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Buying or selling cars across Sweden’s border If you are buying a car in another country, you may have to pay customs duty, VAT and any other taxes and charges. You may have to notify Swedish Customs

entered when an IOSS registration number has been entered. It is not necessary do declare charges when a registered e-commerce platform has charged VAT at the point of purchase. In data element 14 03 039

Supporting documents Supporting documents are any documents used to support statements in your customs declaration. If you declare goods imported from a country outside the EU, you are required to

Correcting an incorrect entry If you only need to correct an incorrect entry in a customs declaration, you should not apply to annul the entire declaration, but instead request an amendment. Amending a customs

Change of declarant in an import declaration In some cases, it is possible to change the declarant in import declarations. A change of declarant in the import declaration is made as a request for

Amending an import declaration If you discover errors in your customs declaration, you can request to have it amended. Information on how to amend a declaration submitted in the old import system can

Failing to pay on time It is important to pay your customs invoice on time. If not, you may have to pay interest on the overdue payment and, in the worst-case scenario, lose your authorisation for

sea. You need an authorisation to use a reduced data set. With this authorisation you do not need to provide the net mass. Apart from this, you should provide the same data as in a standard transit

must meet the compliance criterion in article 39 (a) of the Union Customs Code. The compliance criterion. The company must meet the accounting and logistics system criterion in article 39 b of the Union

wholly obtained in the Union or goods brought into the customs territory of the Union from countries or territories outside that territory and released for free circulation. Union goods may be stored in a

purpose is to protect the EU from dangerous goods and to meet the increased security requirements in world trade. The information should be sent in the form of entry and exit summary declarations. What are

developers This is what a company or system supplier needs to know in order to develop a customs system. EDI for system developers

company must apply for a registration for communication via EDI (TVEDI). In order to send and receive EDI messages to Swedish Customs your company must ascertain technical and formal approval from us. For

during the first step, than you would in a standard customs declaration. The remaining information is subsequently provided in a supplementary customs declaration. Authorisation code: SDE You may exclude

Many people contact Swedish Customs about attempted fraud In some cases, the sender may appear to be Swedish Customs or a well-known transport company, but it may also be a company that does not exist or

Questions and answers on export followed by transit We answer the most frequently asked questions about export followed by transit. Show or hide all If there is a breakdown in NCTS and we use the

country The Swedish Board of Agriculture here distinguishes between listed and non-listed countries. At the Swedish Board of Agriculture you can see which countries count as what. Buying a dog or cat in

to know here. Quick links About customs duties Get started with imports from non-EU countries Declaring goods when importing These pages in English are under construction and more information will be

statistics. Finding your product code in Tulltaxan (Taric) Tulltaxan is a free and web based query service. There are more than 15 000 commodity codes for different types of goods. The goods are classified

Tariff quotas A tariff quota is a predetermined value or a predetermined quantity of goods which you may import with reduced customs duties or duty free during a limited time. Such quotas apply to the EU

Tariff quotas A tariff quota is a predetermined value or a predetermined quantity of goods which you may import with reduced customs duties or duty free during a limited time. Such quotas apply to

by price dumping. If the product that you import is sold in the EU at such a low price that corresponding products manufactured in the EU suffer you may have to pay additional customs duties for the

product from any of the these territories, you must pay both customs duty and VAT. However, some goods from Andorra are duty free. Find out more: Andorra France’s overseas territories When ordering a

consignee in a different EU country. In these instances you are not required to declare VAT. Instead, the recipient declaraes VAT in the other EU country. When the exemption is applied, procedure codes

its website. Examples of valid BOIs. State the legal basis in your application Applications for binding origin information are submitted by mail to Swedish Customs by using a form. You may only apply

As indicated by the name, this origin does not confer any preferential treatment with regard to customs duties. Goods may have an origin that confers preferential treatment, but only if there is a free

