Instructions for Completing the Export Declaration
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An export declaration is a mandatory document for all commercial exports. It may be submitted electronically or on paper using form E-2.1.
If you are authorised to use electronic customs clearance, you submit the declaration electronically directly to Iceland Revenue and Customs. Otherwise, you must submit a completed E-2.1 form at a customs office.
Fields that are not described in these instructions are not used for export declarations.
Goods, Tariff Classification and Value – Boxes 31 to 47
Boxes 31 to 47 must be completed separately for each tariff classification code (commodity code).
If the consignment contains more than three tariff classification codes, use continuation sheet E-2.2 or E-2.4 to provide the additional information.
Enter the following information in the order shown below and keep each item separate:
Invoice numbers.
Where certificates, licences or permits must be presented upon export pursuant to specific provisions in legislation or other governmental regulations, for example for safety, health or production-related reasons, this must be indicated in this box.
In order to benefit from the preferential treatment provided under the free trade agreements concluded by Iceland, exporters must, for example, submit together with the customs declaration a special movement certificate, EUR.1, or a declaration on the invoice confirming the origin of the goods. In such cases, enter in this box the three-letter abbreviation for the certificate, the letter A, and the certificate number following it (for example: EURA123456), or the word Declaration if an origin declaration is made on the invoice. Similar rules apply to other certificates, licences and permits.
If the exporter has been granted a special exemption from charges, for example where customs duties have been remitted on imported raw materials used in the manufacture of a specific product, the exporter shall refer here to the relevant authorisation.
Further information on references to certificates, licences and permits can be found in the Customs Code Lists.Enter the code SNI followed by the permanent identification number assigned by the Icelandic Transport Authority to each new registrable vehicle, or SNE followed by the registration number of a vehicle registered abroad.
Enter the code ANR for goods sent abroad for repair, followed by their identification number, for example the serial number.
From 1 September 2012 onwards, the producer licence number for seafood products shall be entered here, where applicable, together with the relevant licence code. Depending on the circumstances, the producer is defined as a processing company, fishing vessel or aquaculture facility. Producer licence numbers are determined, as applicable, on the basis of the approval number issued by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) to a processing company, the vessel registration number issued by the Icelandic Transport Authority, or the operating licence number issued by the Directorate of Fisheries to an aquaculture facility.
Enter either the licence code SFA or SFB, followed by the producer licence number referred to above. The following rules apply to licence codes and producer licence numbers:
Special rule: If a holder of a processing licence exports unprocessed catch, the holder of the processing licence shall be regarded as the producer rather than the fishing vessel.
If the goods consist of unprocessed seafood products, the fishing vessel shall be identified by entering the licence code SFB followed by the vessel registration number issued by the Icelandic Transport Authority (IS number) carried by the vessel (subject, however, to the special rule above).
If the goods consist of processed seafood products, the processing plant shall be identified by entering the licence code SFA followed by the MAST approval number assigned to the processing plant.
If the goods consist of processed aquaculture products (applies to both gutted and ungutted fish), the aquaculture facility shall be identified by entering the licence code SFB followed by the operating licence number issued by the Directorate of Fisheries.
Entries in this box shall be arranged so that the producer licence number is recorded against each commodity line in the export declaration for each individual producer. Seafood products shall be itemised in such a manner that the exports of each producer can be traced by licence number and tariff classification code.
Each commodity line in the export declaration may relate to one licence number only.
More than one commodity line in the declaration may carry the same licence number.
Enter the appropriate licence code and licence number for each commodity line. Example: SFA A123 or SFB IS-4567.
More detailed information on the export of seafood products can be found in Chapter 6.
Note: No entry may be made in the part of the box labelled Commodity Code (Vu-lykill).
Field format:
Invoice number: 30 × (a..11)
Licences, certificates, etc.: (a3) and reference 15 × (a..14)
Code (a3) and registration number (a..14)
Code (a3) and identification number (a..14)
Code (a3) and licence number (a..8)
E-6 (14)