Authorisation request

If you don’t have a written authorisation granted by the Customs Authorisation Centre but you are applying for the required authorisation with a customs declaration, fill in the required details under “Authorisation request”. 

Customs office of discharge

The service fills in the customs office of discharge automatically based on your earlier choices. 

Rate of yield (value and unit)

Provide the estimated rate of yield e.g. in per cent or kilograms. Provide, for example, the quantity of processed products obtained from the goods placed under the procedure.

Details of planned activities

Specify the activities for which the goods are placed under the outward processing procedure. Goods can be exported e.g. for repair or manufacture.

Details of the goods and of their identification

Provide here the required details of the goods and of their identification. Read the detailed guidance below.

Processed products

Provide the 8-digit commodity code of the products obtained from the processing, repair or manufacture. You can check the commodity code  in the commodity code service Fintaric. When the goods leave for repair, the commodity code is the same as for the goods placed under the procedure.

In addition to the commodity code, provide the common trade name used to identify the goods. A generic term is not sufficient. For example, “clothes” is not a sufficient description – you have to specify what kind of clothes they are, such as “t-shirts of cotton”. 

Identification of goods

You can provide several details for identification of the goods. Click on “+ Add method” and select the identification method from the drop-down menu. Enter a more detailed description of the method in the field “Identification of goods”.  

The outward processing procedure requires records to be kept. Always provide “7” – Other means of identification (provide an explanation on the means of identification to be used) As its identification, enter “records” and the address where the records are stored.
If you are declaring e.g. a car, you can also provide another identification method, the code “1 – Serial or manufacturer number” and enter the serial number or manufacturer’s number as identification.

Additional information for identification of goods

Here you can provide other information needed for identification of the goods. For example, you can provide details that were too long for their data fields.

Other information on the procedure 

Provide here the required additional information about the customs procedure You can provide additional information concerning the declaration, such as more detailed information of the processing operations or the grounds for the proposed time limit.

Time limits

Provide a sufficient time limit for the processing operation in whole months. For example, in the case of a six-month time limit, enter “6”. Please note that the various customs procedures have different maximum time limits. Check the maximum time limits for the special procedures on the Finnish Customs website.