Guidance
Excluded procedure codes when using simplified declarations for import in Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF)
Find out which customs procedure codes are limited for use or excluded from use when using simplified declarations for import using CHIEF.
Find more information about which codes and procedures to use when you’re importing or exporting goods using the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
| Customs procedure codes – description | Status |
|---|---|
| 00 00 010 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 011 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 020 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 040 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 041 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 042 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 00 043 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 02 090 – C21 | Excluded |
| 06 42 710 – OSR removals from customs warehouse (UCC precludes use of EIDR) | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 00 08 020 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 09 034 – MoU operators only – temporary storage or low value | Excluded |
| 00 09 040 – C21 | Excluded |
| 00 09 090 – C21 | Excluded |
| 07 00 000 – Excise into warehouse | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 07 00 001 – Registered tobacco premises | Excluded |
| 07 40 000 – End-use goods entering excise warehouse | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 40 00 003 – BIRDS goods <£135 no import VAT or Customs Duty payable | Excluded |
| 40 00 009 – Diplomatic privileges – personal | Excluded |
| 40 00 010 – Visiting forces – personal | Excluded |
| 40 00 018 – Hydrocarbon oil | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. You must be specifically authorised by the supervising office (or officer) to use this customs procedure code for controlled goods when making simplified declaration procedure declarations. |
| 40 00 019 – Official non-NATO use | Excluded |
| 40 00 028 – Goods imported to simplified end-use | Excluded |
| 40 00 029 – Goods imported to simplified end-use | Excluded |
| 40 00 034 – Visiting forces – personal | Excluded |
| 40 00 051 – Specific details notified to importers concerned | Excluded |
| 40 00 057 – Personal bulked – aggregate value under £630 | Excluded |
| 40 00 064 – Climate Change Levy | Excluded |
| 40 00 074 – Personal import – transport | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 602 – OGD goods films and tapes – partial or full SAD | Excluded |
| 40 00 C04 – Legacies – personal import | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C08 – Personal | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C15 – Lab animals | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 40 00 C19 – Personal pharmaceuticals | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C27 – Personal import decorations/awards | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C28 – Personal import of presented goods by EU residents returning from representative visit | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C29 – Personal gifts | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 00 C33 – Goods for examination | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 40 00 C40 – OGD goods used to maintain renovate war cemeteries | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 51 005 – IPR suspension to end-use | Excluded |
| 40 51 006 – IPR suspension to end-use | Excluded |
| 40 51 007 – IPR suspension to end-use | Excluded |
| 40 53 000 – TA relief, goods being declared to free circulation and home use. | Excluded if TA was authorisation by declaration |
| 40 53 F41 – Goods entered under TA reliefs, sold and being released to free circulation and home use | Excluded if TA was authorisation by declaration |
| 40 71 000 – Manual declaration | Excluded |
| 40 71 002 – Warehouse removal using EIDR | Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 71 004 – Other end-use removal from warehouse | Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 71 005 – Military goods end-use removal from warehouse | Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure. |
| 40 71 009 – Warehouse removal diplomatic privilege – personal | Excluded |
| 40 71 010 – Visiting forces – personal | Excluded |
| 42 00 000 – Free circulation without payment for VAT for zero-rated onward supply | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 4271000 – Removals from customs warehouse onward supply | Excluded |
| Any CPCs starting ‘43’ | Excluded |
| 49 00 003 – BIRDS goods <£135 no import VAT or Customs Duty payable | Excluded |
| 49 00 009 – Diplomatic privilege – personal | Excluded |
| 49 00 010 – Visiting forces – personal | Excluded |
| 49 00 034 – Visiting forces mail | Excluded |
| 49 00 052 – OGD special entry procedure | Excluded |
| 49 71 004 – Warehouse removal to returned goods relief or CSDR | Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C04 – Legacies from special territories – personal | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C08 – Personal imports non-commercial low value | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C15 – Imports from special territories of lab animals | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 49 00 C19 – Personal pharmaceuticals | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C27 – Personal | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C28 – Personal | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C29 – Personal gifts | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 49 00 C40 – Goods for OGDs | Excluded |
| 51 00 001 – Inward processing suspension using a authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 51 00 003 – Inward processing suspension VAT only using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 51 53 000 – Ex TA diversion | Excluded |
| 51 54 000 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state | Excluded |
| 51 54 001 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state now being entered to inward processing suspension using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 51 54 A04 – Entered to inward processing suspension in another member state | Excluded |
| 51 71 001 – Customs warehousing to inward processing suspension authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 51 71 004 – Custom warehousing to inward processing suspension VAT only using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 00 D01 – TA using authorisation by declaration – pallets | Excluded |
