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ACTS eyes expansion to benefit from regional trade flows 12:05 | 16/04/2021
The new online customs transit management system â the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) â will benefit ASEAN cross-border traders, with further expansion to more ASEAN member states and EU-ASEAN economic initiatives to intensify in the future. Igor Driesmans, EU Ambassador to ASEAN, and Paul Mandl, team leader of the ARISE Plus Programme, discussed with VIRâs Bich Thuy the system s benefits and future prospects.
Paul Mandl, team leader of the ARISE Plus Programme (left) and Igor Driesmans, EU Ambassador to ASEAN
It has been only a few months since the launch of the ACTS. How important is the ACTS in terms of regional trade flows and socio-cultural cooperation, and what other benefits will it provide?
Using CHIEF for declaring goods into or out of Northern Ireland
Find out when you will still be able to use CHIEF for declaring goods into or out of Northern Ireland.
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In due course, all declarations into and out of Northern Ireland will need to be made using the Customs Declaration Service. Using the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (
CHIEF) system for Northern Ireland declarations will be reviewed by HMRC and you will be told when to stop using it.
CHIEF can still be used for declaring goods entering Northern Ireland from outside the UK and EU.
How UPS is tackling post-Brexit teething problems 16 February 2021: UPS’s Walter Van Der Meiren, who spoke at an ICAEW webinar last week, explains the main issues post-Brexit and how the EU and UK governments could ease them.
UPS started preparing for Brexit as soon as the referendum result was announced back in 2016. From a customs perspective, this meant redesigning a lot of its procedures to align better with the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), and that it was prepared for the increased documentation that would be necessary once previous trading terms came to an end.
“Given the high number of shipments we are carrying on ground, we cannot go to a customs office,” says Walter Van Der Meiren, brokerage division manager for UPS. “We have our own warehouses.”
Majority of suppliers won’t have software ready for CDS until March
Brexit IT systems are all up and running, but little traffic through the borders means they haven’t yet been put to the test, and in Northern Ireland, suppliers don’t yet have software ready to use the Customs Declaration Service
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HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) border IT systems have all gone live on time for the end of the Brexit transition period. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, border traffic has been quiet, and despite the IT systems being ready, businesses are not necessarily ready to use them.