Customs at departure and arrival: the paperwork

In the past few years we have developed into a Customs-specialist when it comes to cars and other vehicles. We can handle your vehicle's shipping without any problems at Customs throughout Europe. You can help to avoid difficulties and delays yourself: please read below which documents we need to accomplish a quick and efficient Customs process.

Departure from the United States

Before we can load and ship your vehicle in the U.S. we require the following documents:

• Original Title Certificate
• Bill of Sale
• Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) (document with selling and buying clients' personal information)

All of these documents have to be provided by the client; without it we cannot arrange an export for you. We can assist in obtaining an SED (obligated in the U.S. to be able to export a vehicle), please contact us to have this arranged.

After all export documents have been received and handed over to U.S. Customs the actual shipping of your vehicle can commence.

Arrival in Holland

As soon as your container has been unloaded from the ship, SCL Rotterdam will take care of the correct documentation at Dutch Customs and will arrange the release of your container at the shipping company. As soon as the container has been unloaded at our warehouse Customs Clearing can begin. To proceed with the Customs handling we will need the following documents:

• Direct Representation (an official form to allow us to represent you at Customs)
• Bill of Sale
• A copy of the Original Title
• VAT-number (only if you would like to clear the vehicle in the name of your company)
• Customs Exemption (for import duties, VAT and BPM: only if your are relocating your vehicle as a part of your household goods when you are moving to Europe)

The above mentioned documents will often be enough to enable us to clear your vehicle at Customs without any problems. This point in the process also involves paying the obligated import duties and taxes.