NCTS5 - What is Going to Change from 21st January 2025? Updates and Useful Information

The New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) is a Europe wide online system for submitting transit declarations and notifications to HMRC. If you’re a UK trader, you must use NCTS if you want to move goods under the Common Transit Convention. The Common Transit procedure can be used for movements between the UK, the EU and other common transit countries.

The system is now in its 5th iteration and the Transitional State to Final State in Northern Ireland and GB will take place on 21st January 2025. There will be a downtime period for:

XI service 22.00 on 20/1/25 to 00.15 on 21/1/25 (GMT)

GB service 23.00 on 20/1/25 to 00.15 on 21/1/25 (GMT)

HMRC are trying to compile a directory that traders can use to see how each CTC country will accept/manage the electronic MRN or whether they still expect a paper TAD. However, they are still awaiting information from a number of CTC countries. HMRC have not received the MRN details from France, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. The MRN directory currently has MRN details from Austria Ireland Slovak Republic Ukraine Croatia Latvia Slovenia Cyprus Malta Spain Estonia Norway Switzerland Georgia Poland Turkey Germany Serbia and the UK

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