Finding information you need for your declaration using the Northern Ireland Online Tariff

How to use the Northern Ireland Online Tariff to find commodity codes, import duties, taxes and import controls.

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This guidance is about the Northern Ireland Online Tariff. If you are bringing goods into Northern Ireland from a country outside the UK and EU, the UK duty rate may apply. You can check UK duty rates using the UK Integrated Tariff instead. See how to make sure the correct duty is applied to goods you bring into Northern Ireland from countries outside of the EU and UK.

Find your goods on the Northern Ireland Online Tariff

Depending on what kind of declaration you’re making, you may need to enter a 6-, 8- or 10-digit commodity code. However, to find the relevant duty rates, controls and other requirements, and check whether your goods are eligible for simplified declaration processes, you'll need to navigate to the relevant 10-digit commodity code in the Northern Ireland Online Tariff.

Go to the Northern Ireland Online Tariff and follow these steps.

Enter the date you plan to move your goods or the date your goods arrived in Northern Ireland.
If you know the right commodity code for your goods, enter it. If you do not know it, type in keywords such as the name, use or material of the goods.
Select Search for a commodity.
If the commodity code is less than 10-digits long, select the most relevant 10-digit code from the search results.
Make sure you have the right commodity code by checking the description under Classification.
In the page for that 10-digit commodity code, search for the country of origin of your goods under Select a country.

If you need help

If you need help identifying the correct commodity code for your goods, read Find the right commodity code for your goods.

If you need further help you can:

select Digital Assistant at the bottom of a commodity code page in the Online Tariff to speak to an adviser through webchat, available Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm
submit an enquiry through the Online Tariff

Import and export information

In the 10-digit commodity code page, look under Import to find the information you need if you’re moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

If you’re moving goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain, select Export.

What terms are used in the tariff

Find out what words are used in the tariff, and what you’ll need to do.

Country

What it tells you: the countries the measure applies to.

Action: select the link (if available) to check that the country of origin of your goods is included in the list.

Measure type

What it tells you: the countries the measure applies to.

Action: select the link (if available) to view more information about the measure, including how to enter it on your declaration. If this column contains a supplementary unit, you must calculate the supplementary units based on the quantity of goods and include them on your declaration.

Duty rate

What it tells you: the percentage or formula used to calculate the amount of duty due on import.

Action: use this to calculate the duty payable on your goods. The Northern Ireland Online Tariff also has a tariff duty calculator at the beginning of the import duties section which can work out the duties and taxes applicable to the import of a commodity.

Conditions

What it tells you: the conditions you must meet for the measure.

Action: select the link (if available) to see any certificates, licences or other documents needed, the document code to include on your declaration, and any other completion instructions.

Legal base

What it tells you: the legislation that applies to the measure.

Action: select the link (if available) to view the relevant legislation.

Footnotes

What it tells you: any additional controls.

Action: select the link (if available) to view additional information.

Find out what you may need to pay

Check under Import for any duties, taxes and other financial measures that may apply to your goods, including:

import duties
import VAT and excise

Depending on the goods there may be additional sections such as:

trade remedies, safeguards and retaliatory duties
suspensions

Review each section that applies to your goods and their country of origin.

Export declarations rarely have any financial measures applied to them.

Find out what documents you may need

The Northern Ireland Online Tariff includes both UK and EU controls. When moving goods to or from Northern Ireland, you must meet EU requirements.

Check for any EU import controls under Import in the 10-digit commodity code page to see the import controls that apply to your goods. If you’re exporting goods, check under Export for these controls.

Select any Conditions listed to check:

requirements - if the control applies to your goods
document codes to include on your declaration
any certificates, licences or other documents you’ll need to attach to your declaration
document status codes to include in your declaration – listed under Guidance for completing CDS Data Element 2/3

If you’re still unsure if the condition applies, you can find more information under Legal base and Footnotes.

Learn more about finding the right document codes for your goods.

If the conditions for an import or export control show that you need certificates, licences or other documents, your goods are controlled. Check Moving controlled goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to see what you must include in your declaration when using the Trader Support Service.

Example: import control of organic products

A trader wants to move a consignment of organic cider apples from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

As the cider apples are organic, they are subject to import controls for organic products.

The trader looks up ‘cider apples’ and goes to the 10-digit commodity code page for 0808108010.

They enter United Kingdom as the country of origin under Select a country.

Under Import the trader checks EU import controls. They can see there is an import control of organic products which applies to ‘All countries’.

The trader selects Conditions, where 2 document codes are listed:

C644 – use this document code on your declaration if the goods are organic and provide a Certificate of Inspection to support the claim
Y929 – use this if the goods are not organic, no certificate is required

As the cider apples are organic, and the trader has a Certificate of Inspection to prove this, they can enter the document code C644 in their declaration and attach the certificate.

They also check the Guidance for completing CDS Data Element 2/3, which tells them document status codes they will need to enter.

Check eligibility for the simplified process for Internal Market Movements

The Northern Ireland Online Tariff also includes a tool to check if your goods are eligible for simplified processes for Internal Market Movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

You can use it to categorise your goods and check eligibility before submitting Internal Market Movement Information on the Trader Support Service.

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