Maersk Customs Services in Poland

Core product

Import customs clearance

Standard Full Customs Declaration, paying Duty & VAT upon arrival in the country in scope to gain release of the cargo for onward delivery.

• Final import customs clearance
• Final import customs clearance +33a procedure
• Simplified customs clearance
• Customs & sanitary inspections

Export customs clearance

Standard Declaration to Customs to gain permission to load the vessel & be exported outside of the EU.

• PEX – A / EU – A documents
• Certificates of origin / EUR.1 *
• T2L (EU origin) issuing + clearance

*Only with customs clearance

Transit documents

* Only with customs clearance

A transit document allows the free movement of containers through European territories, suspending the payment of Duty and VAT until the destination.

• T1* *

* * For deliveries arranged by Maersk Group only

Additional Maersk Customs Services

• Customs Quick Health Scan – A high level risk & control assessment of the customers business highlighting potential gaps and providing support and solutions where required.
• Peak Volume Management Programme – Assistance with daily Maersk Customs Services activities when the customer needs it most.
• Origin and Free Trade Agreements – Awareness & guidance on FTA’s & preferential origins.
• Classification Management – An overview of current Classification Databases or a Full End-to-end Reclassification Programme from our trained specialists.
• Bonded Warehouse solution – Complex customs solution on our owned bonded warehouse

* Costs will vary depending on the type of business, size & requirement – please refer enquiries to Maersk.

What is required to complete Maersk Customs Services?

Signed Power of Attorney (POA)

Signed by the buyer & on Company Letter Headed paper. This grant’s permission for Maersk to complete MCS on behalf of the buyer and provides the required details to enable internal account creation. POA available for download here. Please note that we must receive the original POA 7 days before the custom clearance or the POA can be electronically signed and sent via email. The e-signature must comply with legal requirements in Poland.

Mandatory documents required:

• Signed POA
• Confirmation of transferring the one-time fee to the authorities to authorize custom agency
• Commercial invoice(s)
• Packing list(s)
• Classification Number / HS code

Please send complete set of documents to mycustomspl@lns.maersk.com.

EORI number

The buyer must have a valid EORI and VAT number to hold a solid audit trail with customs authority and tax office & to be eligible to claim back any potential VAT paid.

Additional documents (where applicable) *

• Copy of the Bill of Lading
• Licences
• Health Certificates
• Preference Certificates

*Originals to be submitted to Maersk where necessary

For Abbreviations & Explanations, please check shipping terms.

Instructions:

In case of any doubts, we have prepared detailed instructions on what you need to prepare for customs clearance.

FAQs