Non-preferential origin In cases where the EU has imposed provisions on licenses, anti-dumping duties, additional duties and countervailing duties, as well as quotas on imports from a specific country

Standard customs declaration for imports In the standard customs declaration, you provide all the information at the latest at the time of import. You can choose to send a declaration in advance or a

country part of the EU? If you are unsure whether the country you are trading with is an EU Member State or not – here is a list of all EU countries. EU Customs and Fiscal Territories Buying medicines from

Buying tobacco online Find out what rules apply when you order, for example, snus or cigarettes online, the rules differ depending on whether you are going to buy tobacco from a non-EU country or not

April 2006 (case number B2328-04). In the absence of a judgement from the Supreme Court, it is regarded as legal precedence. Buying alcohol online from a country outside the EU You cannot order alcohol

surprised by unexpected charges. What are the charges on my goods? When you buy online from a country outside the EU, you have to pay certain charges in addition to the price of the goods. Different goods are

EU. If you order a product from a company in the EU that ships the product from a country outside the EU, such as the US or China, the same rules apply as if you had made your purchase directly from

Returned goods In some cases, when re-importing goods from a third country, you are not required to pay customs duty or VAT. All of the following criteria must be met to qualify for duty relief: The

destination and declared for free circulation there. Identity Remember that the goods imported for examination, analysis or tests must be labelled in such a manner that makes it possible to identify them from

Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, Annex I and Annex I. These annexes contain lists of goods that may be eligible for relief from customs duty. Expand or close all Duty-free goods according to Annex I The goods in

Sweden. The company should have available accounts in Sweden. The company must provide a guarantee. There are exceptions in some cases. The company should be incorporated in the EU. There are exceptions in

electronic administrative document (eAD) in EMCS before untaxed excise products are moved under tax suspension from a tax warehouse to a country outside the EU excise area. If the information is approved by

organised crime. The focus will be on combating serious organised crime that threatens society, and against organised crime in the local community with a particular focus on vulnerable areas. The agencies

at least a month before the replacement. The Swedish Customs Signature Certificate will be replaced March 24, 2026, at 12.00 PM UTC. This means that the new certificate must be installed in your

authorisation that is valid in more than one member state. The consignee does not need to hold a separate authorisation. The holder of the authorisation is responsible for submitting the bill of discharge

below to start filing data in ICS2. 1. Applying for an EORI number Connect to ICS2 in the country that issued the company’s EORI number. Companies with a Swedish EORI number should contact Swedish Customs

definitions, a carrier is defined as follows: “Carrier means in the context of entry, the person who brings the goods, or who assumes responsibility for the carriage of the goods, into the customs territory of

However, there are som exceptions. Here you will find information about what is specific to the United Kingdom after Brexit. Get your goods duty free when shopping online The EU and the UK have a trade and

Customs has made a mistake In some cases where the customs authority has made a mistake, repayment or remission may be granted. This is rare, but may be because, for example, the authority did not forward a

deferment of payment (in Swedish) Request to use a comprehensive guarantee The procedure for pre-lodging a customs declaration for goods arriving by rail The image below describes how to pre-lodge a customs

starting in December 2025, of submitting Temporary Storage Declarations (TSD) directly to Swedish Customs for goods arriving by sea. This will be an alternative to using the Fal 2 cargo declaration as a TSD

access the test environment. Please include the TLS certificate to be verified by Swedish Customs in your e-mail. 5. Preparing conformance tests You will receive credentials and access to a test

Searches on and of the body We carry out a body search or a cursory body inspection when there is reason to believe that there are items in your clothes or on your body that can be seized. Role of

can be found in the Act (1991:1969) on the prohibition of certain doping substances (in swedish) and in the Swedish Smuggling Act. Medication A medicinal product is any substance whose use is purported

Calculating the reference amount for the comprehensive guarantee The amount for a comprehensive guarantee must correspond to an established reference amount. In your application for authorisation

