If you are importing goods, Bring can take care of transport and customs clearance for your business. There are three particular cases in which items that are being imported into Norway require customs clearance. These are:
- Goods worth over NOK 350. Items from abroad valued from NOK 350 including freight and insurance. Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and other goods that are subject to restrictions – regardless of value – are not exempt from duty.
- Temporary imports. Goods that are imported temporarily to Norway for later export
- Goods re-imported to Norway. Goods that are re-imported to Norway after repair for example
Customs clearance
Upon import, you can choose whether the goods should be declared or placed in a separate customs warehouse. Placing undeclared goods in the customer's customs warehouse may be appropriate if the goods are to be re-exported or if you want to declare them at a later time.
We are authorised to directly transport undeclared goods. This means that the undeclared goods are transported to the warehouse of the goods’ owner/recipient, provided that the item will be declared within ten days. Directly-transported goods labelled "undeclared goods" should remain untouched in the warehouse until they have been declared. It is the importer's responsibility to ensure that the goods are declared prior to use.
Customs clearance quality depends on a satisfactory shipment invoice. You can read more about this in the "Customs clearance documentation" section on this page.
Import duties
When the goods are customs cleared, they are at the goods owner's free disposal. Import duties to the Norwegian State are also calculated. Import duties are collected via customs credit or cash payment.
We recommend that your business uses customs credit as this means faster and easier customs clearance of the goods.
Customs credit
Norwegian companies can apply to the Norwegian Tax Administration to be given credit for customs and duties and avoid paying import duties on site. Customs credit contributes to quick and easy customs clearance of goods and can also act as security for customs and duties in relation to temporary imports. Customs credit is an agreement between the Norwegian Tax Administration and the goods’ owner, where a monthly fee of NOK 100 is credited during the months in which customs credit is used. This is independent of the number of declarations. An electronic statement, as well as a statement of accounts, is retrieved from the Norwegian Internet portal for public reporting, ALTINN, on around the 2nd of every month.
Upon reporting your customs credit account number to Bring Parcels, your future import duties will be credited to your business via your customs credit agreement.
Day credit/cash payment
Companies that do not have a customs credit arrangement may use the Bring and Posten day credit account with the authorities. Customs and duties must normally be paid before the item is declared in TVINN, the electronic customs declaration system of Norwegian Customs. Declaration of our day credit entails a more labour-intensive transaction for us and an extra charge which is debited to the importer
See what Norwegian Customs say about Importing goods into Norway.
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