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Remark: This is a rough overview only – no responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information!

1. Check out fees and taxes, depend on the product you trade first. German’s can check this data in a special online register (click on ‘Auskunftsanwendung’). You can get a code number for your shrimps there, f. e. 0306 2390 000 for shrimps of the family Pandalidae, genus Crangon. The import turnover tax is 7%. Sometimes you have to pay extra customs tariff for non-EU countries (f.e. when you get shrimps from Japan). All the fees and taxes are paid in advance!
2. Get your customs ID than before focusing on further paper war.
3. The forms you need to fill out in step three are called ‘Einheitspapier’. This customs declaration is easily made online.
4. Contact your local official veterinary office to get an import license; check full list here PDF.

Here is a complete list of papers necessary to do an import, f. e. from Japan. They must to be shown at the customs office responsible for your address or at Frankfurt Airport International, where your shrimps arrive.

1. customs declaration (‘Einheitspapier’)
2. invoice of the seller (2 copies)
3. veterinary report with German translation (from your seller)
4. import license

Further Information at the German Customs

Office Hours
Monday-Friday 08:00 – 17:00

Private Inquiries
Tel.: +49 351 44834-510
Fax: +49 351 44834-590
E-Mail: info.privat@zoll.de
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Commercial Inquiries
Tel.: +49 351 44834-520
Fax: +49 351 44834-590
E-Mail: info.gewerblich@zoll.de
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Information in English
Tel.: +49 351 44834-530
Fax: +49 351 44834-590
E-Mail: enquiries.english@zoll.de
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