Intrastat declaration requirements for 2021

Intrastat declarations

On 14 October, the Government published the requirements for submitting Intrastat declarations after 1 January 2021.

The Government have stated:

From 1 January 2021, HMRC expected that information sourced direct from customs declarations would be used to compile trade statistics for international trade in goods between GB and the EU.

However, to give businesses more time to fully prepare for the new border controls for EU goods, customs import controls will be introduced in stages from 1 January 2021. As part of these staged controls, businesses importing non-controlled goods from the EU to GB can delay the submission of the customs declaration for up to 6 months.

For statistical purposes this means the data from customs declarations will be unavailable or significantly delayed and would leave the UK with significant gaps in the data available to compile accurate and timely trade in goods statistics for imports. To avoid this, monthly Intrastat arrivals declarations will continue to be required during 2021.

There will be no Intrastat requirement for the movement of goods exported from GB to the EU or goods imported from EU to GB, from 1 January 2022.

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