Entry declarations and notifications for goods in maritime traffic can be submitted by shipping companies, operators, ship owners, temporary storage operators and forwarding agencies.
When the goods are imported by sea, the shipping company which has drafted the bill of lading (B/L) is responsible for submitting the temporary storage declaration, and the shipping company operating the vessel is responsible for submitting the presentation notification.
If the vessel does not have an authorisation, approved by Customs, for regular shipping services, a temporary storage declaration has to be submitted for goods arriving on board a vessel from an EU port and unloaded in a Finnish port. The Union status of goods can also be declared using a temporary storage declaration.
A temporary storage declaration is also submitted for undeclared goods (T1 status) that are transited using an electronic transport document (ETD) and imported on board a regular shipping service vessel. No notifications are submitted during the port call for goods that remain on the ship. If undeclared goods arrive under the T1 transit procedure, no temporary storage declaration is submitted.
A temporary storage declaration is submitted for all goods to be unloaded from a non-regular shipping service vessel.
When the vessel has arrived directly from a third country, an entry summary declaration (IE315) is submitted at the first port within the Union. If the vessel continues to another port in Finland, a temporary storage declaration (FI335 or FI337) is submitted for the goods to be unloaded at the following ports. The additional information code “FIPRD - MRN of the previous entry summary declaration” should be provided in the temporary storage declaration, as well as the MRN and goods item number of the entry summary declaration as a description for the code.
Entry declarations for goods carried by air can be submitted e.g. by airlines, their representatives, temporary storage operators and forwarding agencies.
The airline is responsible for submitting the temporary storage declaration.
A temporary storage declaration is to be submitted for undeclared goods (T1) that will be unloaded at the customs office of entry. No declaration is submitted for Union goods.
- The number of the AWB must be entered as the transport document using the additional information code N740 in both the declaration header details and in the declaration header details of the transport document.
- In the case of a direct air waybill, the number of the waybill (AWB) must be provided in the declaration header details of both the master level and the house level transport document, using the transport document type N740.
- In addition to the transport document, the Unique Consignment Reference number (UCR) may also be provided, if in use (WCO (ISO 15459) codes or equivalent).
If goods which are not to be unloaded in Finland, have been loaded onto an aircraft at another airport within the EU and the aircraft continues its journey outside the Union, then no declaration has to be submitted in Finland for such freight.
If the whole consignment does not arrive with one flight, the airline must submit a new temporary storage declaration and presentation notification for the goods that arrive with the next flight.
If the previous document in the customs declaration is a temporary storage declaration (TSD) and the goods arrive in a split consignment, proceed as follows:
- You should submit a separate customs declaration for each split consignment, and provide the MRN, transport document number and goods item number of the TSD submitted on arrival as the previous document.
- If the customs declaration has been submitted for the whole consignment in conjunction with the arrival of the first split consignment, you can amend the customs declaration, adding the MRNs, transport document numbers and goods item numbers of all the TSDs submitted in conjunction with the different arrivals. In that case, the goods will be released from temporary storage only once the whole consignment has arrived.
- If the customs declaration has been submitted for the whole consignment in conjunction with the arrival of the first split consignment, and you want to obtain this split consignment from temporary storage, the customs declaration must be amended to correspond to the details of the split consignment.