HMRC Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): Technical Consultation and webinars
The CBAM will apply a carbon price to certain imported, carbon‑intensive goods. It is designed to prevent carbon leakage and align imports with the UK ETS. It i...
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FPC Guidance - UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism March 2026
9 April 2026
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FPC Technical Meeting Presentation and Minutes 14th November 2024
21 November 2024
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FPC Technical Meeting 13th August Presentation and Minutes
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NCTS / GVMS Maintenance Downtime 10 March 26
NCTS Maintenance HMRC will be carrying out planned maintenance on the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) on Tuesday 10 March 2026, 8pm to 10pm:NCTS XI –...
Where's My Truck? Find out where your truck is at Sevington
If you are left wondering where your product is in the queue at Sevington, you can now chase it up by direct email. How to use Where's my truck1. Send your r...
Guidance for ICS2 Road Movements
The Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the new safety and security system for certain goods moving by air, maritime, road into Northern Ireland.• It is alread...
EFRA finds commercial animal and plant imports system is ‘inadequate’ as banned products pass border unchecked
Following continued Fresh Produce Consortium feedback and written evidence, the EFRA Committee has published its Report into the Border Management Process to da...
NI PPP authorisations affected by upcoming EU MRL amendments
Check that your PPP authorisations in NI containing the active substances propamocarb and ethephon comply with the relevant EU maximum residue levels (MRLs). Th...
CDS Release 4.8.0.2 - 30th July 2025
CDS Release 4.8.0.2 will be delivered on 30th July 2025. This release will not require a systems outage. This release will add new Goods Location Codes to the C...
If your business moves goods from GB to NI by parcels or freight through roll on roll off ferry
Traders need to be aware of new arrangements for entry summary (ENS) declarations from 1 September 2025.Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the new safety...
26 tonnes of Illegal Plant Protection Products seized in France and Spain
Law enforcement from France and Spain, supported by Europol, have arrested 29 members of a criminal organisation for selling illegal plant protection products. ...
HRFNAO Consultation - Response required 9 April 2025
This is a consultation on proposed amendments to the lists within assimilated Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/1793 which applies a temporary increase of...
Defra border services - Routine maintenance 6 February, 7pm - 9pm
Routine Defra border services maintenance will take place between 7pm and 9pm GMT on Thursday 6 February 2025.There should be no impact on IPAFFS. Businesses...
Estimated Operating Costs of Sevington BCP published
Defra used the estimated operating costs of the government-run Sevington Border Control Post for the 2024 to 2025 financial year to calculate the common user c...
Pay less Customs Duty on goods from a country with a UK trade agreement
Information about the Developing Countries Trading Scheme has been updated.You’ll need to classify the goods you import with the right commodity code, check the...
Changes on how to import bananas into the UK by weighing consignments and making simplified declarations for imports.
A number of changes have been made to the government guidance:Replacement of the reference to commodity code 0803 90 10 with commodity codes 08039011 00 and 080...
Defra Plant Health Fee Increase Consultation - Due 21 March 2025
Defra England and Wales have launched a consultation relating to Plant Health fees. The intention is that fees will be amended to provide full cost recovery (as...
Changes to declaration completion requirements from Feb 25
From February 2025, there will be several changes to declaration completion requirements as a result of updated tariff measures and the removal of waiver code 9...
Final State Rules for NCTS5 - Changes from 21 January 2025
The following changes come in from today, 21st January 2025:• Office of Incident – incidents that happen during the goods movement should now be reported in r...
Labelling requirements for certain products moving from GB to retail premises in NI under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme
On 9th June 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published guidance on labelling requirements for certain products moving from Great Bri...
Northern Ireland Round Up of Information and Contacts
Please find an attachment which outlines a recent change to the NI HRFNAO amendments - there is a removal of a range of products from Annex 1, as well as a numb...
HMRC BSI Customs Intermediary Voluntary Standard - Technical Author Required
In December 2023, HMRC announced our intention to develop a voluntary standard for customs intermediaries Introducing a voluntary standard for customs intermedi...