systems.
Similarly, HMRC aim to provide export inventory clearance of declarations and consolidations across both systems, to enable flexible migration of export declarants. This is likely to involve a combination of IT and business process change.

11. 9. Finance and Deferment
Same Deferment Account and guarantee will be valid on both CHIEF and CDS.
IT solution will synchronise account limit and balances between CHIEF and CDS in real time.
Traders will be able to use CHIEF or CDS to see a real time balance.

12. 10. Registration and Authorisation
Registration and Authorisation data will be migrated to CDS – no need to re-apply.
Change to the Registration channel (Telephony and Postal to Online) through which new registrations and updates to existing personal information are provided.
IT solution passes UK Trader Registration information to CHIEF, CDS and the EU.
There is no change to applying for and making updates to authorisations – existing process remains the same.  Manual synchronisation of updates between legacy and CDS.

13. 11. Engagement Ongoing engagement with key groups, including:
Monthly technical workshops and 1-2-1s with CSPs, software developers and key FPOs.
Engaging with trade associations and groups including ACITA, BIFA, AICES, AFSS to provide regular progress updates.
Updates to the Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC).
Linking into other Government engagements to join up where possible.

14. 12. Communications
Started a communications campaign in January to raise awareness about CDS.
Initial communications included:
new content on GOV.UK about CDS
a factsheet issued through software developers and trade associations
an and letter to CHIEF users
and
a monthly newsletter to software developers.

15. 13. Border Systems Programme
9 projects based on the scenario set out in the October 2017 White Paper on the Customs Bill, that on Day 1 the UK may have to implement a standalone customs service;
Ro-Ro & Other Modes of Transport
Northern Ireland
Transit
Excise
Parcels
Safety & Security
Passengers
Tariff & Quota
Trade In Goods Statistics

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