{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Assessment Type (Swiss customs declaration)","description":"When a customs broker keys a Swiss import into e-dec, the declaration header requires a code stating how the consignment is to be assessed: the assessment type. It determines which assessment procedure applies and, in turn, which further data fields become mandatory. From 1 November 2026, goods benefiting from an end-use-dependent duty reduction must be declared under assessment type \"5 Zollerleichterung\" (customs relief); the Swiss customs authority BAZG then also requires the customs preferenc","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/assessment-type-swiss-customs-declaration","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-20T15:31:13.437104","citation":"Frachtportal News «Schweiz: Neue Zollpflicht ab November – Was Importeure jetzt vorbereiten müssen»; BAZG (bazg.admin.ch): Wichtige Neuerungen betreffend Zollerleichterungen für Waren je nach Verwendungszweck per 1. November 2026","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/assessment-type-swiss-customs-declaration","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Assessment Type (Swiss customs declaration) · When a customs broker keys a Swiss import into e-dec, the declaration header requires a code stating how the consignment is to be assessed: the assessment type. · Quelle: Frachtportal News «Schweiz: Neue Zollpflicht ab November – Was Importeure jetzt vorbereiten müssen»; BAZG (bazg.admin.ch): Wichtige Neuerungen betreffend Zollerleichterungen für Waren je nach Verwendungszweck per 1. November 2026"}