Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)

Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports of the following products from the EU and European Economic Area (EEA): Live animals Germinal products Products of animal origin (POAO) under safeguard measures High—risk animal by—products (ABP) For further information, please refer to GOV.UK, the Live Animal Movements Guide and the Controlled Goods Guide.

Indirect representation means that the customs representative acts on behalf of another person but acts in their own name. The customs representative must maintain a full audit trail of the customs declaration. The Indirect representative shall be jointly and severally liable for all customs liabilities arising from the customs related transactions. Both parties are responsible

MCP is the Community Systems Provider (CSP) at Londonderry port.

An indirect export means goods are declared for export in one EU member state and then leave the EU via another member state. The office where the goods are declared and presented for export is the customs office of export. The office where the goods leave the EU is the customs office of exit.

The Intrastat system collects statistics on the trade in goods within the EU. All VAT—registered businesses trading with other EU member states must provide details of the total value of goods dispatched to other EU member states and the total arrivals of goods acquired from other EU member states, on their VAT return. The supply

The Inventory Consignment Reference (ICR) is used to identify and link the inventory and declaration for inventory—linked goods. For further information, please refer to the Data Guide.

A commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer, relating to a sale transaction and indicating the products, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller had provided the buyer.

The LRN is the declarant’s unique number for a consignment and cannot be duplicated. Each transit declaration requires a separate LRN. For further information, please refer to the Data Guide.

In order to comply with the legal obligations and to place goods under a customs procedure, a customs declaration needs to be lodged. The declaration should be lodged with the customs office where the goods were or will shortly be presented.

When goods are shipped by container (see above), a shipper may not have enough cargo to fill a container. Less than Container Load (or LCL) services are operated by carriers or forwarders to cater for such shippers. LCL operators will receive small shipments from multiple shippers at receiving depots in the country of export, and