You can submit a transit declaration in the Customs Clearance Service after 18 November 2023, only if you use Suomi.fi identification

Publication date 13.9.2023 10.27
Type:Press release

How to identify yourself in the Customs Clearance Service:

  • If you have online banking codes, a mobile certificate or a certificate card accepted for Suomi.fi identification, identify yourself with one of them when you submit a declaration on the company’s behalf or in your own name.
  • If you are a foreign person and you submit a declaration on a company’s behalf, identify yourself using the Finnish Authenticator application.
  • If you don’t have codes for online banking, a mobile certificate or a certificate card accepted for Suomi.fi identification and you wish to declare in your own name, you can’t use the Customs Clearance Service.
  • Identify yourself to the customs officer at the customs office using you passport, and present the transit details to the officer e.g. with a SAD form.

Be prepared for changes in the information content of the transit declaration

Changes to the information content of the transit declaration are e.g. the following:

  • In the future, the holder of the procedure must reserve the amount of guarantee with the transit declaration (the amount of duties and taxes).
  • The commodity code (HS code) must be provided at the level of six digits.
  • As a new detail, the customs office of exit must be provided for the transit when the consignment exits the EU, Norway or Switzerland (from the so-called security area) for another common transit country, such as the United Kingdom.

Follow the updates on Customs’ website

How to submit a transit declaration
Phased changes to customs declarations in 2020–2025

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