CUSTOMS WORKFLOW · DDA · OPERATOR HANDOFF
Check DDA headroom before the declaration needs it.
A Duty Deferment Account can delay payment, but an exhausted limit, missing authority or incorrect declaration reference can delay clearance. Put capacity and permission ahead of submission.
Confirm account authority and available limit, complete the current CDS deferment fields and authorisation references, then reconcile the monthly statement and payment date.
Move the job in order.
Each checkpoint produces evidence for the next person or system. A failed checkpoint stays visible.
- 01Check account and headroom
Confirm the account, guarantee or waiver and remaining monthly capacity for the expected liability.
- 02Confirm representative authority
Make sure the declarant is authorised to use the importer’s deferment approval number.
- 03Complete the CDS references
Use current 1DAN/2DAN, guarantee and authorisation instructions for the charge treatment.
- 04Watch the clearance response
A refused deferment needs a payment or account-resolution path before release.
- 05Reconcile statement and payment
Tie declarations and adjustments to the monthly statement and the next payment date.
Inputs
- DDA number and authority
- Guarantee/waiver position
- Expected liability
- CDS payment references
- Monthly statement
Do not hand off green
- Limit cannot cover the amount
- Authority is missing
- 1DAN/2DAN treatment conflicts
- Statement does not reconcile
Six connected customs workflows.
Move between border, VAT, product-control, safety-and-security, payment and transit handoffs without losing the source trail.