Preparing for the Upcoming ICS2 Release
Importers are required to provide a six-digit Harmonized System (HS) code for each commodity line listed in the commercial invoice and/or detailed goods descriptions for the shipments to avoid potential delays, fines or penalties and facilitate customs clearance. Where more than one HS code is present, the net weight of each is also required. The Economic Operators Registration and Identification Number (EORI) for the shipment recipient / consignee is also mandatory.
UPS does not anticipate any service impact for customers as a result of this change, given that all the necessary data is provided for customs clearance procedures.
When tendering a shipment to UPS Supply Chain Solutions destined to or via the EU, whether by your method or via our shipping systems, e.g. the UPS Forwarding Hub, the following information is mandatory:
- Shipper name
- Shipper address
- Recipient name
- Recipient address
- Number of packages
- Gross weight
- Acceptable goods description (see the full EU guidelines)
- Six-digit Harmonized System (HS) codes along with net weight of each where there is more than a single HS code involved*.
- For EU-27, the recipient’s EORI number (see the full EU guidelines)
If you are not utilizing the UPS Supply Chain Solutions’ shipping systems, you also have the option to deliver the required information to your local customs office directly.
No additional actions are required from customers. All UPS Supply Chain Solutions systems are programmed to automatically transmit the required customs data in advance directly to the EU customs systems.
In the case that customers provide insufficient data to complete ICS2 data reporting requirements, UPS SCS will make a commercially reasonable effort to contact customers. If a shipper does not respond, the shipment would be held at the origin until all requirements are received.
Letters, correspondence and other document shipments of no commercial value are excluded from this requirement. For more information on HS Codes, check out our “Importer’s Guide to HTS Codes.”
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