Frequently asked questions about Intrastat declarations

Obligation to provide information

New contact information can be sent to intrastat@tulli.fi.


Customs needs to be informed about the matter. Declarations can continue without interruption if the activity under the new VAT ID continues to be the same.


Customs keeps track of the Community trade of companies obliged to provide information through VAT and statistics information. If the company’s total annual exports stay below the threshold value, Customs regards the company’s obligation to provide information as expired, and informs the company of this with a letter. In practice, this takes place in the spring based on the information of the entire preceding year.


A company can choose if each of its offices provides its own declaration or if the information of all offices is combined into a single declaration. If declarations are to be submitted by individual offices, the company should apply for reporting unit IDs (INT codes) for them. The application can be informal and it should state the contact information of the offices. The application can be sent by e-mail to intrastat@tulli.fi.


Companies do not need to register as Intrastat declarants themselves. If the threshold of the obligation to declare statistical data for imports is met, Customs notifies the company of this obligation. Similarly, Customs notifies companies of the obligation to provide data for exports.


Declarations

It is not necessary to notify Customs.


Corrections of declarations can be made until mid-August of the year following the statistical reference year.

Declarations concerning the year 2023 must corrected by 16th of August 2024 at latest.

The exceptions are statistical periods 01 and 02, which you can correct or submit an addition only until the turn of the year in the Intrastat Declaration Service.


You can make a normal Intrastat declaration on such a consignment for the month from where the consignment is missing. Additional declarations do not substitute previously sent declarations, which means that a company can submit several declarations per month. Additional declarations can be made until mid-August of the year following the statistical reference year.

Concerning the year 2023 the additional declarations must made by 16th of August 2024 at latest.

The exceptions are statistical periods 01 and 02, which you can correct or submit an addition only until the turn of the year in the Intrastat Declaration Service.


Yes. An Intrastat declaration is a monthly declaration, and it must be submitted every month. If no EU imports or exports to be included in statistics have occurred during a specific month, a so-called “empty” declaration is to be submitted.


Extension for declaring is granted only for a justified reason in exceptional cases, eg. denial-of-service attack. In order to receive an extension, a company should be able to estimate their total value of EU arrivals and/or EU dispatches during the month in question. To apply for more reporting time, please contact Intrastat customer service intrastat@tulli.fi.


The invoice value is declared tax-free, without VAT or national taxes.


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You can ask about

  • declarations of intra-EU trade
  • the use of the Intrastat Declaration Service.