Please be advised of the following HMRC announcement in relation to an upcoming outageless CDS release on Thursday 8 January 2026:
"There will be a minor CDS release on the 8thJanuary 2026. This will not require a system outage. Changes delivered in this release include validation updates for some document codes, DE 8/6 (Statistical Value) becoming mandated on all export declarations, and other minor updates. Please see the attached document for the full list of changes that affect CDS declarations".
HMRC's guidance relating to the changes introduced in CDS release 5.0.0.2 can be found here.
Posted on Monday 22nd December 2025