Customs clearance
Every consignment that enters the European Union from a non-EU country or leaves it needs a customs declaration. We prepare import and export declarations for your consignments, classify the goods in the customs tariff, determine the customs value, check origin and possible preferences and lodge the declaration electronically with the customs office. If queries or an inspection follow, we are the customs office's contact and keep you informed.
Most delays at customs arise before arrival: a commercial invoice without a goods description, a missing EORI number, a packing list that does not match the invoice. We check the documents as soon as we have them and tell you what is missing. For consignments that travel on through the EU to another country we prepare the transit procedure (T1).
What is included
- Import declarations for sea, air, rail and road consignments, lodged electronically with the customs office
- Export declarations with exit confirmation for your tax records
- Tariff classification (commodity code), customs valuation, check of origin and preference
- Check of commercial invoice, packing list, transport documents and proofs of origin before the declaration
- Transit procedure (T1) for through-transport and onward carriage to countries outside the EU
- Support in queries, inspections and post-clearance checks by the customs office, forwarding of the customs assessment
Who it is for
Importers bringing goods into the EU from non-EU countries for the first time or regularly
Online sellers from non-EU countries who have stock cleared and stored in Germany
Exporters who have to declare consignments from Germany to non-EU countries
How it works
Documents.
You send commercial invoice, packing list, transport documents and your EORI number; we check and report what is missing.
Classification and value.
We determine commodity code and customs value and agree doubtful cases with you.
Declaration.
The declaration goes electronically to the customs office, where possible before the goods arrive.
Release.
After release you receive the customs assessment; the goods go to the warehouse or the recipient.
What we need for a customs declaration
A commercial invoice with seller, buyer, goods description, quantity, price, currency and delivery term; a packing list with cartons, weights and dimensions; the transport documents (bill of lading, air waybill or consignment note); your EORI number; where available proofs of origin and product approvals; and an authorisation that allows us to declare on your behalf. If any of this is missing, we tell you before the goods arrive.
A consignment that needs clearing?
Send us the commercial invoice and packing list. We will tell you what is still missing and how the declaration proceeds.