Customs Declaration Service (HMRC) - Do I need to do it myself?

[Essex_Moulder]

Hi,

We're a small plastic injection moulding company based in Essex and most of our customers are in the UK, but we do have one company we produce parts for which is based in Germany.

All the products we supply to the Germany company are produced and sold Ex-Works and I when I ship completed orders to them I use their own TNT Shipping account to arrange collection of the goods. The TNT online booking system allows me to create commercial invoices with each shipment.

Do I need to use the new HMRC Customs Declaration Service myself or does the fact that I'm attaching a commercial invoice with the shipment mean that TNT are acting as a intermediary and will make the declaration for me?

thanks.

 

[Mike Foulds]

Hi there. In your situation, the courier company would arrange any export and import clearances. Therefore CDS would be handled by them. You should see no difference to what you are currently doing, however, the courier company may need some additional information.