The UK Carrier (UKC) Scheme is an authorisation that enables businesses to move eligible consumer parcels, from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, in line with Windsor Framework arrangements.
UKC Scheme authorisation will allow your business to send these parcels without completing any customs, or safety and security declarations.
You can apply to use the UKC Scheme if you’re responsible for moving consumer parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Consumer parcels are those moving from:
- business to consumer
- consumer to business
- consumer to another consumer
You cannot use the UKC Scheme to move parcels which do not meet the criteria for the Windsor Framework arrangements. These include:
- parcels from one business to another business — you must move these parcels using the arrangements set out for freight movements in the Windsor Framework
- category 1 goods, like endangered species — read about category 1 goods Annex IV of the decision of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework
- parcels which exceed the weight limits of the scheme — a parcel cannot exceed 100kg if it contains a single item, or 31.5kg if it contains more than one item
Check if you can apply for the UK Carrier Scheme.
Make an application for the UKC Scheme
Read about how to apply for the UK Carrier Scheme and the information HMRC expects you to provide when you do.