Some important changes are happening on 31st January 2024 regarding moving goods from Ireland to Great Britain. Here is what you need to do to prepare.
You will need to ensure you, or anyone who moves goods on your behalf, are familiar with the new process from 31st January 2024:
- If you are moving qualifying Northern Ireland goods, you should confirm this to your haulier and/or carrier. You can find out more about qualifying Northern Ireland goods on GOV.UK.
- You need to register for a GB Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number if you do not already have one.
- As import declarations will need to be made through the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), you or your representative will also need access to the CDS.
- To make import declarations in your own records (Entry In Declarants Records (EIDR)) you will need to?apply for authorisation to use simplified declarations for imports if not already authorised.
- If your goods are being moved from Ireland through roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ports in Great Britain, you will need to make your customs declarations before the goods depart from Ireland, and you will need to follow Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) processes.
- If hauliers are moving goods on your behalf they will need to register for GVMS if they haven’t already done so, and you will need to provide the movement reference number (MRN) from your declarations to the person moving your goods in order for them to be able to generate a goods movement reference (GMR). Hauliers will need to provide a GMR for all lorries and trailers moving directly from Ireland.
- At inventory-linked ports or other locations, the haulier or the intermediary that is moving the goods on your behalf will need to follow standard processes to ensure your goods are presented to customs, declared, and cleared before they can be released to free circulation in Great Britain.
- Businesses making a full import declaration or simplified frontier declaration on the CDS for goods moving from Ireland to Great Britain (including for excise goods) will no longer be required to 'arrive' their declaration by the end of the next working day after arriving in Great Britain. For goods being entered into excise duty suspense, the entry onto the Excise Movement and Control Systems (EMCS) must be made by the time they arrive in Great Britain.
- If you are moving goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain via Ireland, including qualifying Northern Ireland goods, you will need to comply with some Irish customs requirements to exit through a port in Ireland, and will need to check Irish customs guidance.
If you have any questions please do reach out to me or the IFS team at [email protected] and we will be happy to support.
