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Timeline for CDS implementation
1 January 2021
CDS deployed in Northern Ireland
Submissions through CDS platform for imports & exports
30 September 2022
1 October 2022
30 November 2023
31 March 2024
1 April 2024
Import declarations
Targeted 'high-volume'
All export declarations
now required to be processed through CDS
End of using CHIEF for imports
declarants to be migrated to CDS Exports
now required to be processed through CDS
End of using CHIEF for exports
National Export System (NES) no longer available
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