What customs formalities are required to ship goods between Switzerland and Italy?
To ship goods between Switzerland and Italy the following customs formalities are required: commercial invoice with value and origin; packing list with weights and dimensions; CMR transport document; electronic customs declaration (Passar in Switzerland, AIDA in Italy); EUR.1 origin certificate or invoice declaration for duty exemption on industrial products. Additional certificates are required for food, pharmaceuticals and ADR dangerous goods. Franzosini handles all customs formalities in-house at Chiasso, Stabio and Ponte Tresa customs, with average clearance time of 2 hours.
Swiss customs duties are calculated primarily based on weight (unlike the EU which uses value). The process involves: 1) Classification of goods using the 8-digit Tares…
To import goods into Switzerland, the following are generally required: 1) Commercial invoice with value, origin and detailed description of goods; 2) Packing list with…
T1 (external transit) is used for non-Union goods (from third countries) crossing the EU/EFTA customs territory. Goods travel under customs bond without intermediate…
DaziT is the BAZG digital transformation programme modernising Swiss customs. The key change is replacing the e-dec system with the new Passar platform. Current status…
The EUR.1 certificate attests preferential origin, enabling reduced or zero duties under bilateral free trade agreements. In Switzerland, the EFTA agreement network…