NI: Lodging SPS Customs Declarations
Learn how to fill out a customs declaration under the Northern Ireland Protocol for commodities that are subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) inspections.
Goods moving from Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) to Northern Ireland are subject to the Northern Ireland Protocol, which requires the submission of an entry summary statement and an import declaration for security and safety purposes.
A record of the movement must also be made on the Goods Vehicle Movement System (GVMS) if the port is employing the pre-lodgement approach. Find out more about the regulations governing customs when shipping products from the UK to Northern Ireland.
This document provides guidance on how to complete the licensing information section of the customs declaration for agri-food products.
Annex A describes how authorized merchants must complete a licence declaration on a pre-shipment or post-shipment declaration under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS).
If the business is authorized by the NIRMS:
Only DEFRA-authorized merchants who are filing declarations for agri-food movements from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, if appropriate, are eligible for the waiver solution. Before moving goods when the waiver is applied, movements of products must still be recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), and this has to be included on the import declaration (both pre- and post-shipment).
* Official certification, such as export health certificates, phytosanitary certificates, or marketing standards certification, will not be required for DEFRA-authorized merchants transporting certain agri-food items under the NIRMS authorization.
The following restrictions and limits, as well as non-waiver licencing requirements, are not covered by the NIRMS authorization:
Kimberley diamonds
specified types of fertilisers
bluefin tuna or toothfish
goods subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
drug precursors
firearms, weapons, explosives or nuclear materials
goods subject to sanctions
substances registered under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulations
goods requiring a Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade certificate
goods requiring a Common Agricultural Policy import licence
goods requiring a Common Health Entry Document (CHED) for consignments of live animals, also known as CHED-A
goods requiring an ozone-depleting substance authorisation
materials requiring an import waste permit
goods subject to a Detonation Resistance Test or requiring a Health and Safety Executive Certificate of Exemption
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