Transport information

Means of transport at the border

Select under “Mode of transport at the border”, either 1 – Sea transport or “4 – Air transport”.

Under “Identification of means of transport at the border”, enter as identification number the identifier of the means of transport to which the ship supplies were delivered.

Under “Type of identification”, choose the alternative that describes the identifier of the means of transport. In this declaration, you can select 10 – IMO ship identification number, 11 – Name of sea-going vessel, or 40 – IATA Flight number.

In the field “Nationality of active border transport means”, choose the country of registration of the means of transport as the nationality.
Enter as loading date the day when the goods were delivered to the means of transport. You can write the date or choose it from the calendar.

Indicate as location of the goods, the place where the goods will be taken for delivery to the vessel. This location in the port or airport is indicated with the code UNLOCODE. For example, the code UNLOCODE for Helsinki-Vantaa airport is FIVAT, the code for the Port of Kotka is FIKTK. Link to the UNECE UN/LOCODE (FI) – Finland list of Finnish UN/LOCODE codes.

Activate “Provisions for a government vessel”, if the supplies are provided to a government vessel.

The field “Unique consignment reference (UCR)” can usually be left blank. When providing a transport document, you can leave this blank. Complete the field only if the consignment has been given a unique consignment reference (UCR), which remains the same throughout the supply chain. The UCR can be a WCO (ISO 15459) code or some other similar code.

Transport documents

Choose the transport document type. As type, you can choose either N785 – Cargo manifest or N787 – Cargo load list 
Provide the transport document identification.

You don’t need to upload the transport document as an attachment to the declaration, unless Customs specifically asks for it.

If you want to upload a document as an attachment, click on “Add attachment”. The supported attachment file types are pdf, jpg, png and tif. The maximum attachment size is 5 MB. When you have uploaded the attachment, the service automatically fills in the column “Attachment reference” with the reference number issued by Customs. You can delete the attachment via the bin icon.

Commodity

You can declare 99 different commodity rows in one house consignment. 
 
Choose the commodity code of the goods. In the monthly declarations for ship supplies you can only declare the following commodity codes: 

  • 99302400 Foodstuffs, alcohol and tobacco 
    • Alcoholic beverages: litres
    • Cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos: number of pieces
    • Pipe and cigarette tobacco: kilograms
    • Other products containing tobacco: kilograms
    • Cigarette paper: number of pieces
    • Electronic cigarette liquid: kilograms
    • Soft drinks: litres
    • Other commodities: kilograms
  • 99302700 Fuels CN Chapter 27
    • Provide the quantity of fuel and lubricants in kilograms.
  • 99309900 Goods classified elsewhere
    • Provide the quantity in kilograms. You can provide 0.001 as net mass, if the actual net mass of the goods is not known.

Choose a tax product group for the goods. The tax product groups are available under Codelists - Export and exit code list NCL517. Read more about providing the tax product group - www.vero.fi.

Provide the statistical value in euros.

Provide the net mass (kg). Net mass is the weight of the goods without any packaging. 
Provide the supplementary units if the Taric nomenclature requires it for the commodity code.

Activate return goods, if you are declaring goods that were returned during the previous month and that were not loaded on board a vessel or aircraft nor acknowledged as received.