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UK ports face a “shit show” from 1 October, if even a fraction of the traders not yet using the country’s new customs declaration system fail to migrate before the September deadline.

And European shippers say it could be yet another hurdle for exporters.

From October, UK imports will run through updated online system the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), as HMRC terminates support for the Customs Handling Imports and Exports Freight Platform (CHIEF) – but, with 14 weeks to go, many users ...

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