Northern Ireland: The new Trade Deal with the EU
The UK’s Prime Minister has confirmed that a new deal has been made with representatives of the EU, regarding movements between Northern Ireland and the rest of the country.
The ‘Windsor Framework’ has to pass through votes in parliament and the European Commision, but we could see a phased implementation start to roll out by the end of this year.
The key components of the new deal include:
- Goods from Britain destined for Northern Ireland will travel through a new “green lane”, with a separate “red lane” for goods at risk of moving on to the EU.
- Products coming into Northern Ireland through the green lane will see checks and paperwork significantly reduced, while red lane goods will still be subject to normal checks.
- A “Stormont brake” allows the Northern Ireland Assembly to raise an objection to “significantly different” new EU rules which would apply in Northern Ireland.
- Northern Ireland would also no longer have to follow certain EU rules, for example on VAT and excise for some drinks and goods.
Simarco will be monitoring developments closely, as we already provide established daily groupage and FTL (full trailer load) services to Belfast, with 48 hour and next day deliveries.
We also provide a daily import service for groupage and FTL plus an express next day service.
The main features of our services include:
- Daily Northern Ireland export service
- Express Next day delivery
- 48 Hour delivery
- Accompanied trailers
- TSS completed by Simarco
- Full supplementary declaration on request
- Daily import service – Next day available