Customs Clearance Automotive

• We process your OEM imports of modules and components from Asia (sensors, ECUs, steel pressed parts) via NL/BE ports, run T1 to Emmerich or your plant inland customs office, and file JIT-capable ATLAS imports.
• We export your injection moulds and stamping dies to non-EU countries for repair under Outward Processing, bring them back after repair or treat them as returned goods - without double duty.
• We process Carnet ATA for your prototype parts, test samples and metrology equipment on trial drives in non-EU countries (Istanbul Convention) instead of running classical import and export.
• We file your export declarations for new vehicles, spare parts containers and aftermarket assortments to non-EU countries with EUR.1 or statement on origin under approved exporter status or REX.
• On your imports of e-bikes, pedelecs, trailers and semi-trailers from China, Vietnam or Morocco we check the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy situation and set the correct TARIC additional code with manufacturer code in the declaration.
• We handle your used-vehicle export via the Lower Rhine - including export plates, EAD issuance and proof of VAT-exempt intra-Community supply or non-EU export.

Your line-cadence buffer is measured in hours, not days - an ATLAS declaration stuck in error status due to a wrong procedure code or missing authorisation number can cost you a line stop. We work with master data templates per material, hold TARIC codes, preferential status and procedure codes per supplier in our system, and where you hold the relevant authorisation we use Entry in the Declarant's Records (EIDR) or Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI), live since ATLAS 10.2 on 28 February 2026. You get a fixed customs slot at your plant - we file at the competent customs office for your site and present at Rotterdam or Antwerp without any detour through the port customs office, once the member state of presentation takes part in CCI (roll-out is gradual).

We verify your preferential position under the EU FTAs with South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the UK and Canada - duty-free entry or a reduced rate is only available when origin rules are met and properly documented. We screen your supplier declarations, EUR.1 certificates and statements on origin for plausibility, flag unmet list rules (value-added thresholds, specific processing steps) and apply for your approved exporter status or REX registration. If preference is later withdrawn, the post-clearance demand hits you as importer, not the foreign supplier - we cut that risk before the shipment clears.

Before your import we check whether your supplier is listed with a reduced individual duty rate under the anti-dumping Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/120 and the countervailing duty Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/114 (electric bicycles from China); for components such as aluminium road wheels from China, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/112 also applies. We assess whether an origin shift via Vietnam, Morocco or Tunisia withstands an EU circumvention review, and we set the manufacturer-specific TARIC additional codes correctly in your ATLAS declaration - a wrong code triggers the highest rate: for e-bikes 62.1 percent anti-dumping duty plus 17.2 percent countervailing duty for all other manufacturers.

• We process Carnet ATA for your prototype parts on winter tests in Scandinavia or heat tests in the MENA region - this saves you import duties in the destination country and re-import duty on return.
• We move your metrology, test rigs and diagnostic equipment for service work at OEM customers in non-EU countries duty-free under temporary admission - with full re-export obligation.
• We process your trade fair exhibits at CES, IAA Mobility and Automechanika Dubai under Carnet - as an alternative to classical temporary admission with duty security.
• We apply for your Carnet ATA through the competent Chamber of Commerce, manage the stamping discipline at offices of entry and exit, and close the Carnet cleanly - including evidence in case of lost stamps.

When you send an injection mould to a non-EU supplier for reworking, or bring a unit from the USA to Germany for repair, we set up Inward Processing. We accept your non-EU goods into the procedure without levying import duties, oversee the EU processing step and discharge the procedure through re-export. We apply for the authorisation with product identification, rate of yield and time limit, run the procedure account and close out via re-export or release into free circulation with import duty assessment.

We check your steel, aluminium and ironware components against CBAM Regulation 2023/956 Annex I - machine and body parts under HS Chapters 73 and 76 are in scope depending on commodity position. We map your TARIC codes against the CBAM product list, verify your CBAM threshold exposure (cumulative 50 tonnes net mass per importer per year from 1 January 2026 for all CBAM goods except electricity and hydrogen) and handle your annual CBAM declaration: the transitional period with quarterly reports ended on 31 December 2025, and the first declaration for 2026 is due by 30 September 2027.

• Wrong TARIC additional code on e-bike imports - we prevent the maximum residual anti-dumping rate from applying instead of your supplier's individual rate.
• Supplier declarations without sufficient substance - we screen declarations before import so your preference survives an audit or post-clearance check in the non-EU country.
• Tooling traffic without Outward Processing - we set up the procedure before dispatch so you avoid double duty on the repair return from a non-EU country.
• Forgotten Carnet discharge - we track the Carnet through to clean closure so your guarantee amount does not forfeit after the deadline and the issuing Chamber does not charge your account.
• ICS2 data too generic - we supply concrete HS descriptions rather than 'auto parts' so your air freight does not trigger a 'do not load'.