An Post customs forms for Irish sellers posting overseas

Read the delivery address before choosing the shipping destination. Revenue says goods sent outside the EU, including Great Britain, need a declaration completed by the seller or an agent. Decide who will complete it before processing the order.

EirPost says parcels from Ireland to Northern Ireland need no customs declaration, and asks sellers to select Northern Ireland and finish the address with a postcode beginning with the letters B and T.

For a Northern Ireland order, select Northern Ireland and enter the customer’s postcode beginning with the letters B and T. Read the guide to shipping orders to Northern Ireland when preparing that route for your shop.

For Great Britain and other destinations outside the EU, prepare the declaration data alongside the delivery address. If an agent completes your declarations, arrange that work before you create the shipping label.

Gather the item description, value and weight for the Great Britain label flow. Work through the goods in the order and prepare the entries before opening the label screen.

• Write the item description you will enter for the goods.
• Have the item value ready for the declaration.
• Have the item weight ready for the label workflow.

EirLink says it reads customs fields from Shopify product weights, HS codes and country of origin, and connecting your own account requires an An Post eCommHub business account with API access enabled and its API key, with postage billed directly at your agreed An Post rates.

For that Shopify connection, open the product records you plan to ship overseas. Review the weight, HS code and country of origin entries before processing those orders. Gather your account details and API key while checking the catalogue.

An Post promotional copy published by Business Plus says eCommerce Hub can generate CN23 customs documents automatically for international orders.

EirPost says its Great Britain flow generates an electronic customs declaration from item description, value and weight, while its US page describes a CN22-style declaration generated from item details.

Use the data fields named for your chosen destination and service when preparing the order. For a Hub connection, use the eCommerce Hub and Shopify guide to plan the setup.

Shiptheory says it imports orders, generates labels and customs documents, and updates tracking across connected sales channels.

Before choosing a plan, count the users, sales channels and carriers you want to connect. Then count the shipments you expect to process each month.

1. Identify the sales channel whose orders you want to import.
2. List the carriers you need for those orders.
3. Count the people who need access to the shipping tool.
4. Compare your monthly shipment count with the plan allowance.

If you connect your own An Post account to Shopify, have API access enabled and get the API key before setup. Check the product customs fields before processing imported overseas orders.

Check the imported order’s destination and item data before generating the label and customs documents. For a Great Britain order, check the description, value and weight entries.

For a workflow that reads Shopify product data, check the weight, HS code and country of origin entries for each product in the order. If a field needs changing, update the product record before creating the label.

Shiptheory says it updates tracking across connected sales channels. Check which of your sales channels you need tracking updates sent to when choosing an order connection.

For Northern Ireland, review the destination selection and postcode beginning with the letters B and T at the address stage. For a US order, prepare the item details used by the declaration workflow before generating its documents.

According to its Shopify App Store listing, Shiptheory’s Earth plan costs $62 a month or $600 a year. Choose the billing period after checking the user, channel, carrier and shipment figures.

If you connect your own An Post account, budget for postage at the rates agreed with An Post. Ask about your account terms if you need to establish the contracted rate before setting customer delivery charges.