Live issues
Known errors in the HMRC Trade Tariff. Each record names the measure at fault and the commodity chapters affected, so you can check whether your declarations were exposed while it was open.
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DCTS Deleted Measure
The DCTS measure on two commodity codes was mistakenly deleted on 2 Dec. As these measures contain seasonal duty rates and were due to be removed on 31 Dec, they will not be put back in place. 0806101005 is missing the…
Potentially Incorrectly Set Restriction on entry into free circulation Measure
As a result of recent commodity code changes received from the EU, we are investigating a potential issue regarding the setup of the Restriction on entry into free circulation measure on commodity code 3924100090. We…
Incorrectly Set Suspension
The suspension on Commodity Code 8407343000 was originally set with an incorrect start date of 01/04/2025 rather than 01/04/2026. Please note, as no Legal Suspension was in force between 01/04/2025 and 31/03/2026 the…
Missing Suspension Measures
Autonomous Suspensions are currently missing from the UK Tariff Dataset on Commodities 2903998083; 2907290033; 2909309055; 2914500048; 2923900033 & 2932209038 We have asked the Department for Business and Trade to…
Missing Australian Preferences
Australia Preference has been missing from commodity codes 0803901100 and 0803901900 in the Tariff and CDS, since 1/1/2026. The Department for Business and Trade is working to fix this data.
Missing Israel Quotas
Israel Quotas 051331 & 051333 have been missing from the Tariff and CDS since 1/2/26. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) are working to fix this data.
Title Missing Australian Preferences
Australia Preference has been missing from commodity codes 0803901100 and 0803901900 in the Tariff and CDS, since 1/1/2026. The Department for Business and Trade is working to fix this data.
Erroneous IUU Import Controls on Scallops
Currently UK Tariff is missing an exemption footnote on Scallops to exempt them from IUU Import Controls under regulation 1005/2008 (council reg EC) We are working with the Department for Business and Trade to correct…
Missing MFN
We have identified that three Commodity codes are still missing the MFN (or Third Country) duty rates. These commodity codes may not be accepted in CDS without this MFN rate being present. HMRC are working with the…
Recent changes to the DCTS Standard Preference
There have been some recent changes to DCTS standard preferences for India and Indonesia. Please see the following guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trading-with-developing-nations…
Suspension Deletion
12 Suspensions were mistakenly deleted on 31 Dec 2025 so were not available to claim on declarations between 1 and 7 Jan 2026. These suspensions have been put back in the data.
CHED D Requirements
CDS and the Tariff have two CHED D measures in place which are no longer required. 0904 22 00 11 for goods from China 0810 90 20 10 for goods from Paraguay We will monitor and update this log if any further commodity…
DCTS Deleted Measure
The DCTS measures on one commodity code was mistakenly deleted on 2 December. 0808309000 is missing the enhanced and standard DCTS preference as of 1 January 2026. We are monitoring to check the correct preference…
Missing Suspension Measures
When commodity code 8537109150 was absorbed into 8537109199, it appears that the suspension measure which existed on 8537109150 was not moved onto the new commodity code. Between 1 Jan 2026 and 7 Jan 2026, 2903710000…
Recent changes to the DCTS Standard Preference
There have been some recent changes to DCTS standard preferences for India and Indonesia. Please see the following guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trading-with-developing-nations…
Commodity Codes Missing MFN rates
We have identified that some Commodity codes are missing the MFN (or Third Country) duty rates. These commodity codes may not be accepted in CDS without this MFN rate being present. HMRC are working with the Department…
DCTS Deleted Measure
The DCTS measure on two commodity codes was mistakenly deleted on 2 Dec. As these measures contain seasonal duty rates and were due to be removed on 31 Dec, they will not be put back in place. 0806101005 is missing the…
Missing Japan Preference
Commodity codes under the sub-heading 2106 9098 are currently missing the Japan Tariff Preference. DBT will provide an update to supply this information
Steel Safeguard Online Trade Tariff Balance display
The opening balance for the capped individual country quota accounts (steel categories 4, 7 and 13) is incorrectly showing the opening balance for the associated residual quota account. We are working with DBT to fix…
Steel Safeguard Suspended Quotas 058410 and 058411
A calculation issue has been identified within our quota system that affects all capped individual country quota accounts with an associated residual account. The issue occurs when the individual country account is near…
Restriction on Export Measure Document Codes
As notified in the May CDS release notes, the Restriction on Export Measure (467) should have document code 9022 available to declare goods as not subject to sanctions or exempt. However, this has not yet been updated…
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