United Kingdom – trading, travelling or moving post-Brexit I’m going to Japan and buying a video camera there. Can I bring it back into Sweden free of charge? You may bring in goods to a maximum value of

than the above amount. From a country outside the EU Only if you want to bring goods with a value higher than the limits above. Buying e-cigarettes when travelling abroad Buying tobacco in EU Member

consignments in the postal and courier stream. Questions and answers about checking parcels Checks on and of the body We carry out a body search or a cursory body inspection when there is reason to believe that

Customs have my package? Apply for a refund or to make a payment Keep this in mind when shopping online Useful information before shopping online Swedish Customs’ guide for online shopping outside the EU

export An indirect export is when you declare your goods for exportation or re-exportation in a different country than that from which the goods exit the EU. The customs office of export and the customs

EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus The EU has decided on wide-ranging sanctions against Russia, Belarus, and certain areas of Ukraine. In 2014, the EU imposed the first sanctions on Russia

Get a refund of duties for another reason Du you believe that there is an error in the customs declaration and that you have paid too much customs duty and VAT? Then you can apply for a refund of any

Get a refund of duties on returned lost personal items If you lost a personal item while travelling and it was sent to you, you may be refunded any fees paid to Swedish Customs. To the application

Get a refund for goods purchased in the EU When you order goods from another EU country, you do not normally have to pay any duties to Swedish Customs. If you have paid duties, you can apply for a

Refunds for gifts You may receive gifts from a country outside the EU duty-free, provided that certain conditions have been met. If you paid duties to Swedish Customs, you can apply for a refund

Idre Customs Clearance Office At the customs office there is a clearance office for import and export to and from Sweden and Norway. Here you will find contact information and opening hours for

requirements, VAT will be 12 per cent. What are the requirements for a collectors’ vehicle? To qualify as a collectors’ vehicle, the vehicle must fulfil the following requirements: The vehicle shall be in its

element 12 12 000 000 – Authorisation). If you intend to submit a transit movement to be started from a customs office, this is referred to as transit under the normal procedure. In this case, you do not

present the goods and LRN, thus initiating the transit procedure. Note: In the case of export followed by transit, the transit movement is assigned an MRN number but not activated. A guarantee for customs

countries outside the EU. The ban is set out in Article 3ma of Regulation (EU) 833/2014 and applies to petroleum products with CN code 2710 that contain crude oil originating in Russia with CN code 2709. At

How to connect to ICS2 As an economic operator, you have various options to connect to ICS2. You can use an S2S solution or a web interface. To be able to submit data in ICS2, you need to connect via

Commodity description in transit When goods are in transit, it is important that you enter both the commodity code and a clear and accurate description of the goods. A poorly written commodity

consignee pays VAT regardless of the value of the goods. If this value is more than SEK 1,800, customs duty may also have to be paid. Receiving a gift from a country outside the EU page Kalle in Jönköping

export) Entry in the declarant's records (EIDR) for export will be introduced on 26 February 2026, with a transition period that runs until 31 March 2026. The level of details in these records must

State on the application form: "changing/updating communication party". This option means: Keep the same sender identification and reverse routing address used in the XML-envelope. New OFTP code If a new

//ca.tullverket.se/server_authentication/tmf01.tullverket.se_Odette_2029-12-05.cer The new server certificate has a different issuer then the previous and thereby new root and intermediate CA certificates are used

determines whether either quantity or amount or both quantity and amount must be stated. See the declaration guide.’ A new rule will also be added: SE-R0587 – Document code L065 may only be used in combination

Specifications) (In Swedish) Authorisation for Centralised Customs Clearance A authorisation for Centralised Customs Clearance (CCL) is required to use centralised clearance for imports. To apply for authorisation

Declaration guide for standard customs import declaration, centralised clearance, when the presentation notification is made in Sweden On this page you find a declaration guide for standard customs

experience a breakdown in Swedish Customs’ or the Swedish Maritime Administration's ship clearance system and you need to report data to Swedish Customs or the Swedish Maritime Administration, you need fall

Claiming your refund Please contact or visit your tax-free partner. They will process your refund.

