Regular Import Clearance
The complete import declaration for shipments over 150 EUR or procedures not eligible for IMPOST — with DECDFA-XML, customs dossier, and FTAM dispatch.
When regular import is the right procedure
Customs clearance under Feronix. Customs clearance is handled under Feronix's own EORI and deferment accounts. You as a customer do not need your own customs authorization, EORI registration, or deferment account for clearance via Feronix. Feronix acts as declarant and representative. Goods are delivered directly to the Feronix warehouse, where presentation also takes place.
Regular import clearance applies whenever a shipment is not suitable for IMPOST. Feronix transfers these shipments into a controlled handover process, generates the CCI participant message DECDFA and the customs dossier.
Typical reasons for routing
- Shipment value over 150 EUR
- Procedure case not suitable for IMPOST
- Business decision by the processor
Feronix does not alter any values. The system does not manipulate prices or goods information in order to fall below the IMPOST threshold.
How your regular import works
- Open shipment — review the shipment and routing reason.
- Check data — review importer, recipient, representative, goods items, values, currencies, documents, and previous document.
- Complete missing details — goods items, procedures, authorizations, securities, deferral, and parties are editable and can be checked. These authorizations, securities and deferral accounts are those of Feronix; you as a customer provide the shipment data, Feronix handles the customs declaration under its own identity.
- Generate DECDFA-XML — Feronix creates the CCI participant message. This requires in particular a complete ten-digit TARIC commodity code, procedures, parties, weights, invoice, and packaging. The file is validated in business terms and against the official DECDFA-XSD, stored in the DMS, and not sent automatically.
- Generate customs dossier — as PDF or ZIP. The ZIP contains
the PDF, attachments, and a machine-readable
manifest.jsonfor completeness and checksums. - Release and dispatch — you explicitly release the DECDFA for the configured FTAM rule (ZBE or ZBV). Presentation takes place at the Feronix warehouse, where the goods are delivered directly.
- Follow-up messages — DECDAA, DECFSA, and DECPEA are re-validated against the official XSD before dispatch. DECCXA is incorporated from the FTAM inbound as the duty assessment.
What you need for regular import
- Complete ten-digit TARIC commodity code
- Importer, recipient, and representative with complete data
- Goods items with value, currency, weights, and packaging
- Invoice and, if applicable, previous document as a document in the DMS
- Released FTAM rule (ZBE or ZBV) in the client master data
- Active EORI/establishment, customs office, and certificate — these are the EORI, the establishment, the customs office and the certificate of Feronix. You as a customer do not need your own EORI registration or certificate; you merely provide the shipment data.
What you receive
- DECDFA-XML archived in the DMS (not sent automatically)
- Customs dossier PDF in the document language of the process
- Customs dossier ZIP with PDF, attachments, and machine-readable
manifest.json - Duty assessment (DECCXA) from the FTAM inbound
- Automatic DMS archiving of all documents and versions
Follow-up messages at a glance
| Message | Purpose |
|---|---|
| DECDFA | Import declaration (CCI participant message) |
| DECDAA | Follow-up message — XSD-validated before dispatch |
| DECFSA | Follow-up message — XSD-validated before dispatch |
| DECPEA | Follow-up message — XSD-validated before dispatch |
| DECCXA | Duty assessment from FTAM inbound |
Available workflows
Available workflows include standard, simplified, early, and EIDR-related workflows including declaration, amendment, documents, presentation, acceptance, rejection, control, non-release, release, and duty assessment. Presentation takes place at the Feronix warehouse, to which the goods are delivered directly.
Transmission to ATLAS
Regular import is transmitted automatically via the ATLAS FTAM interface. For this purpose, the DECDFA is explicitly released for the configured FTAM rule (ZBE or ZBV). Follow-up messages (DECDAA, DECFSA, DECPEA) are re-validated against the official XSD before dispatch. The duty assessment (DECCXA) is automatically incorporated from the FTAM inbound.
Additionally, the DECDFA-XML file and the customs dossier (PDF/ZIP) can be generated and downloaded. These files are intended for manual upload to ATLAS or handover to compatible ATLAS participant software. File generation does not send anything to ATLAS automatically.
REST endpoints
GET /customer/shipments/{lrn}/standard-clearance/dossier.pdf
GET /customer/shipments/{lrn}/standard-clearance/dossier.zip
POST /customer/shipments/{lrn}/standard-clearance/atlas-xml
Important distinction
The PDF is intended for presentation and review and is generated in the
document language of the process. The manifest.json is
not a customs form in its own right — it documents completeness
and checksums of the customs dossier.