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Customs software for automotive

A vehicle is one unit with a VIN. A part is one article line among thousands. SKAI handles both flows in the same dossier.

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Customs software for automotive

Three steps. Where this industry gets stuck, and how the dossier stops that.

Vehicle and part

A vehicle is one unit with a VIN. A part is one article line among thousands. SKAI handles both flows in the same dossier.

  • Vehicle: one VIN, one invoice, one certificate of conformity
  • Part: hundreds of lines, classified by article number
  • Two setups inside the same system
Isometric drawing of a car on a vessel, linked to invoice, conformity certificate and bill of lading by one continuous line.

VIN through the chain

The chassis number sits on the invoice, the certificate, the consignment note and the registration document. SKAI reads it from each and flags a mismatch before filing. After release that same number is the key for type approval and registration.

  • Compare the VIN across the documents
  • Carry it unchanged into the goods description
  • No registration while the vehicle is still under customs
Long table of hundreds of grey declaration lines, a handful of them marked with a small teal square.

Parts master and tariff

A catalogue cuts across the tariff, and the nomenclature changes every year. SKAI keeps the article-to-code mapping and checks every code against the tariff database and TARIC.

  • Article number to goods code per client
  • Codes that lapse on 1 January flagged in advance
  • Preference only with valid proof on the line
  1. 1Article number to goods code per client
  2. 2Codes that lapse on 1 January flagged in advance
  3. 3Preference only with valid proof on the line

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Frequently asked questions

Does the chassis number have to be on the import declaration?
Yes, a vehicle line is not complete without the chassis number: it belongs with the make, the type and the year in the goods description. The registration authority works from that same number later, so a typo in the declaration blocks registration. Take the number from the certificate of conformity rather than the invoice, where it is wrong more often.
Can you register a car that is still under customs supervision?
No. As long as the car sits in a customs warehouse or under a transit procedure, it is not in free circulation and cannot be registered. Only after the import declaration and the release does the process at the registration authority begin.
How do you determine the customs value of an imported second-hand car?
If there is a genuine sale, the price paid plus the costs up to the external border of the EU is the customs value. Where there is no sale, for instance a transfer inside a group or a personal import, you use the secondary methods in the prescribed order. Condition and mileage are substantiated with the auction documentation or a valuation.
Do you need a separate power of attorney for each principal?
Yes, you need a power of attorney per principal, and it states whether you represent them directly or indirectly. Under indirect representation you are jointly liable for the customs debt, so it is not a formality. Record per customer which EORI number and which deferment account are used as well.
Do car parts get preferential origin if they are assembled in the EU?
Only if the assembly meets the list rule for that goods code in the agreement concerned. Simply joining purchased materials usually does not count as sufficient working. Which rule applies differs per agreement, so the same part can have preferential origin under one agreement and not under another.
When does the goods code for car parts change?
The Combined Nomenclature is updated every year on 1 January, and the underlying Harmonized System every five years. At such a revision codes lapse or get split. Run through your article file before the turn of the year, otherwise the first January batches stall on codes that no longer exist.

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