Import, export, transit and e-commerce declarations

This table shows, by calendar year, the number of declarations for the types concerned. Temporary deposit: The situation of non-Union goods temporarily placed under customs supervision between their presentation to customs and their placing under a customs procedure or re-export. (UCC Article 5.17) Import declaration: Any temporary or permanent entry of goods into the customs territory of the EU via the territory of Belgium. Definitive exports: Normal export of Union goods to a third country, but also export of Union goods to parts of the customs territory of the Community to which the provisions of Directive 2006/112/EC do not apply. (Procedure A notice) Temporary export: • Temporary export under the outward processing procedure. (The outward processing procedure allows Union goods to be temporarily exported from the customs territory of the Union for processing - UCC Article 259) • Union goods temporarily exported to a third country for re-import into the EU in the unaltered state. Re-export: The act by which a person expresses, in the prescribed form and manner, the intention to remove non-Union goods from the customs territory of the Union, with the exception of goods in a free zone or in temporary storage. (UCC Article 5.13) Transit: • The external transit procedure allows the movement of non-Union goods from one point to another within the customs territory of the Union without these goods being subject to: ○ import duties; ○ other charges, in accordance with other relevant provisions; ○ commercial policy measures in so far as they do not prohibit the entry of goods into or exit from the customs territory of the Union (UCC Article 226) • The internal transit procedure allows, (under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2), the movement of Union goods from one point to another within the customs territory of the Union, through a country or territory outside that customs territory, without changing their customs status (UCC Article 227) AC4: When excise goods or goods leave the suspension arrangement, they are released for free circulation with an AC4 declaration. An AC4 return must also be filed when a zero rate and/or exemption is used. EMCS: Excise Movement Control System: It is the European computerised system for the movement of goods subject to Community excise duty under duty suspension arrangements. Movement under excise duty suspension arrangements may take place only between authorised operators. Under EMCS, the movement of an excise product is documented at each stage by an electronic administrative document (DA-e). NCTS: New Computerized Transit System: is the customs system that allows you to make an electronic declaration for external Community transit. This is the case when non-EU goods are transported from one part of the EU to another. PLDA: PaperLess Customs and Excise (PLDA) is the new application for the electronic submission and processing of declarations. E-commerce: Where a business sells goods or services to the consumer via the Internet, the distance selling rules apply. Legend: • 0 = zero value. • Empty cell = no value possible. • N/B = data not available.