A new duty reimbursement scheme has been launched for businesses sending goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland that do not subsequently move into the EU. The scheme delivers an important element of the Windsor Framework that was agreed to by prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in March this year.
The Windsor Framework was signed to improve post-Brexit trading conditions for Northern Ireland, which effectively remained in the EU single market following the UK’s departure from the EU in order to avoid the need for a hard border on the island and Ireland.
The Duty Reimbursement Scheme, which went live on 30 June, allows traders moving goods into Northern Ireland to reclaim EU duty where they can demonstrate that their goods are sold or used in the region, or somewhere other than the EU.
Source: export.org.uk
