FIATA has announced the release of its highly anticipated ‘Introduction to the regulations for the safe handling and transport of dangerous goods (3rd Edition)’, designed to equip freight forwarders with essential knowledge and guidelines for the safe transportation of dangerous goods.
HMRC Single Trade Window (STW) team is seeking volunteers to participate in user research related to the development and design of the SPS processes of the STW, in relation to a new range of commodities.
The below survey aims to assess the readiness of the air cargo industry for the implementation of the ICS2 Release 2. FIATA would like to gain an overview of how prepared freight forwarders are for these changes, and how they will comply with the new regulation.
The Border Profiling Unit (BPU) of the Office of Product Safety and Standards has distributed the latest (& still valid) CHIEF version (7.0) of the NCH (National Clearance Hub) / Trading Standards Process Document for managing split Trading Standards consignments.
Legislation is set to be laid before Parliament on May 23rd 2023 which will bring into force the first stage of declarations for the continental shelf industry including the declaration by conduct process previously discussed with industry.
BIFA has been advised that a review of the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain and traffic commissioners, is being undertaken. Please see below for more information.
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Please see below a message issued by HMRC addressed to exporters holding a Customs Supervised Exports (CSE) approval.
All export declarations are due to move from CHIEF to CDS by November 30th 2023. If you only use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) through a non-inventory linked location, please see below for further information on the next steps you should take for moving your export declarations to CDS.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2023 global air cargo markets showing a continued decline against the previous year’s demand performance. This trend began in March 2022.
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