Freight forwarding & customs in Germany

Every mode to and from Germany

Whether your cargo needs to arrive next week or tonight, we plan the transport and the customs clearance as one shipment, from one desk.

How customs clearance works with us in Germany

Ziem Logistics clears customs in Germany in-house. Our own customs team prepares and files every declaration, without sub-agents or outside brokers. We issue our own air waybills on Germany lanes, without a third-party consolidator.

• Import clearance into free circulationDeclarations via ATLAS, calculation of customs duty and import VAT (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer), and release at the airport or inland.
• Export declarationsExport filings and the electronic exit confirmation that supports your VAT-exempt export.
• EU entry safety dataAdvance cargo information for ICS2, submitted with our own air waybill.
• EORI & registration supportHelp with EORI registration and the data German Customs requires from first-time importers.
• Air freight with own AWBDirect air waybills from Frankfurt, Munich, Leipzig and Hamburg.

Shipping to Germany: what to know

German Customs processes declarations electronically through ATLAS, and under EU rules every importer needs a valid EORI number. Small errors in classification, valuation or EORI data are a common reason for held shipments. We check these before the cargo leaves origin.

For shipments from Asia and the Americas, clearing in Germany is often the most efficient route into the EU. We also handle the EU's advance cargo information (ICS2) as part of our air waybill process.

Airports and seaports in Germany

Air: We handle air cargo at the following airports. Other airports are available on request.

Sea: Hamburg and Bremerhaven.

Main lanes to and from Germany

Our most important connections from Germany. When both ends of a lane are core markets, we coordinate customs at origin and destination from one shipment file.

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