Information in this section covers questions about B2B, B2C, and C2C shipping; identifying if your recipient is a business and its type; and why carriers ask for different information.
For shipments from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), you will need to confirm that you are providing the product-level information required by each of the carriers you use. If you are not providing this information, you may need to extend the data provided to Metapack to include that. See Metapack's guidance on Product-Level Information .
If you are unable to provide all the information required, you should work closely with your carriers to agree upon an approach that may include updates to your shipping logic to prevent shipments to NI, or increased information requirements to treat the parcel as an international shipment.
If shipping B2B, additional data will be required: UKIMS number, EORI number, and a declaration of the risk that the goods may be onward shipped into the EU.
For some carriers, Customers will also be required to indicate which shipments are B2B– using the new movementIndicator that has been introduced to the Metapack API (DM & MPM).
If you are unsure whether your recipient is a business or how to identify if a movement will be classed as B2B, please liaise with your carrier on the appropriate next steps to take.
Assuming shippers are meeting all carrier data requirements for B2C, Metapack understands there are currently no additional data requirements in readiness for the Windsor Framework.
Metapack considers it good practice for the new movementIndicator attribute that has been introduced to the Metapack API (DM & MPM) to be correctly populated for all shipments.
The UK Government changes place additional requirements upon carriers to process the information they receive and refine that with additional information. For example, a shipper may provide a product description and the carrier may then translate this to a Harmonised Code/Tariff. In some cases, carriers have elected to place this data requirement upon the shipper rather than determine this information themselves.