Finnish Customs Tariff
The Finnish Customs Tariff (Customs manual II) is based on the Integrated Tariff of the European Union (Taric), which is a database maintained by the European Commission.
The chapters of the Finnish Customs Tariff and the notes to the chapters and sections are published in PDF format in the commodity code service FintaricLink to an external website.
A commodity code must be declared for all goods imported and exported; the customs taxation of goods and the compilation of trade statistics is based on the commodity code. Information about changes to the Finnish Customs Tariff is published in customer notices once a month.
Combined Nomenclature CN
The Combined NomenclatureLink to an external website is the common nomenclature of the European Community. The 8-digit sub-headings in the nomenclature are used in export declarations and in statistical declarations on internal trade. There are changes to the nomenclature every year and the nomenclature that will come into force in the beginning of the following year is published yearly in the Official Journal of the European Union, by the end of October at the latest.
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CIRCABC Link to an external website (Browse Categories > Taxation and Customs Union > Tariff and Quota Data Information > Library > Reference Documents > Correlation Tables)
Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature
The Combined Nomenclature (CN) of the European Union is based on the HS Nomenclature, but is more fine-grained. It is used in statistics declarations on intra-EU trade and in exports, among other uses.
A consolidated version of the explanatory notes has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, issue C 119Link to an external website, on 29 March 2019:
The consolidated version includes and, where appropriate, replaces the explanatory notes published in the C series of the OJEU up to 4 January 2019.
A correction of the Foreword page of the Finnish consolidated version has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, issue C 136Link to an external website, on 12 April 2019: