News • 21.05.2025
Great Britain transports
NCTS converter for S&S declarations
Since January 31, 2025, all deliveries of goods from the EU to the UK have been required to submit a security declaration - and this must be done before the goods’ arrival at the British border.
The declarants, i.e. freight forwarders, transport companies or importers, are responsible for this declaration in the digital Safety & Security (S&S) procedure. They must submit an entry summary declaration (ENS) before the shipment reaches Great Britain.
Background
Since Brexit in 2020, EU goods imported into the UK have been subject to a transitional provision which suspended the submission of entry summary declarations. The introduction of a new regulation has been postponed several times. The UK is now replacing the EU's previously-used ICS1 system for risk and hazard prevention with their own S&S procedure.
In order to comply with these new requirements, DAKOSY has integrated a new function into its ZODIAK GE customs software. With this enhancement, S&S declarations can be almost completely automated: the software retrieves existing data from the NCTS transit procedure and automatically converts it into the required format for the S&S declaration. This avoids duplicate data entry and input errors. Transmission to the UK customs authorities is carried out directly from ZODIAK GE.
LOXX Logistics GmbH, based in Gelsenkirchen, already uses the new S&S function in ZODIAK GE in their everyday work and is pleased with the new feature, as Frank Müller, Head of Customs Service, confirms: “The new S&S function in ZODIAK GE is a real game-changer for our processes. The automatic conversion from NCTS data not only saves us an enormous amount of time, but also avoids mistakes caused by repeated entries. The application - developed in close cooperation with DAKOSY - was designed with practical operation in mind, and you can tell: it works smoothly, is easy to use and fits perfectly into the daily workflow.”
In addition, DAKOSY's Drag&Map converter offers a simple and convenient way to integrate data from EXCEL or CSV tables into ZODIAK GE or to connect other systems to the customs software via standard XML interfaces.
“The new S&S function in ZODIAK GE is a real game-changer for our processes. The automatic conversion from NCTS data not only saves us an enormous amount of time, but also avoids mistakes caused by repeated entries."
