Poland Post has advised that they are currently experiencing a significant increase in the volume of items received into their network due to the aid assistance they are providing to Ukraine. Poland Post is continuing to process and deliver all mail items as quickly as possible.
Australia Post has reported disruptions to mail delivery and collection services due to extreme weather conditions and flooding across New South Wales. Postcodes affected are: 2747, 2748, 2749, 2750, 2752, 2753, 2754, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2759, 2765 and 2775.
Dear Customer,
This communication is relevant to all our customs clearance customers and is being sent as a result of a recent Government announcement.
Changes to Safety and Security Declarations Announced
The Government has announced a raft of customs easements to support industry and improve flow at UK borders. Traders, haliers and carriers are set to benefit from four Safety and Security (S&S) facilitations, which will come into force from 1st July 2022 for the EU and the rest of the world.
The facilitations are as follows:
Removing the need for S&S declarations (also known as Exit Summary or EXS declarations) will reduce the burden on hauliers and carriers, and allow empty containers, pallets and vehicles to move more quickly and efficiently.
Also from the 1st July 2022, carriers can complete inputs into the GVMS without entering any S&S declaration reference numbers. Including the S&S declaration reference number has previously been encouraged, and this remains an option, however, users can now complete the form without it if they choose to.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact our Client Services team at ukpclientservices@ukpworldwide.com.
Source: Changes to Safety and Security declarations announced – BIFA
Macao Post wishes to advise that Macao has been assessed as being at extremely high risk of a community outbreak of covid and therefore to help prevent the spread Macao Special Administrative Region has declared immediate prevention as of 19th June. Deliveries of all mail items has been suspended until further notice.
Bulgarian Post wishes to inform that all IT issues have now been resolved and normal services resumed.
Our eCommerce shipping service remains as flexible as it’s always been, offering you a suite of services to suit you and your customers. View our full advert in Modern Retail’s Guide to Fulfilment: https://issuu.com/modernretailuk/docs/modern_retail_guide_to_fulfilment_june_2022/15
Our business is revolved around the constant movement of goods for our customers (traders). Whether it’s importing or exporting, post-Brexit we started facing challenges! 2021 was a detrimental time for our business and we had to work fast to find a suitable solution to keep our customer’s goods moving.
After searching for potential partners, we came across UKP Worldwide (UKPW) by referral. We were impressed by the knowledge and experience shared by Lee and Guy in an initial meeting and decided to make a partnership. UKPW weren’t phased by the scalability of customers we needed to have onboard and quickly proceeded to start the onboarding process.
Both technical teams met and hatched an integration plan to ensure a smooth changeover between suppliers causing little disruption to the supply chain. Now over 12-months later, we have 25+ traders onboarded and this number continues to grow.
Working with UKPW and using their low-value declaration solution has enabled us to drive our eCommerce business scaling both the solution to our customers but also our business. The next 12 months continue to see us strengthen our partnership as our UK colleagues continue to work closely with UKPW and our expansion plans, as well as UKPW providing services directly to our customers with final mile shipping solutions for the US and UK.
Peter
Peter Egger, Head of Sales, MS Direct
PostNord Denmark has confirmed that the suspension has been lifted and normal operations have resumed.
Dear Customer,
This communication is relevant to all our customs clearance customers and is being sent as a result of a recent HMRC announcement.
Are your import declarations marked as ‘arrived’?
HMRC Custom Intermediaries have reported an increase in the number of ‘unarrived’ import declarations when goods are moved from the EU into the UK.
We are asking all of our customers to check that your import declarations are marked as ‘arrived’ and if they are not, you will need to take action and manually arrive your import declarations in CHIEF and CDS.
The published guidance tells you what actions you should take when goods have arrived in the UK, but the declaration status on CHIEF and CDS indicates that the declaration has not been ‘arrived’.
The process will be required in circumstances where there is HMRC system downtime, or where declarations have not been auto ‘arrived’ by GVMS due to other disruptions in the process.
It may also be required if part of the GVMS process has not been completed correctly. Hauliers must include the reference for all relevant declarations within the Goods Movement Reference (GMR) as any missing declarations cannot be auto ‘arrived’ by GVMS. It is also essential that carriers validate and include every GMR in the embarkation notification sent to HMRC. If goods have arrived in the UK with an ‘unarrived’ declaration and there is no planned or unplanned downtime indicated by HMRC, you should check that these steps have been completed correctly to identify the root cause of the issue, as well as manually arriving the declaration to rectify the situation.
You can access the guidance on how to manually ‘arrive’ declarations on GOV.UK.
Customs declarations must be ‘arrived’ once the goods have arrived in the UK so that HMRC is aware that goods are in the country. This allows businesses to pay the tariffs or taxes where due and to ensure their goods are legally released from customs control so that they can be sold or used. If it is not possible for declarations to be ‘arrived’ automatically by CHIEF or CDS via GVMS, then the person who submitted the import declaration will need to ‘arrive’ the declaration manually. The manual retrospective activity applies to EU goods arriving at UK locations using GVMS.
Customs are aware that this process can sometimes cause frustration, and they will continue to work with customers to reduce the number of instances where this course of action is required.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact our Client Services team at ukpclientservices@ukpworldwide.com.
South Africa Post Office has confirmed that due to the relocation of the Johannesburg office of exchange services will be disrupted between 30th May and 10th June 2022.