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Change description : 2025-02-28 00:15:00: Data Set tables have been standardised. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Appendix 21: Import Declaration Category Data Sets

Find out about the the specific data elements needed for each declaration category when making an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.

Update history

2026-08-10 14:32
To incorporate declaration simplifications, changes have been made to the H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, I1 C&F, and I1 B&E Data Sets.

2025-06-14 00:15
Data Sets H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 and I1 B&E have been updated with new reading note information at DE 8/6.

2025-05-30 12:49
Appendix 21: Introduction to Declaration Category Data Sets has been updated to remove references to the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system as the service is no longer active. Notes regarding previously deleted table content have also been removed.

2025-02-28 00:15
Data Set tables have been standardised.

2024-01-09 13:10
Blank table cells throughout the collection have been filled with em-dashes (—) to meet accessibility standards. Technical content remains unchanged.

2023-12-19 00:15
Data sets H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, I1 C&F and I1 B&E have been updated with new reading note information at DE 3/15.

2023-06-26 00:15
Data element 3/40 updated all allow the use of Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) with the H7 data set. Please also refer to the latest version of the Known Error List (KELs) for interim workarounds that apply to IOSS.

2022-03-04 00:15
Appendix 21A has been updated at DE 2/2, 3/40, 4/1, 4/9 and 5/15, Appendix 21B has been updated at DE 2/2, Appendix 21C has been updated at DE 2/2, 4/1 and 4/9, Appendix 21D has been updated at DE 2/2, 4/1, 4/9 and 5/15, Appendix 21E has been updated at DE 2/2, 4/1, 4/9 and 5/15, Appendix 21F has been updated at DE 2/2, 4/1, 4/9, 4/17, 5/15 and 6/1 and Appendix 21G has been updated at DE 2/2, 4/1, 4/4, 4/6, 4/7, 4/9 and 6/2.