This is how you declare removal goods
Declare your removal goods in one of the following ways:
- Declare your removal goods using form 1161. First, read the instructions for completing the form. Read more if you are declaring with a form and you removal goods contain goods for which import taxes and duties have to be paid.
- Declare you removal goods at a customs office.
- Buy the customs clearance from a transport company or forwarding company. A forwarding company is a company that can declare the goods on your behalf.
- Declare your removal goods in the Customs Clearance Service. Read the instructions on how to declare removal goods in the Customs Clearance Service.
For declaring removal goods, you need the following documents and information:
- passport
- A general list of the removal goods for example ‘a bed, 20 kg of clothes, tableware, books etc.’
- A completed form 45, unless you are declaring your removal goods with form 1161
- Certificate of employment or other proof of residing abroad
When declaring removal goods, you may also need the following documents and information:
- A residence permit granted for at least a year, if you need one. A residence permit for your own or a family member’s studies, is not enough.
- Licences, such as an advance importation licence or an import licence for weapons.
- Commodity codes for your removal goods. The commodity code for removal goods is usually 9905 00 00 00.
- However, please note that for the following goods, you must use the commodity codes of the goods themselves, when you move:
- Vehicles. Please note that for vehicles, you also need the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- Goods under import restrictions, such as weapons.
- Goods for which you must pay import taxes.
- However, please note that for the following goods, you must use the commodity codes of the goods themselves, when you move:
Sometimes, your removal goods may contain goods for which import taxes must be paid. Import taxes must be paid for
- alcohol
- tobacco products
Import taxes must also be paid for the following rare goods:
- Commercial means of transport, i.e. vehicles that weigh over 5000 kg if they are not in personal use.
- Goods for professional use, such as a professional athlete’s sports equipment. Please note that import taxes do not have to be paid for portable work equipment intended for professional use and used in technical and liberal professions. Technical professions are professions such as engineer, surgeon and silversmith (work equipment e.g. a surgeon’s knife, a silver smith’s hammer). Liberal professions are professions such as author and visual artist (work equipment e.g. artist’s paintbrush).
If you are declaring your removal goods with a form and you removal goods contain goods for which import taxes and duties have to be paid, declare you removal goods with form 1143. Read first the instructions for completing the form.
Also, fill in form 45, if you have resided permanently and uninterruptedly outside the customs territory of the EU for at least 12 months.