Cross-border developments and trading corner – 24 November 2025

In this week’s cross-border trading corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications. The most recent Trader Support Service bulletin is also available as is the latest Brexit and Beyond newsletter from the Northern Ireland Assembly EU Affairs team which takes an in-depth look at the House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee’s evidence session on veterinary medicines and the Windsor Framework. The minutes and slides from the 30 September 2025 meeting of HMRC’s Northern Ireland Joint Customs Consultation Committee which the Institute is represented on are available and HMRC has shared a recording of a recent webinar on ICS2 in addition to the FAQs used in the webinar.

Miscellaneous guidance updates and publications

This week’s miscellaneous guidance updates and publications are as follows:

• Data Element 2/3: Documents and Other Reference Codes (Union) of the Customs Declaration Service,
• CDS Declaration Completion Instructions for Imports,
• Report a problem using the Customs Declaration Service,
• Reference Documents for The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, and
• Get customs data for import and export declarations.