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Tulli: declare import location and inspection place in the right fields
Import declarants must give the goods' location and the proposed inspection place in the correct declaration fields; errors block release from temporary storage and propagate onto the transfer permit.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 6 October 2026
An import customs declaration must carry two pieces of location data: the place where the goods are when the declaration is lodged
Tulli, and the place where the declarant wants Tulli to inspect the goodsTulli. Even where the two places coincide, the information must still be given in both fields of the declaration.Tulli
Getting the fields right has a direct operational consequence. A warehouse keeper cannot release a consignment onwards from temporary storage if the warehouse identifier has been entered in the wrong field or the data is erroneous.Tulli Correctly declared data speeds up customs clearance and the release of goods from the warehouse.
The goods' location at declaration is given either as a warehouse identifier or as address data.Tulli Where the goods are in a customs warehouse or in temporary storage, the location data to give is the warehouse identifier — an EORI number with extensions (for example FI1234567-800101).Tulli Goods elsewhere are identified by the address of the place where they are, such as the place of arrival.Tulli In the Tulliselvityspalvelu service the identifier goes in the "Tullivarasto tai väliaikainen varasto" fieldTulli and the address in the "Tavaran sijainti" fieldTulli; message declarants use the "Varaston tunnistetiedot" data group and the "Tavaroiden sijaintipaikka ilmoitusta annettaessa" data group respectivelyTulliTulli. The warehouse identifier lookup service has been discontinuedTulli, so the identifier must be requested from the warehouse keeper or the carrierTulli.
The proposed inspection place is declared in the "Ehdotettu tarkastuspaikka" field in TulliselvityspalveluTulli and in the "Tavaran sijaintipaikka" data group in a message declarationTulli, with the inspection-place type and qualifierTulli. A licensed place (type B) covers a customs or temporary storage warehouse identified by its warehouse identifierTulli; an approved place (type C) covers a pre-approved control point (CP) or another Tulli-approved temporary storage placeTulli; type D covers other premises such as the company's own non-approved warehouse.Tulli The address must be exact enough to guide inspectors straight to the inspection place: street name plus the house or door number giving access to it, together with the name of the company at the addressTulli.Tulli A container yard in a port where no inspection can be performed is not an acceptable inspection place.Tulli
The inspection place must also be suitable for the inspection itself. Goods must be unloadable safelyTulli, the premises must be lockableTulli and under the control of the operator or their representativeTulli, and they must be designed for storing goods — for example a company warehouse or other company premises closed to customersTulli. Premises protected by domestic privacy, such as a dwelling, cannot serve as the storage or inspection place.Tulli If the declared inspection place cannot be accepted, another one may be proposed.
A wrongly declared inspection place must be corrected on the declaration without delay: where the place is unsuitable, the data sits in the wrong field or data element, or exact location details are missing.Tulli Moving the load to the inspection place requires a transfer permit granted by TulliTulli, and the permit prints the inspection-place address from the declaration dataTulli — so an error in the declaration propagates onto the permitTulli. Data printed on an issued permit must not be altered by the declarantTulli; correction must be requested from Tulli through a free-form contact message or in TulliselvityspalveluTulli. Once Tulli has decided to inspect the goods, the declaration may no longer be corrected until Tulli permits itTulli, and the correct information is then given by free-form contactTulli. Message declarants should also check with their own software provider how the location and inspection-place data elements are named in their software.
Legal basis: Tulli guidance Sijaintipaikan ja tarkastuspaikan ilmoittaminen; Tulli customer notice of 6 October 2026.
Import declarants should verify that goods-location and inspection-place data sit in the correct declaration fields, that the inspection address is exact, and that the warehouse identifier was obtained from the warehouse keeper or carrier.