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Custom information

All of the products from non-EU countries must undergo customs processing.
Exhibitors must have the information on the customs agent who performs the dispatches of their merchandise or, where lacking, a copy of the customs documentation for entry into the European Union.
The materials or merchandise for distribution or consumption are charged Spanish fees, though they may be products with no commercial value; depending on the country, the amount of the taxes may vary.
All of the merchandise which requires a T-1 must not be moved from the stand or leave Feria de Madrid until its status has been modified and the customs proceedings have been completed.
It is totally prohibited to sell or distribute non-EU merchandise at a trade fair that has been declared international before the customs proceedings have been completed.
Those products shipped as carry-on baggage must be declared at the airport in the Red Lane (“Items to Declare”) and will be withheld until they have undergone the proper customs proceedings.
The merchandise that has not undergone control by customs but is on exhibit shall be confiscated by the authorities until the proper documents have been submitted.

Recommendations to all of the exhibitors who bring in materials that require a customs dispatch (non-EU).
Processing the merchandise:

For a trade fair considered to be ‘international’ by the State Secretariat of Tourism and Commerce:
- Merchandise that will be returned to its origin once the fair ends: T-1, EU transit.
- Merchandise for distribution during the trade fair: final dispatch.
- Merchandise for both purposes: documentation and dispatch separate for each type of merchandise.
For a fair not defined as international:
- Merchandise that will be returned to its origin once the fair ends: ATA folder.
- Merchandise for distribution during the trade fair: final dispatch.
- Merchandise for both purposes: identical processing.