Customs’ new opening hours at Niirala from 1 March 2023
The opening hours of Niirala border crossing point will change on 1 March 2023. From 1 March 2023, Niirala border crossing point and the customer service will be open 8.00‒20.00. From 26 March 2023, the service hours will be 9.00–21.00. The service hours for the customs clearance of commercial goods traffic will be the same as the opening hours.
There has been a decrease in commercial goods traffic across the eastern border especially due to the sanctions against Russia. Customs will shorten the service hours according to the changed needs. We will continue to monitor the needs of our customers regarding service hours at the border crossing points on the eastern border.
You can check the current opening hours of the border crossing points on our website.
More information:
- Russian attack on Ukraine – export sanctions and their effects on businesses and private individuals
- Customer notice, 14 April 2022: Customs’ service hours for commercial goods traffic will be shortened at Nuijamaa, Vartius and Vainikkala (in Finnish, Swedish and Russian)
- Customer notice, 11 May 2022: Customs’ service hours for commercial goods traffic will be shortened at Imatra (in Finnish, Swedish and Russian)
- Customer notice, 17 June 2022: Changes to our service hours at Kotka, Kuusamo, Salla and Raja-Jooseppi from 27 June 2022
- Customer notice, 16 December 2022: New Customs service hours in Vartius, Salla and Raja-Joosepp