The Treasury is consulting on potential changes to the UK customs regime which the Treasury says will position it as being ‘at the cutting edge globally in terms of its openness, dynamism and capacity to advance the UK’s status as a leading hub for international trade in goods’.
The consultation invites ‘views and expertise from businesses on the future of the UK’s customs system’ and specifically asks industry to submit evidence on how the following three key elements of the UK’s customs regime currently work for them:
1. The intermediary sector: whether there is sufficient capacity in the customs intermediary sector (for example, customs agents and freight forwarders), whether costs are proportionate to the services offered, whether the services provided have been of high quality or whether businesses have encountered problems.
2. The simplified customs declarations process (SCDP): whether there is a high level of awareness of SCDP, the value the process brings for businesses, why some businesses have not used SCDP, and what changes would improve the existing process.
3. Transit facilitation: the benefits to business of transit, details of any associated costs including where a business uses a third party to move goods, and suggestions for improvements.
The Treasury is consulting on potential changes to the UK customs regime which the Treasury says will position it as being ‘at the cutting edge globally in terms of its openness, dynamism and capacity to advance the UK’s status as a leading hub for international trade in goods’.
The consultation invites ‘views and expertise from businesses on the future of the UK’s customs system’ and specifically asks industry to submit evidence on how the following three key elements of the UK’s customs regime currently work for them:
1. The intermediary sector: whether there is sufficient capacity in the customs intermediary sector (for example, customs agents and freight forwarders), whether costs are proportionate to the services offered, whether the services provided have been of high quality or whether businesses have encountered problems.
2. The simplified customs declarations process (SCDP): whether there is a high level of awareness of SCDP, the value the process brings for businesses, why some businesses have not used SCDP, and what changes would improve the existing process.
3. Transit facilitation: the benefits to business of transit, details of any associated costs including where a business uses a third party to move goods, and suggestions for improvements.
