Moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, via Ireland

The following guides will help you move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, via Ireland. This movement type is called a Transit Journey and we recommend that you start with this guidance on the Transit Route for more information on the requirements for this journey and how TSS supports this movement type.

If you are new to TSS, we recommend starting in Getting Started, with the beginner's guide.

TSS simplified journey for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, via Ireland

Step-by-step guidance

The following guides may be helpful for each of the steps of your journey:

  1. Submit an Entry Summary Declaration - generally done by the carrier / haulier
  2. Provide information for Import Control System Entry Summary Declaration, which TSS completes - generally done by the carrier / haulier, and TSS
  3. Complete pre-movement requirements - generally done by the carrier / haulier
  4. Obtain a Goods Movement Reference on the Goods Vehicle Movement System - generally done by the carrier / haulier
  5. Goods are moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, via Ireland - done by the carrier / haulier
  6. Declare imports with a Supplementary Declaration and pay any relevant duties – generally done by the trader
  7. Submit a Final Supplementary Declaration – done automatically by TSS every month

Useful guidance

The following guides will help you move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, via Ireland.

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