WITHOUT ICDA CONSOLIDATION SUPPORT
We are thrilled that you are considering entering this year’s International Cheese and Dairy Awards, being held at Bingley Hall, Stafford in the United Kingdom. As the oldest Cheese and Dairy Show in the world, it has an excellent reputation both in the UK and internationally, providing a platform to benchmark your products against the very best on the market. This can help enhance your reputation internationally for the manufacture of quality cheese and dairy products.
We hope that you will be at the show for the presentations at 10 AM on Thursday, 26 June 2025.
We are trying to make the safe passage of your cheese as simple as possible, working with our colleagues globally.
Please arrange to move your exhibits via your chosen freight forwarder on time (details below). Your forwarder will confirm the documents required for movement of your entries to our location at London Gatwick in the United Kingdom. Full details will be provided once online entries have been processed.
Once successfully through customs, the show will take full responsibility and meet the costs for the onward journey by chilled road freight from our consolidation location at Gatwick, through to the staging of exhibits, prior to judging.
PLEASE NOTE:
- AN OFFICIAL VETERINARY-STAMPED HEALTH CERTIFICATE WILL BE REQUIRED.
Further guidance will be provided after entries have been received online. - WE WILL ISSUE YOU WITH A UK IMPORT AUTHORISATION ON BEHALF OF THE AWARDS.
You will receive this approximately 2 weeks before you move your entries. - INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 5 KGS (11 LBS).
We recommend a minimum of 1 KG per entry. - THE TOTAL CONSIGNMENT MUST NOT EXCEED 250 KGS (550 LBS).
- AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF A COMPLETED, SIGNED COMBINED COMMERCIAL INVOICE / HEALTH DECLARATION FORM IS REQUIRED BEFORE DISPATCH TO YOUR CONSOLIDATION LOCATION.
The details on this form must match exactly the contents of each case. - A COPY OF THIS COMBINED SIGNED COMMERCIAL INVOICE / HEALTH DECLARATION FORM AND IMPORT LICENCE MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR ENTRIES FOR THEIR ENTIRE JOURNEY.
- PLEASE ENSURE YOU GET YOUR ENTRIES TO THE CONSOLIDATION ADDRESS AT LONDON GATWICK ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, 13 JUNE 2025.
Full details of the UK Consolidation point, addresses, and contact information, along with further instructions, will be forwarded to you upon successful completion of your online entry.
We look forward to receiving your entries and wish you every success this year.
REST OF THE WORLD TIMELINE
Event | Date |
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Invitation Schedules Circulated | Jan 2025 – May 2025 |
ABSOLUTE Closing Date for Entries Received | Wed, 07 May 2025 |
ICDA to Request Import Licence from DEFRA | Mon, 12 May 2025 |
Identifying Labels Despatched to Exhibitors by Email Before | Mon, 12 May 2025 |
Requests for Combined Commercial Invoice & Export Health Declaration | Feb – May 2025 |
ICDA to Receive Combined Commercial Invoice & Export Health Declaration | By Mon, 12 May 2025 |
ICDA to Circulate Import Licences to All Exhibitors | Mon, 19 – Fri, 23 May 2025 |
Airfreight Arrival at PML Seafrigo, London, Gatwick – ON OR BEFORE | Fri, 13 Jun 2025 |
Customs Clearance | - |
Chilled Delivery to Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK (By 8 AM) | Tue, 24 Jun 2025 |
Cheese Staged | Tue, 24 Jun 2025 |
Judging | Wed, 25 Jun 2025 |
Results Available Online | P.M. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 |