Check the CHED reference in customs declarations
Please ask your customs agent to carefully check the CHED import notification reference that they are adding into a customs declaration for your consignments.
CHEDs submitted on IPAFFS from 1 January 2025 will have a ‘2025’ prefix. Customs declaration with incorrect ‘2024’ CHED references may cause delays in processing or incorrect holds to appear on the Customs Declaration Service, causing consignments to be held at the point of entry until the hold is cleared.
Example of a reference for a CHED submitted after 1 January:
CHEDP.GB.2025.1234567
Example of how this reference should be entered into a customs declaration:
Correct: GBCHD2025.1234567
Incorrect: GBCHD2024.1234567
