Customs permits
Gain financial benefits from your customs permit
We support you with the application, implementation and management of your permit. This allows you to make use of the arrangement without losing control of the administration, inspections and obligations.
Mistakes that can make your customs permit cost you money
Your administration shows different quantities, values or movements of goods from your stock records and customs declarations. As a result, you cannot demonstrate what happened to the goods covered by the permit.
Customs may terminate the procedure for those goods and still impose import duties. A single missed deadline can therefore turn a financial benefit into an unexpected additional assessment.
Under a procedure such as Inward Processing, you must demonstrate within an agreed period what has happened to the imported goods. You process, re-export or account for the goods too late, or not at all.
Customs may terminate the procedure for those goods and still impose import duties. A single missed deadline can therefore turn a financial benefit into an unexpected additional assessment.
You import, process or store goods in a way that falls outside the conditions of your permit. For example, because a commodity code, location or processing activity is not included in the permit.
Customs may decide that you have applied the procedure incorrectly. You may need to correct the declarations, may still have to pay import duties, and risk having your permit reassessed by customs.
You import, process or store goods in a way that falls outside the conditions of your permit. For example, because a commodity code, location or processing activity is not included in the permit.
During an audit, it may become clear that your working method no longer matches the conditions of your permit. You may then need to explain and correct previous transactions. In the case of structural discrepancies, customs may restrict, suspend or revoke your permit.
Authorizations with certainty
A customs permit can provide financial benefits. Under certain procedures, import duties do not have to be paid immediately or may not have to be paid at all. This strengthens your position in the market. However, that benefit comes with significant administrative obligations.
If the administration is incorrect or incomplete, customs may still recover the import duties, including interest. Flevo Trade Service supports companies with applying for, setting up and maintaining customs permits.
A permit in practice
Permits such as Inward Processing, End Use or Customs Warehousing are intended to encourage economic activity within the European Union. They make it possible, under certain conditions, to import, process or store goods without paying import duties immediately. That may sound straightforward. In practice, it means that every movement of goods must be recorded administratively and periodically accounted for to customs.
As soon as that administration is incorrect, customs may still recover the import duties, including retrospective corrections. That is why our service does not stop once the permit has been granted. It is the ongoing management afterwards that determines whether a permit actually delivers a benefit.
Applying for a permit is one step. Managing the procedure properly requires knowledge of customs legislation, experience with audits and an understanding of how the administration fits together.
From application to management
We first assess whether a permit suits your flow of goods and business operations. We then support the application and the administrative set-up, so that everything complies with customs requirements.
Once the permit has been granted, the ongoing management begins. This includes monitoring flows of goods, periodic reporting and support during audits. The administration is recorded in a structured way, so that during an audit it is immediately clear how the process has been handled.
Our process
Applying for a permit is one step. Managing the procedure properly requires knowledge of customs legislation, experience with audits and an understanding of how the administration fits together.
Assessment
We assess which procedure suits your goods flow and business structure.
Application
The authorization is applied for, and the administrative obligations are set up correctly.
Maintenance
Monthly administration, monitoring, and support during audits are handled structurally.
Everything arranged for an error-free flow
