Guidance: Currency codes for Data Element 4/10 of the Customs Declaration Service

These tables provides details of the currency codes which may be used on a customs declaration submitted to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) against their relevant country.

The invoice currency code used does not affect the currency to be used for the statistical value declared in DE 8/6, which must always be declared in Sterling (GBP).

Any currencies declared to Customs Declaration Service (CDS) must be attached to a specific Data Element amount. The currency should therefore be declared with the appropriate data element amount. For example:

The information in both table 1 and table 2 is identical.

Both are lists of currency codes, currency types and country names:

Note: Country names may also include further details to inform declarations.

List of non-standard country codes, their definitions and appropriate currency codes to be used on declarations.

List of Special Fiscal Territories and countries with which the EU has a Customs Union.

Note: For GB declarations only, Jersey (JE) and Guernsey (GG) are Crown Dependencies treated as Special Fiscal Territories of GB.