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  • Moving goods into, out of or through Northern Ireland

    Topics:
    • EU Exit

    Importer checklists

    • Checklist for live aquaculture imports
    • Equines - Importer Checklist
    • Live animals (excluding pets and equines) Importer Checklist

    Trade

    • Detailed Guidance for Authorised Traders
    • Exporting animals and animal products from Northern Ireland to a Third Country (DECOL)
    • Exporting Food Products of Animal Origin and Animal By Products to GB for later onward export to EU/NI from GB (SHA Online)

    More in this topic

    • About the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS)
    • The Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme - Simplified User Pathway and Quick Step Guide
    • Prior to moving NIRMS eligible goods to Northern Ireland
    • Arriving in Northern Ireland (Reporting for checks, channelling and post movement assurance)
    • NIRMS Groupage
    • Guidance on import/export licences required for other agricultural products
    • Moving Product - When do you need a Support Health Attestation (SHA)?
    • DAERA Guidance for the Collection and Movement of SPS Goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland through Groupage
    • The identification of cattle, pigs, sheep and goats imported to, or exported from Northern Ireland, from 1st January 2021
    • Live animals, animal by-products and non-retail goods
    • DAERA Event - TRACES.NT Training for Businesses (video)
    • NI Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) Compliance Protocol
    • Animal by-products
    • Points of Entry (PoE)
    • Moving hay and straw from GB
    • Timescales for Pre notifying arrival of goods – Q&A
    • Instructions for business pre-notifying the arrival of a consignment at a Northern Ireland Point of Entry
    • Moving fish and fishery products
    • Moving Products of Animal Origin and Animal By-Products
    • Changes to the rules for movement of composite products from GB to NI/EU from 21 April 2021
    • Digital Assistance Scheme (DAS)
    • Rules of Origin
    • Windsor Framework SPS Compliance Protocol NI
    • NI Plant Health Label Scheme (NIPHL) Compliance Protocol
    • Sanitary and Phytosanitary checks – advice for businesses moving consignments from GB
    • SPS Inspection Facilities

    Related to Moving goods into, out of or through Northern Ireland

    Most recent publications

    • New SPS Facilities - Location Leaflets

      Published 16 June 2025
    • Export of Bovine Oocytes & Embryos - to Great Britain only (not for onward export) - EHC 2112

      Published 14 March 2025
    See all publications in this topic

    Most recent consultations

    • Consultation on Animals and Animal Products Residues

      Published 3 June 2015 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Prepare for the closed spreading period for slurry and farm yard manures

      Published 10 October 2017
    • Submit organic manure export records before the 31 January deadline: McIlveen

      Published 25 January 2017
    See all news in this topic

    Access to information

    How to request information from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs including Freedom of Information (FOI), Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) and the use of our Publication Scheme.

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