Transportation service arrangement in which freight is moved from origin (shipper) through to ultimate destination (consignee).
Place of entry of the goods. There are specific import locations on EU borders through which animals, foodstuffs and feed can be imported.
One of the two variants of the inward processing procedure under which the import duties are paid at release for free circulation and refunded when the processed products or the goods in the unaltered state are re-exported. Many free-trade agreements don't allow drawback if a preferential proof of origin is issued.
An arrangement under which traders key customs declarations direct to the Customs entry processing system CHIEF.
The Declaration Unique Consignment Reference (DUCR) and the optional Part suffix is the main reference key to any Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) declaration. It is also the primary data item for matching import consignments containing plants, flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables on the CHIEF Import declaration and any Procedure for Electronic Application for Certificates (PEACH) Advance Notification.
The standard format of a DUCR to be used in the National Export System is up to 35 characters, in 4 parts as follows: -
- 1st part - year in which the DUCR was allocated i.e., ‘2’ for 2022
- 2nd part – the country where the DUCR was allocated, typically GB for UK exports
- 3rd part – EORI number of the trader (12 characters), followed by a hyphen (-)
- 4th part - Unique series of characters, devised by the trader to enable an audit trail within their commercial records. This part is restricted to numbers, upper-case letters and certain special characters, namely 0 to 9, A to Z or a hyphen (-)
Example based on the above: 9GB123456789012-ABC1234
