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Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 15 January 2025UIN 902102

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure small businesses can post parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland without completing customs declarations.

Answered by Hilary Benn

The Windsor Framework removes the need for customs declarations for the overwhelming majority of parcels sent by businesses in Great Britain to consumers in Northern Ireland and instead, parcel carriers will continue to collect standard commercial data required.

There are, of course, no customs declarations requirements for parcels sent between private individuals within the UK.

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