Procedure for transit declarations – standard procedure

The declarant prepares a transit declaration and submits it digitally to Swedish Customs.

A declarant may also appoint an agent, who will handle their communications with Swedish Customs. The agent acts on behalf of the declarant.

Swedish Customs receives the transit declaration and verifies that the information is correctly entered.

• In the event of errors, the customs declaration will be rejected. A message will be sent to inform the declarant that the transit declaration cannot be processed.
  
• If the information is correct, a message is sent to the declarant confirming receipt of the transit declaration.
  

In the next step, the system verifies the information.

• If there are any errors in this information, a message will be sent to inform the declarant of the identified errors. The declarant will be given an opportunity to amend the errors and re-submit the transit declaration.

If the information is correct, a message will be sent to inform the declarant that the transit declaration has been received.

The declarant receives the message, adds the LRN number to the vehicle declaration and requests to start the transit procedure at the declared customs office of departure.

A customs officer approves the case and an MRN number is sent to the declarant.

The declarant receives the MRN.

The declaration will be risk assessed. If the level of risk is deemed to be high, a message is sent to the declarant informing him/her that the consignment has been selected for inspection. The customs officer may also decide that an inspection is required and issue an inspection notification.

The declarant receives the message.

If no inspection is carried out, the applicable guarantee amount is reserved against the declared guarantee.

The customs officer sets a time limit for the transit movement and a message of release for transit is sent. The transport starts.

The declarant receives the release notification.