Yes. Customs has the right to open letters, packages and other consignments for justified reasons, but without infringing secrecy of correspondence. A consignment opened by Finnish Customs is closed with tape that reads ‘opened by Customs’.
The consignment is sometimes opened and inspected in the country of dispatch or in some other country along the transport route. For more information, contact the consignor or the freight carrier.
Yes. Customs can intercept a letter, parcel or some other consignment in order to examine if the conditions of importation are met.
You will receive a notification if your consignment is intercepted. If Customs decides to seize a consignment, Customs will notify the consignor or consignee about the decision on seizure.
No. Customs never returns consignments.
Within 20 days of their date of arrival, Posti returns postal consignments for which a customs declaration has not been submitted and for which import duties have not been paid. For more information contact Posti.
Finnish Customs supervises arriving, exiting and transited consignments through various control methods and, when necessary, examines consignments.