If you are a regular conductor of trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, then it is likely that you have found the entire process to be significantly more complex since the end of the transition period in January 2021.
Let’s break down those difficulties and how the CustomsLink End-to-End Customs Solution can help make trading simpler.
Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP)
To help ease the burden of documentation, it is likely that you have opted for Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP) from a free service when trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This means that you only have to complete the first part of your customs declarations and within 180 days you are required to complete a supplementary declaration to finish the process.
This may seem like the ideal option, but it isn’t very cost effective or efficient. If you complete your declarations this way, then it is likely you will be spending much more time in the long run as you will need to input all of your data again in order to complete the supplementary declaration. If you miss the deadlines to complete these supplementary declarations then you will face a fine, something that can be extremely stressful to keep up with if you intend on shipping on a regular basis.
At CustomsLink we will organise your import and export declarations for you. This means that everything will be completed on time, all at once, so you don’t have to worry about a backlog of documentation catching up with you later.
ENS (Safety & Security Declarations)
We can organise the ENS for your haulier using the same input of data that you will be using for your customs declarations, making it simple to get what you need. Rather than relying on different members of the supply chain arranging documentation that they aren’t used to completing, we will handle it for you. Spend less time worrying about your ENS being completed correctly and on time; leaving more time for you to focus on your business. Better still, you don’t even have to be using CustomsLink for your customs declarations for us to organise your ENS for you.
GMR and GVMS
We want to make trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as simple as possible. Our team of customs experts will be able to arrange your GMR references for your hauliers so that you don’t have to worry about missing, time-consuming or incorrect documentation which cause delays to your travel.
Supply Chain Visibility
Our customs solution gives you complete control and visibility over your supply chain. You can see exactly what is happening with your declarations and whether documentation is incorrect or incomplete prior to moving your goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This prevents unnecessary fines and delays at the border holding up your entire supply chain and costing your customers. Our team of experts are on hand to help you navigate customs processes!
Check out our Northern Ireland Customs Declarations page to find out more about our complete solution to ease trade complexities between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
