Customs

In this part of the CEFTA Web Portal you will find the most important customs import/export procedures separately for each CEFTA Economy. Procedures include but are not limited to: 1.The location of customs clearance offices; 2.The working hours in each office; 3.The procedures to follow based on the destination of your goods; 4.The documents to present to customs authorities for obtaining approval for the relevant destination; 5.The officially approved documents given to you by customs authorities in each case; 6.The procedures followed by customs authorities for calculating the customs value of your goods; 7.The definition of rules of origins determining customs preferential or non preferential tariffs; 8.The Free Trade Agreements signed by each CEFTA Economy with the other signatories. In cases where the final destination of goods is one of the CEFTA Economies, please refer to the import procedures section of this Economy on this portal. In cases where goods transit through different economies before arriving to their final destination, please refer to the transit procedures of these economies. If goods exit one of the CEFTA Economies included in this site, please refer to the export procedures for the relevant Economy.



Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
North Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Serbia
Kosovo*


Laws and regulations of the temporary warehousing regime

The temporary warehousing regime is governed by the Kosovo* Customs and Excise Code, respective Article 54 to 57. The Kosovo* Customs and Excise Code (KCEC) and Administrative Instruction for implementation of KCEC that are published in both Albanian and English language on https://dogana.rks-gov.net/en/CUSTOMS-AND-EXCISE-CODE

Procedure of authorization of temporary warehousing regime

Until such time as they are assigned a customs-approved treatment or use, goods presented to customs shall, following such presentation, have the status of goods in temporary storage.

Goods in temporary storage shall be stored only in places approved by the Customs under the conditions laid down by Customs. The procedure of authorization of temporary warehousing regime is described at AI no 11/2009, chapter V that can be found on Kosovo* Custom’s website.

The Customs may require the person holding the goods to provide security with a view to ensuring payment of any customs debt which may arise under Articles 200 or 201 of Kosovo* Customs and Excise Code.

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 46, goods in temporary storage shall be subject only to such forms of handling as are designed to ensure their preservation in an unaltered state without modifying their appearance or technical characteristics.

The Customs shall without delay take all measures necessary, including the sale of the goods, to regularize the situation of goods in respect of which the formalities necessary for them to be assigned a customs-approved treatment or use are not initiated within the period determined in accordance with Article 53. 

The Customs may, at the risk and expense of the person holding them, have the goods in question transferred to a special place, which is under their supervision, until the situation of the goods is regularized. Articles 54 to 57 of Customs Code of Kosovo*.

Relevant Institution

Kosovo* Customs
Bulevardin "Bill Clinton" p.n. në Prishtinë
Tel:  +381 (0)38/540-350 
       +381 (0)38/541-032 
       +381 (0)38/541-030