The Netherlands

You need to be processing your imports on the new Dutch Management System (DMS 4.1), by the end of the year. Senior Customs Consultant Jens Stevens discusses the steps to prepare in this article.

On Thursday 14th September, we organised an event together with Portbase and Stream Software, regarding DMS4.1.

Located on the German border of The Netherlands, and on the single motorway from Antwerp to North Germany, Venlo is a hotspot for European logistics. Discover this key location in this article.

Join Jeffrey van der Lee as he shares how Customs Support’s position as a neutral, digital-first customs provider has been key for Transvenlo’s continued success across the EU/UK border since Brexit.

In our series #WeAreCustomsSupport, we invite you to meet the minds behind our success. Today, we present an exclusive interview with Laurens Zanoli, who is the commercial director in The Netherlands.

The Customs Support Family keeps growing. In July 2022, we welcomed Portmade as a new member in Belgium. Portmade has been active in the customs industry since 1987 when it was still a department of CMB Transport, a Belgian shipping company. 

The Dutch Customs Authority is replacing its declaration system AGS (Aangiftesysteem - Declaration system). The new declaration system DMS 4.0 (Douaneaangifte Management Systeem - Customs Declaration Management System) was originally scheduled to go live in April but was postponed until October 2022. Because of issues linking DMS to their accounts receivable the Customs Authority has delayed the implementation of DMS 4.0 until further notice.

This Monday, 26th September, was the European Day of Languages, which celebrates linguistic diversity across the European Union. The day also promotes plurilingualism and lifelong language learning.

Today is National Customs Day in the Netherlands. What better day than to take a look at the history of Customs in the Netherlands. This year the Dutch Customs Authority celebrates its 425-year existence.