Northern Ireland Windsor Framework

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Sending parcels to Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK from 30 September 2024

We would like to remind you of the forthcoming changes for parcels moving from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), referred to as The Windsor Framework, effective from 30 September 2024.

Please access the following links below which will provide you with guidance to ensure that your business is prepared for these upcoming changes when shipping to Northern Ireland.

Rest assured that CSM will continue to provide you with updates on the pending changes as and when they become available with further guidance on how you will need to process your shipments too.

Windsor Framework Guidance

Additional data will need to be provided depending on the type of sender and receiver. This is summarised as follows:

All senders:

A goods description, in plain English, must be provided for each item in the shipment. In addition, you’ll also need to provide each item’s weight, value and origin.

Business to Business (B2B) shipments:

For B2B shipments, additional information will be required, and action is recommended now to prepare for the change. Please refer to the ‘green’ and ‘red’ lane guidance below.

Green lane shipments

B2B shipments with goods that are being sent to Northern Ireland and are not at risk of moving into the EU, can move under the ‘green’ lane as determined by the UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS). If this is the case for your goods, please review the guidance for this scheme and register with the UK Government for a UKIMS number.

The sender or receiver’s UKIMS number must be provided to move goods under the ‘green’ lane. The holder of the UKIMS number will need to be declared as the importer on record.

Red lane shipments

If your B2B goods do not qualify under UKIMS and are therefore considered ‘at risk’ of entering the EU, a full international dataset will be required for the declaration. ‘At risk’ shipments will also be charged at the applicable European Union (EU) rate of duty.

For both red and green routes, it is recommended (but not required) to include HS codes from 30 September.

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