Transit
Transit is a customs procedure that facilitates the transport of goods across borders and through territories without paying customs duty and VAT.
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You may transit any goods that may be brought into or out of Sweden.
When releasing goods for the transit procedure, you are responsible for the veracity of the information provided, and for carrying out the transit operation.
The goods shall be presented intact to customs at the place of destination within deadline established by Swedish Customs. The person presenting the goods is also responsible for that the seals are not tampered with and, where applicable, compliance with an prescribed itinerary.
Various regulations
Transit procedures are based on various regulations:
- Common transit
- Union transit
- TIR Transit
Common transit
Common transit is governed by the Common Transit Convention – CTC. This transit procedure may be used within the customs territory of the Union and in any party to the Convention (Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Kingdom).
Union transit
The Union transit procedure is used for transporting goods in the EU.
TIR Transit
The TIR procedure is mostly used in and to Eastern European countries that are not part of the EU (for example, Türkiye and Ukraine), parts of the Middle East and also in North Africa. You will then need to use a TIR carnet.
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When a shipment of undeclared goods under the transit procedure arrives at the vessel, you must send a presentation notification with a simultaneous request for unloading. Read more about the transit of undeclared goods on the page on ship clearance.
The European Commission's website features a transit manual with additional information, guidelines and several practical examples of Union transit and common transit procedures. The transit manual is available in 23 languages.