# Slovakia (SK)

**Capital:** Bratislava  
**Currency:** Euro (EUR) (EUR)  
**Population:** 5'419'451  
**Area:** 49'035 km²

> Die Slowakei ist ein EU- und Eurozonen-Binnenland in Mitteleuropa und ein bedeutender Automobil- und Industriestandort. Der Aussenhandel läuft zollfrei im EU-Binnenmarkt; gegenüber Drittländern gilt der Unionszollkodex. Haupttransportwege sind Strasse und Schiene; die Donauhäfen Bratislava und Komarno sowie die Breitspur-Umschlagpunkte an der Ukraine-Grenze (Cierna nad Tisou, Haniska) machen das Land zu einer Mitteleuropa-Drehscheibe.

Slovakia (SK) is a landlocked EU, eurozone and Schengen member in Central Europe and, as an automotive hub and transit country, a turntable between Western and Eastern Europe. Trade within the EU single market is duty-free; the Union Customs Code applies to third countries, cleared electronically by the Financial Administration (ICS2 pre-arrival, AES export). Import VAT is 23 percent (reduced rates 19 and 5 percent). The main gateways are Bratislava (BTS) and Kosice (KSC) airports, complemented by nearby Vienna-Schwechat, the Danube ports of Bratislava and Komarno, and the broad-gauge transhipment points Cierna nad Tisou and Haniska pri Kosiciach on the Ukrainian border, where the standard and broad-gauge networks meet. Key axes are the D1 Bratislava-Zilina-Kosice, the D2 on the Rhine-Danube corridor and the Baltic-Adriatic TEN-T corridor. Main exports are vehicles and parts, machinery and electronics; leading partners are Germany, Czechia, Poland, France and Austria.

**Top Import Partners:** DE, CZ, PL, AT, CN

**Top Export Partners:** DE, CZ, PL, FR, AT

**Top Import Goods:** Maschinen, Fahrzeuge, Elektronik, Erdöl, Chemikalien

**Top Export Goods:** Fahrzeuge, Maschinen, Elektronik, Eisen und Stahl, Chemikalien

**Key Airports:**
- [M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/m-r-stefanik-airport-bts)
- [Košice International Airport (KSC)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/kosice-international-airport-ksc)
- [Malacky/Kuchyňa Air Base](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/malackykuchyna-air-base-airport-lzmc)
- [Piešťany Airport (PZY)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/piestany-airport-pzy)
- [Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/poprad-tatry-airport-tat)
- [Sliač Airport (SLD)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/sliac-airport-sld)
- [Žilina-Dolný Hričov Airport (ILZ)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/zilina-dolny-hricov-airport-ilz)
- [Babin Most Airstrip](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/babin-most-airstrip-airport-25110)
- [Bidovce Airfield](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/bidovce-airport-lzbd)
- [Bojná Airstrip](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/bojna-airstrip-airport-12933)

## Customs & Import

**Import VAT:** Einfuhrumsatzsteuer Normalsatz 23 Prozent (seit 1.1.2025), ermässigt 19 und 5 Prozent.  
**Customs complexity:** mittel  
**Customs system:** EU-Unionszollkodex (UCC); elektronische Einfuhrabfertigung über die Finanzverwaltung (Finančná správa) und EU-Systeme (Vorabanmeldung ICS2). Im Binnenmarkt keine Zollformalitäten.  
**Customs authority:** [Finanzverwaltung der Slowakischen Republik (Finančná správa SR) mit den Zollämtern (Colné úrady)](https://www.financnasprava.sk)

## Logistics & Risk

**Logistics role:** EU-Binnenland / Automotive-Hub / Mitteleuropa-Transit  
**Economic area:** EU / Eurozone / Schengen  
**Logistics risk:** niedrig  
**Dangerous goods relevance:** mittel bis hoch  
**Pharma/cold chain:** mittel

## Sources & Last Verified

- [https://www.financnasprava.sk](https://www.financnasprava.sk)
- [https://www.financnasprava.sk/en/businesses/customs-duty/export](https://www.financnasprava.sk/en/businesses/customs-duty/export)
- [https://www.financnasprava.sk/en/financial-administration](https://www.financnasprava.sk/en/financial-administration)
- [https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/slovakia-increases-vat-rate](https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/slovakia-increases-vat-rate)
- [https://www.mhsr.sk](https://www.mhsr.sk)
- [https://slovak.statistics.sk](https://slovak.statistics.sk)
- [https://www.slovensko.sk/en/life-situation/life-situation/_customs-procedures-for-imports](https://www.slovensko.sk/en/life-situation/life-situation/_customs-procedures-for-imports)
- [http://www.danubelogistics.gov.sk/en/ports-along-the-slovak-section-of-the-danube.html](http://www.danubelogistics.gov.sk/en/ports-along-the-slovak-section-of-the-danube.html)

*Last verified: 2026-07-21*

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