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    BIFA welcomes new approach to new customs system roll out

    2020-02-14T13:01:01Z

    The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed a review of the timetable for implementation of the UK's new customs declarations processing system.BIFA said that UK Customs (HMRC) will now implement a dual-running of both the new (CDS) and existing (CHIEF) systems until confident that the new system is fully ...

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    DHL Global Forwarding re-validated as C-TPAT approved

    2020-01-10T09:31:57Z

    DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) has been re-validated in the US government’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programme.The re-validation was issued following a security audit by the C-TPAT Supply Chain Security Specialists of DGF's facilities in the Americas region.Each visit included an examination of DGF’s supply chain security and a review ...

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    UK forwarders critical of new Customs declaration system

    2019-09-09T15:32:23Z

    UK freight forwarder group BIFA has "numerous concerns" over the progress of a new system that will replace the existing Customs declaration process.BIFA director general Robert Keen said it is concerned that progress on the development of the new system has been inconsistent, with periods of activity and progress, and ...