Switzerland-Finland freight: shipping and customs clearance

Switzerland–Finland freight: services and trade framework

Finland is an advanced economy known for technological innovation (Nokia, Kone) and the forest industry. Helsinki is the main economic and logistic hub for access to the Baltic and eastern Nordic markets.

Bilateral CH–Finland trade is concentrated in machinery, pharmaceuticals and technology. EU member since 1995.

Services offered by Franzosini SA for Finland

• Road transport FTL/LTL
• Sea freight
• Customs clearance
• Distribution

Specific regulations and requirements

• Ruokavirasto: food products authorisation
• Fimea: pharmaceutical registration
• Labelling in Finnish and Swedish for consumer products

Trade framework and agreements

• Switzerland–EU Bilateral Agreements (Bilaterals I and II)
• PEM Convention (Pan-Euro-Mediterranean) for origin cumulation
• EFTA–EU Free Trade Agreement (1972)
• TIR Convention for customs transit

EU duties and preferential origin

The EU Common Customs Tariff (TARIC) applies. Industrial products of Swiss preferential origin may benefit from zero ordinary customs duty under the applicable agreement and with valid proof of origin. Specific tariff concessions must be checked for agricultural and food products. Quotas, trade-defence measures and other charges must still be checked against the commodity code and origin: proof of preferential origin does not automatically remove these measures.