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Import: submitting a declaration

Publication date 02-09-2025 | Last update 21-10-2025 | Webpage

Are the goods entering the EU? And are they intended to be used in the EU? If so, you must file a declaration.

Submitting a declaration

You can do your own declaration or have this done by a representative. Would you like to do your own? Then you must first request so-called 'Electronic Messaging Registration'. You can do this via the Customs National Helpdesk: 088 - 156 66 55.

Submitting a declaration for fresh bananas

Are you submitting a declaration for fresh bananas with goods code 08039010? Then you need a ‘Permit from an accredited banana weigher’.

E-commerce check the changes to your customs affairs

If you’re an e-commerce entrepreneur supplying goods from outside the EU directly to addressees within the EU, you will be affected by certain changes from 1 July 2021 onwards. This does not just concern VAT, but also your Customs declaration.

Emergency procedure

In the Netherlands you submit an electronic declaration using DMS or AGS. What if DMS or AGS is not working? You may then be able to use the emergency procedure.

Submitting a simplified declaration

Would you like to submit a simplified declaration by registering in the administration of the provider? Then you need a permit. Read the explanatory notes and general terms and conditions here:

More information?

In the Customs Handbook, you can read all about submitting a declaration and the regulations on free movement:

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