Post EU exit corner – 1 September 2025

In this week’s post EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant in the post EU exit environment. 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. HMRC has also sent an updated list of ICS2 ‘stop-words’ that when used in isolation in the goods description will cause entry summary declarations to be rejected and the shipment being placed on hold or prevented from entering Northern Ireland or the EU.

ICS2 ‘stop-words’

Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is an advance cargo information system designed to improve security in the international transportation of goods. All Economic Operators that bring goods to or transit through the EU must declare safety and security data via ICS2, through the entry summary declaration. A list of stop-words has previously been publicly available, however the EU has recently updated this list.

Miscellaneous guidance updates and publications

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

• Analytical methods for determining the fat, starch and protein content (Tariff notice 16),
• Stuffed pastry (samosa)(Tariff notice 15),
• Maritime ports and wharves location codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service,
• Search the register of customs agents and express operators,
• Moving processed or repaired goods into free circulation or re-exporting them,
• Appendix 23 Exports: Declaration Category Data Sets,
• Notice to exporters 2025/18: compound settlement for breaches of export control,
• Appendix 24: Declaration Category Data Set, and
• Notices made under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.