This is how you declare removal goods

Note that in the Import Declaration Service for private persons you can only declare removal goods that the transport company brings from outside the EU.

In the Import Declaration Service for private persons, you cannot declare the following goods:            

• Removal goods that contain alcohol, tobacco products, utility means of transport or goods meant for professional use. 
• Removal goods that are imported prior to moving.
• Pets or other live animals imported upon moving.
• Removal goods that arrive in the Åland Islands from the EU territory.
• Removal goods transported to Åland by Åland Post.
• Removal goods that arrive from inside the EU territory, but from outside the EU fiscal territory, for example from the Åland Islands or Canary Islands.

If you are moving from a country outside the EU, such as Norway

If you are moving from outside the EU, the removal goods will be declared in the same way as if you were moving from outside the EU to mainland Finland.

If you are moving from the EU territory but outside the EU fiscal territory, such as the Canary Islands

Contact Information for transactions between Åland and other EU territories or Customs Information Service for advice on declaring the goods.

If you are moving from mainland Finland or from another EU country, such as Sweden

If you are transporting the removal goods to Åland yourself, the goods don’t have to be declared, but they must be accompanied by the following documents:

• Fill in form 45.
• Make a list of the things you have with you (e.g. ”a bed, a television set, 3 kg of clothes, dishes, books” etc.).
• Present the form and the list to Customs if requested.

If your removal goods are transported by a carrier, contact Information for transactions between Åland and other EU territories or Customs Information Service for advice on declaring the goods.

Note that if your removal goods include a car or some other vehicle, it needs to be declared. Read more about declaring vehicles.

Note that some goods cannot be declared as removal goods exempt from import duty. This means that such goods are always subject to import duties when you move. 

Goods that cannot be declared as removal goods exempt from import duty

• alcohol
• tobacco products
• removal goods subject to an exceptional permit if you do not have such a permit
• utility means of transport, meaning for example vehicles used for commercial purposes, such as a bus, taxi or lorry
• goods meant for professional use, except for portable tools used in technical and liberal professions.

Note the following if you declare these goods in the Import Declaration Service for private persons:

• If a part of your removal goods is in this category, you cannot declare removal goods in the Import Declaration Service for private persons.
• If all of your goods are in this category, instead of “removal goods” you should indicate that your wish to declare “purchased goods”. 

You can declare goods that cannot be declared as removal goods exempt from import duty for example in one of the following ways:

• Buy the customs clearance from a transport company or forwarding company. A forwarding agency is a company that can declare the goods on your behalf.
• Declare your goods at a customs office.
• When necessary, you can authorise another person to declare your goods on your behalf. (in Finnish)
• Declare your goods with form 1143.
• Declare the goods in the Customs Clearance Service. Read the instructions on how to declare removal goods in the Customs Clearance Service.

Read more about how to declare goods.