The import of some vegetables, fruits and berries require a phytosanitary border inspection and checks on conformity of vegetables. These products belong in chapter 7 and 8 of the Customs Tariff. Lists of products that are inspected:
- Phytosanitary control (in Finnish, Finnish Food Authority)
- products under the scope of checks on conformity of fruits and vegetables (Finnish Food Authority, in Finnish)
Submit information regarding fruits, vegetable and berries under the scope of phytosanitary health controls and checks on conformity with customs form 696s Advance inquiry/import declaration of the import of fresh produce (in Finnish).
Fill in only the top part of the form. In the bottom part, the Customs officer fills in the decisions made based on risk assessment. Attach the phytosanitary certificate, trade invoice, bill of lading or other corresponding document, and other documents possibly related to the consignment (including certificate of conformity of fruits and vegetables issued by the country of origin).
Other products can be declared with a free-form notification by email. Attach the trade invoice and other documents related to the consignment.
Advance inquiry by email concerning a single consignment:
- Attach in the same email message all documents relating to the consignment.
- The email message can only contain documents relating to a single consignment.
- A single consignment can contain products marked in several trade invoices.
Provide the following in the advance notification or advance inquiry:
- name of company
- name and contact information of person in charge of the matter
- arrival date or estimated arrival date of the consignment
- commodity codes of all goods items with a 10-digit accuracy (can be entered on the trade invoice or on a separate attachment).
Attach the following to the advance notification or advance inquiry:
- trade invoice
- compulsory documents such as: phytosanitary certificates, guarantees or analysis certificates (if the consignment contains products under the scope of increased control) in accordance with the Commission’s regulation on increased controls of imported goods.
- other possible documents pertaining to the consignment.
Send the advance notification or inquiry by email to kuluttajasuojelu(at)tulli.fi
The Customs consumer safety inspectors process advance inquiries weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Enter Customs’ reply to your advance inquiry in the customs declaration
Customs sends you a reply via email, which should be archived with the other customs documents. The reply can be one of these two alternatives:
- No samples/no measures, date, reference number of advance inquiry, invoice number, name of consumer safety inspector.
- Samples to be taken/phytosanitary check/check of conformity, date, reference number of advance inquiry, invoice number, name of consumer safety inspector and detailed information on products under transfer prohibition.
When you make the customs declaration electronically, enter the reply from the consumer safety inspector regarding the advance inquiry, with the code FIXXX in the ‘Additional information’ section for the goods item.
For example: ‘FIXXX”, ”No samples, 1.7.2017, reference number 123456, name of consumer safety inspector.’