Guide to getting started using Digitoll

The notification related to the transport should contain information that uniquely identifies the means of transport.

• For a vehicle, this would be the registration number/license plate and nationality.

• For an aircraft, it would usually be the flight number in combination with the date.

Additionally, information about the expected time and place of border crossing and information identifying the responsible driver of the means of transport must be provided.

There must be information that allows us to understand what goods are brought in each specific consignment, on a specific means of transport.

As information about consignments is sent in separate notifications, there must be references that we can use to link the transport and consignments. This means that in the transport notification, there must be a list of references or tracking numbers that we can match with the same references in the notifications related to consignments.

Now you know that there must be a reference that links consignments to the correct transport. Additionally, this is where you enter information about the consignment itself.

Key information elements are shipper, consignee, weight, quantity, and descriptions of the goods. The notification must also include information about the customs procedure you intend to apply to the consignments when they are transported across the border. For example, if you have chosen the procedure of "Immediate Release Import" you must include the declaration ID from TVINN (Customs' system). If you have chosen the "Transit Import" procedure, you must include the MRN number of the transit declaration. 

When a consignment from Sweden arrives at the Norwegian border by road, you must also indicate which customs procedure the goods are subject to until they reach the Norwegian border. An example of this is transit through NCTS (New Computerized Transit System).

The reason why you must inform us about the customs procedure is:

• It is a requirement in the Movement of Goods Act that the customs procedure must be indicated before or at the latest upon arrival at the border.

• When the transport enters Norway, it is essential for Norwegian Customs to know which declarations we need to process, which export declarations to close, and which transit declarations to clear or complete.

The Customs Authority offers meetings for verifying submissions in the APIs for system providers and business stakeholders who develop their own interfaces to the Customs Authority's API. Before such a meeting can be scheduled, the solution must be developed and tested internally. You will receive a description with cases to be tested in advance. Before the meeting, stakeholders must have requests ready so that they can quickly submit what they want to test and have it verified by the Customs Authority.

We encourage stakeholders who wish to test multiple APIs to do so in the same meeting, if possible. For questions about testing or to book a testing meeting, please contact [email protected] to schedule the meeting.

Business stakeholders who use a system provider can arrange tests in their systems directly with the provider.