Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what difficulties they are aware of businesses or consumers encountering that arise from the new arrangements for the movement of parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland implemented on 1 May 2025.

The Government introduced important new arrangements for freight and parcels movements on 1 May 2025 ensuring goods continue to move smoothly from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. The arrangements were successfully implemented without significant impact on flow of goods into Northern Ireland, the new arrangements protect the vast majority of consumer parcels from customs declarations and duty.

HMRC were aware of a small number of cases where express operators charged duty incorrectly on business-to-business parcels. HMRC have worked with express operators and wider industry to minimise these instances.