How to register a customs declaration for a parcel or a large letter?

If you want to send a parcel or a large letter to a non-EU country or autonomic regions within the EU, you will need to register a customs declaration for it. If you are sending goods to an exhibition or for warranty repair, for example, the postal consignment needs to be declared as a consignment for temporary export.
FORMALIZE A CUSTOMS DECLARATION FOR THE PARCEL

 

  1. LARGE LETTER

    Maxi letters with a value of up to €355 can be sent with the simplified form CN 22 of a customs declaration. In other cases, form CN 23 should be used.

  2. PARCEL

    Irrespective of the contents of the parcel, formalize the form CN 23 and CP 71 address card for the parcel.

Sample showing how to fill out the CN 22 customs declaration
Sample showing how to fill out the CN 23 form
Sample showing how to fill out the CP 71 address

The CN 22 and CN 23 forms and CP 71 address card are available at the post office. Make out the exact list of items contained in the parcel in English, French or another language known in the country of destination. In order to speed up the procedure for the customs declaration, you may also add to the parcel, in a plastic cover, a commercial invoice or a pro forma invoice of the items contained in the parcel.


Sample of pro forma invoice
European Union countries

Parcel with a value of more THAN €1000

If you want to send a parcel to a non-EU country and it has a value of more than €1000 or a postal consignment with a weight of more than 1000 kg, then the postal consignment needs to be declared at the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

How to register the customs declaration for your postal consignment by using our help?
You may conclude a contract with our customs agency, and we will do the customs declaration for your postal consignments. The contract includes:
 
  • filling out of export and import declarations and registration of them at the customs
  • payment of import fees to the customs
  • filling out of the declaration of customs value
  • services related to warehousing at the customs terminal
  • presentation of the INTRASTAT report


In order to conclude a contract with us, contact your customer service agent. For additional information on the services of our customs agency, send us an e-mail to the address of [email protected]

How you may register the customs declaration at the customs office by yourself?
For the declaration of the postal consignment, present at the office of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board a commercial invoice or some other document which gives evidence to the value and the right of ownership regarding the goods to be sent, and also a special permit, if it is required by the law.

Then, together with the export customs declaration, go to the post office.
For some goods, there are prohibitions or restrictions on export from Estonia.
Remember that Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are not members of the EU. The same procedure that applies for sending parcels to non-EU countries needs to be followed for postal consignments to be sent to autonomic regions within the EU. Autonomic regions within the EU
If you have questions, send us an e-mail to the address of [email protected]

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