Import, export, transit and e-commerce declarations

This table shows, by calendar year, the number of declarations for the types concerned. Temporary storage: The situation in which non-Union goods are temporarily placed under customs supervision between presentation to customs and placing under a customs procedure or re-export. (CDU Article 5.17) Import declaration: Any temporary or permanent entry of goods into the customs territory of the EU via Belgian territory. Final 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. (Notice scheme A) Temporary export: • Temporary export under the outward processing procedure. (The outward processing procedure allows the temporary export of Union goods from the customs territory of the Union for processing operations — UCC Article 259) • Union Goods temporarily exported to a third country for re-importation into the EU in the unaltered state. Re-export: The act by which a person manifests, in the form and in the manner prescribed, the intention to exit non-Union goods from the customs territory of the Union, with the exception of goods in free zones or in temporary storage. (CDU Article 5.13) Transit: • The external transit procedure shall allow the movement of non-Union goods from one point to another in the customs territory of the Union without such goods being subject to: To import duties; Other charges, in accordance with other relevant provisions; Trade policy measures in so far as they do not prohibit the entry 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 in the customs territory of the Union, via a country or territory located outside that customs territory, without changing their customs status (UCC Article 227) AC4: When excise goods or excise goods leave the suspension arrangements, they shall be released for free circulation with an AC4 declaration. An AC4 declaration 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 only take place between authorised traders. Under EMCS, the movement of an excise product is documented at each stage by an electronic administrative document (DA-e). NCTS: New Computerised 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 place in the EU to another. PLDA: Paperless Customs and Excise (PLDA) is the new application for electronic introduction and processing of returns. E-commerce: Where a business sells goods or services to the consumer via the Internet, distance selling regulations apply. Legend: • 0 = null value. • Empty cell = no possible value. • N/B = data not available.