Declaration in Customs
To declare your merchandise, check here how you should do it, the news and regulations
Forms of filing
Customs declarations and re-export declarations must be presented through computer systems adjusted to the specifications published on the Tax Agency Portal.
The declaration must be submitted to the competent Customs office of the place where the goods are located, unless authorized for centralized clearance or national provisions that provide otherwise.
The electronic exchange of these declarations is described in the guides shown in the link on this page, depending on whether they are import, export, transit or connection to customs warehouse operations.
In addition to the services for filing the declaration, the Tax IT Department of the AEAT has defined another series of functionalities that facilitate the electronic exchange of all the information necessary to obtain a true electronic customs (as a web service for attaching import documentation, transit reception service, etc.). For more information consult HELP
The telematic transmission of the XML file is carried out over the Internet through web services that use the SOAP protocol, with the only requirement of being in possession of the User Certificate (electronic signature) granted by the National Currency and Stamp Factory. For more information on obtaining and using it, consult here.
It is possible to know the status of a customs declaration sent electronically, as long as it has been received in the Customs information system. To access the query it is necessary to have a valid user certificate issued by the Spanish Mint (Fábrica de Moneda y Timbre) installed in the browser. For security purposes, only tax returns filed by the holder of the certificate can be viewed.