EU member receives goods from outside EU: is this intrastat relevant?

[Former Member]

Hi,

1) My client has his company in Germany. The company receives goods from example JP or China. Is this Intrastat relevant?

2) Or is it only relevant inter EU?

3) Does country of origin reflects intrastat?

Thank you in advance.

Eric.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

Intrastat is a trade statistc to report movements between EU member countries.

A movement from Japan to Germany is not Intrastat relevant.

But if you buy from a JP-vendor, and this vendor delivers you from his Polish plant to Germany, then it is Intrastat relevant, even the bill is coming from Japan.

Country of origin is a field in the Intrastat and needs to be reported , but the country of origin is not used to select movements to be reported.

Country of dispatch is relevant.