Are you confident in your customs compliance?

At the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade, our customs compliance specialists are here to ensure your business meets all customs and tax requirements. 

Completing our short five-minute form will unlock an expert-led assessment of your customs compliance challenges and objectives.

From a proactive pre-audit health check to a deep-dive on your specific compliance pain points, we'll guide you to the solution to suit your organisation. 

"Are you entirely confident in the last three years of your customs declarations? 

This is the period HMRC will typically review for standard customs checks, which are on the rise – with AI increasingly being used to identify declaration errors. Often, businesses have a general understanding of their customs activity during this time, but lack the detailed evidence required during an audit. 

Engaging an independent third party to support compliance checks enables you to identify and correct issues early. You may be able to avoid penalties through voluntary disclosure, which is actively encouraged by HMRC. This means, as a forward-thinking compliance or supply chain manager, you can protect your organisation from financial and reputational risk by taking a proactive approach. A review is also an opportunity to analyse the current flows and identify opportunities for savings, improvements or efficiencies – audits do not have to be scary. "

- Anna Doherty, Customs Practice Director, Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade

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Compliance confidence starts with just five minutes

Tell us your customs compliance challenges. Click the button below.

  • Your responses will be assessed by our customs specialists
  • They will provide a solution tailored to your business
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Who will review your Customs Compliance Needs Assessment? Meet the customs specialists

Anna Doherty MCIEx (Grad)

Anna Doherty MCIEx (Grad)

Customs Practice Director

Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade

Joseph Goldsworthy MCIEx

Joseph Goldsworthy MCIEx

Customs and trade specialist

Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade

Caroline Rowden

Caroline Rowden

Customs Practice Lead

Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade

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Testimonials

Scott Downie

Once we contacted the Chartered Institute, they provided the assurance we required very quickly. A health check of the business was implemented and once we understood where we could improve, we chose the right model of help which fitted our business needs.

The Chartered Institute has provided invaluable guidance, not only from their consultant, but the support from being a member is excellent.

Clear and concise and very knowledgeable, the Chartered Institute provided everything we were looking for.

Scott Downie Senior project manager ICR Integrity Ltd
Michael Broughan

Had we not implemented the Chartered Institute’s recommendations, we could have lost three to four times the amount of money in subsequent sales.

We wouldn’t have been accepted onto various requests for proposals (RFPs) if we were not able to prove our compliance certification levels.

We have the Chartered Institute to thank for marking our card. Your help resulted in millions of pounds of business being maintained and secured.

Michael Broughan Head of enterprise resource planning development Doncasters Group
Katie Arnold

The Chartered Institute experts have been nothing short of brilliant.

We received a ‘customs health check.' We’ve since also had help over the phone and by email from Chartered Institute experts. They were unbelievably knowledgeable and incredibly helpful.

Bringing customs declarations in-house has reduced the transit times on the goods that we import and the Chartered Institute has massively helped us with this project.

Katie Arnold Process coordinator Bürkert Fluid Control Systems

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