Where to get your stamp Tax-free partners can be found at the airport terminal. Tax-free receipts from Danish Pie VAT must be stamped by Swedish Customs. At Arlanda, Swedish Customs has a service

Have your tax-free receipt stamped Before you leave Sweden, you must have your tax-free receipt stamped, for example at the airport. Have your tax-free receipt stamped by a tax-free partner or

Ask for a tax-free receipt Ask for a tax-free receipt in the shop when you purchase an item. Ask in the shop if they are affiliated with tax-free shopping in Sweden.

Buying or selling boats across Sweden’s border If you are buying a boat in another country, you may have to pay customs duty, VAT and any other taxes. You may have to notify Swedish Customs if you

presented differently depending on the means of transport. By air When non-Union goods arrive in Sweden by air, a presentation notification should be sent digitally to Swedish Customs. The goods included in

has the same function as a governing board in principle, but with limited responsibility and no power of decision. Members of this board are appointed by the Swedish Government. Members of Swedish

signature certificates is responsible for ordering a new Company Signature Certificate well in advance before its validity expires receiving and installing certificates in your company’s EDI system receiving

Startpage / Startpage / Tulltaxan (Taric) / Tariff File Distribution (TF) Tariff File Distribution (TF) Taric is updated each night with information from the European Commission in Brussels. As a

Italian parts of Lake Lugano Spain: Ceuta och Melilla (in Nord Africa) Andorra (some goods are duty-free) The Farao Islands (belong to Denmark, an EU country, yet are not considered part of the EU

Italian parts of Lake Lugano Spain: Ceuta och Melilla (in Nord Africa) Andorra (some goods are duty-free) The Farao Islands (belong to Denmark, an EU country, yet are not considered part of the EU

Buying e-cigarettes and refills when travelling When returning home from a trip abroad, you may, once you are 18, bring in e-cigarettes and refills for private use. The quantity you can bring in

Entry summary declaration When introducing goods into the EU, you are required to submit certain information about goods in advance to a customs authority. Normally, the transport undertaking submits

Response message in the MSW Reportal Here we have compiled some types of response messages requesting additional information when a ship calls at port. In the joint authority reporting portal, the

provide information in the later steps. The MRN should be passed on The export process begins when the declarant or their representative submits an export customs declaration using message IE515. First, a

Customs Code and 116 The UCC Delegated Act shall be records in a form approved by Swedish Customs. An appropriate form is considered to include requirements for traceability and that no changes can be made

Export followed by transit Export followed by transit describes the integration between the AES export system and the NCTS transit system. When an export case is started in AES and followed by a

partially transferred (sometimes abbreviated as “Partial TORO” and “full TORO”) In the case of a partial transfer, the consignee does not need to hold an authorisation, but must meet all the criteria for the

Type. 12 02 000 000 – Additional information Enter code 00700 or, where applicable, code 00800 in data element 12 02 008 000 – Code. Enter code TILFA if you are a temporary operator – a person who is not

if the customs declaration for the procedure is submitted in a different Member State.

will be released. Create or submit the bill of discharge in our online service Via our online service Avräkningsnota (Bill of discharge) for inward processing, you can: create a bill of discharge submit

rail: Pre-lodged customs declaration Transit declaration Pre-lodged customs declaration In order to pre-lodge a customs declaration in rail transport, there shall be no need to store the goods in a

Procedure for Presentation Notification for EIDR (Entry in declarant's records) Click on the image to see it in larger format Roles Declarant – The person making out a customs declaration as an entry

receiving a paper cheque. Important Swedish Customs may request additional information. New product as a replacement If you received new unit, e.g., to replace goods that were broken in transit, you are also