I still belong to a UK association that sends me a quarterly magazine.
The latest one arrived today.
Purely out of idle curiosity I read a small note on it’s postal cover.
’ This item is being sent from Norther Ireland to the EU.
Under the UK and EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 24 December 2020 items being sent from Northern Ireland to the EU do not require. a Customs Declaration’
The mid boggles at the possibilities.
The world’s most exciting economic zone, with the best of both worlds according to our Prime Minister. How do we get a bit of that?
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are booming thanks to Brexit,good for them,bad for UK.
Under the new Windsor accord items sent from UK for onward transmission need to be examined, I am not sure if this is by customs or some othrr body.
Examined in NI but not in the EU. I’m not sure how stringent that “examination” will be either. The boarder has been a hotbed of smuggling for a hundred years. The even used to (or maybe still do) launder red diesel.
Still goes on in the border areas. My last neighbour in Fermoy used to fill up his car with heating oil, that was until he got caught. Twas an expensive trip to Sligo.