| 53 00 D02 – TA using authorisation by declaration – containers | Excluded |
| 53 00 D03 – TA using authorisation by declaration – means of transport | Excluded |
| 53 00 D04 – TA using authorisation by declaration – personal effects | Excluded |
| 53 00 D05 – TA using authorisation by declaration – welfare materials | Excluded |
| 53 00 D06 – TA using authorisation by declaration – disaster relief materials | Excluded |
| 53 00 D07 – TA using authorisation by declaration – medical, surgical equipment | Excluded |
| 53 00 D08 – TA using authorisation by declaration – animals | Excluded |
| 53 00 D09 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for frontier zones | Excluded |
| 53 00 D10 – TA using authorisation by declaration – sound image or data carrying media | Excluded |
| 53 00 D11 – TA using authorisation by declaration – publicity material | Excluded |
| 53 00 D12 – TA using authorisation by declaration – professional equipment | Excluded |
| 53 00 D13 – TA pedagogic material | Excluded |
| 53 00 D15 – TA using authorisation by declaration – empty packing | Excluded |
| 53 00 D16 – TA using authorisation by declaration – moulds, and so on | Excluded |
| 53 00 D17 – TA using authorisation by declaration – special tools and instruments | Excluded |
| 53 00 D18 – TA using authorisation by declaration goods for test or used for tests, and so on | Excluded |
| 53 00 D19 – TA using authorisation by declaration goods subject to acceptance tests | Excluded |
| 53 00 D20 – TA using authorisation by declaration – used to carry out tests, experiments or demonstrations | Excluded |
| 53 00 D21 – TA using authorisation by declaration – samples | Excluded |
| 53 00 D22 – TA using authorisation by declaration – replacement means of production | Excluded |
| 53 00 D23 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for exhibition | Excluded |
| 53 00 D24 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for approval | Excluded |
| 53 00 D25 – TA using authorisation by declaration – works of art, and so on | Excluded |
| 53 00 D26 – TA using authorisation by declaration – goods for sale by auction | Excluded |
| 53 00 D27 – TA using authorisation by declaration – spare parts, accessories | Excluded |
| 53 00 D28 – TA using authorisation by declaration – value of goods less than €4,000 | Excluded |
| 53 00 D29 – TA using authorisation by declaration – value of goods less than €4,000 | Excluded |
| 53 00 003 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only | Excluded |
| 53 00 004 – TA import VAT only – private or commercial transport | Excluded |
| 53 00 005 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – dyes, blocks, and so on | Excluded |
| 53 00 006 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – special tools, and so on | Excluded |
| 53 00 007 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – subject to satisfactory acceptance tests | Excluded |
| 53 00 008 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – replacement means of production | Excluded |
| 53 00 009 – TA using authorisation by declaration import VAT only – goods for approval | Excluded |
| 53 00 010 – TA simplified authorisation – relief from import VAT | Excluded |
| 53 51 000 – Inward processing suspension to TA | Excluded |
| 53 71 002 – Customs warehousing to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 71 003 – Customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 71 004 – Works of art from customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 71 005 – Goods (other than newly manufactured) from customs warehousing import VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction | Excluded |
| 53 71 D25 – Works of art from customs warehousing (Customs Duty and import VAT) to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 71 D26 – Goods, other than newly manufactured goods, from customs warehousing to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction | Excluded |
| 53 78 002 – Free zone goods to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 78 003 – Free zone goods VAT declared to TA using authorisation by declaration | Excluded |
| 53 78 004 – Free zone VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration works of art | Excluded |
| 53 78 005 – Free zone goods VAT only to TA using authorisation by declaration other than newly manufactured | Excluded |
| 53 78 D25 – Free zone to TA using authorisation by declaration – works of art | Excluded |
| 53 78 D26 – Goods, other than newly manufactured goods, from free zone to TA using authorisation by declaration with view to sale at auction | Excluded |
| 61 00 000 – Personal | Customs procedure code can only be used when the person submitting the declaration is acting indirectly and is authorised for either entry in declarant’s records or simplified declaration procedure. |
| 61 21 001 – OPR goods using the simplified repair system | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 61 21 007 – OPR goods from customs warehousing to free circulation | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 61 23 F01 – Re-imported goods where returned goods relief is being claimed | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records for excise goods. |
| 68 00 F01 – Re-imported excise goods to warehousing where returned goods relief is being claimed | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 68 23 F01 – Excise goods where returned goods relief is being claimed | Customs procedure code cannot be used with entry in declarant’s records. |
| 71 51 000/A04 – Inward processing suspension to customs warehousing | Excluded if Inward processing is authorisation by declaration |
| 71 53 000 – Ex TA to warehouse | Excluded |
| 71 54 000 – Entered to Inward processing in another member state | Excluded |
| 71 71 000 – Customs warehousing to another customs warehouse authorisation holder | Customs procedure code cannot be used with the simplified declaration procedure. |
Updates to this page
Published 23 June 2017
Last updated 16 April 2021 + show all updates
Last updated 16 April 2021 + show all updates
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Page updated with the latest Customs Freight Simplified Procedures excluded Customs Procedure Codes.
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Customs Freight personal bulked - aggregate value updated.
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Page updated with the latest Customs Freight Simplified Procedures excluded Customs Procedure Codes
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