Uncleared goods need a Tulli transfer permit before any move

Import declarations carry two location elementsTulli: where the goods are when the declaration is lodged, given as a warehouse identifier or address detailsTulli, and the proposed inspection place where the declarant wants Tulli to examine the goods if they are selected for controlTulli. Tulli may grant a Siirtolupa, a transfer permitTulli, moving uncleared goods from the declared location to the proposed inspection place for the inspectionTulli, and again after the inspection while the results are still pendingTulli. Moving uncleared goods without a Tulli permit is prohibited. Goods placed under a käyttöönottokielto, a prohibition on use, at inspection receive separate operating instructions from Tulli.

Goods under enhanced import control, such as food and plant products subject to tehostettu tuontivalvonta, may move under a permit only to a pre-approved other control point (CP) declared as type "C – Hyväksytty paikka"Tulli. Goods to be examined at a veterinary border inspection station are declared with the rajatarkastusasema as the proposed inspection placeTulli. Where inspection covers only some items on a declaration, Tulli may allow the declaration to be split (jakaminen)Tulli so the rest of the consignment can already enter the next procedure while part of it awaits inspection.

The proposed inspection place is always declared with a type and qualifierTulli. "B – luvanvarainen paikka" covers customs warehouses and temporary storageTulli, given with qualifier "X – varastotunniste" and the warehouse identifier (EORI number with extensions)Tulli. "C – Hyväksytty paikka" covers pre-approved control pointsTulli, given with qualifier "Z – käyntiosoite" and the addressTulli, as well as other Tulli-approved places for temporary storage under an HPA-lupaTulli. "D – Muu" covers the operator's own warehouse, production premises or the customs officeTulli, with the exact visiting address and company name including the street plus the house or door number for the inspectorsTulli. Type "A – Tullin osoittama paikka" cannot be used on import declarationsTulli, and places where no inspection is possible, such as a port container yard, must not be namedTulli.

The premises must allow safe unloading and samplingTulli: lockableTulli, under the operator's or representative's controlTulli, designed for storageTulli and closed to customersTulli, never a dwellingTulli. An advance declaration states where the goods will be when the arrival presentation (FI332) is lodgedTulli; no location data is required on retrospectively lodged or national tax-border declarationsTulli.

Tulli decides each permit case by caseTulli and assesses whether the stated premises suit the purposeTulli. A post-inspection wait is requested in the explanation of additional-information code FIXXX on the declaration, naming the company and address, or when replying to Tulli's inspection notice or through a vapaamuotoinen yhteydenotto, a free-form contactTulli. The importer remains responsible for clearing goods moved under a permitTulli. The permit requires a guarantee matching the import dutiesTulli, reserved on the import declaration until the goods are released for free circulation or into another customs procedureTulli. Goods moved out of temporary storage under a permit remain temporarily storedTulli, but the warehouse keeper is no longer answerable for exceeding the time limitTulli.

A wrongly declared inspection place must be corrected on the declaration without delay before the permit issuesTulli, including in the advance declaration and any sampling advance inquiry (näytteenoton ennakkokysely)Tulli. The permit prints the declaration's address automatically, so wrong data propagates onto itTulli. A granted permit must never be amended by the customerTulli; correction is requested from Tulli by free-form message or in TulliselvityspalveluTulli. Once Tulli has decided to inspect, the declaration cannot be corrected until Tulli permits itTulli, and the correct data goes by free-form contactTulli. The rules sit in Tullin ohje Sijaintipaikan ja tarkastuspaikan ilmoittaminen, flagged in Tulli's 6 October 2026 notice on declaring location and inspection-place data correctly.