Greenland

No. Greenland levies no VAT. Instead, import duties apply to certain goods such as vehicles, alcohol, tobacco and food products on the CIF value. Operating equipment is generally exempt from general import duties.

No. Greenland left the then EEC in 1985 and is today an EU-associated Overseas Country and Territory (OCT). It lies outside the EU customs territory and single market, but as an OCT enjoys duty-free access for fishery products to the EU market.

The Greenland Tax Agency (Akileraartarnermut Aqutsisoqarfik / Skattestyrelsen, aka.gl) is responsible and administers Greenland's own tax and customs system separately from Denmark. Import declarations are filed with this authority.

Supply runs almost entirely by sea via the state-owned Royal Arctic Line, which in cooperation with Eimskip sails through the Aalborg (Denmark) hub and Reykjavik. The main ports are Nuuk, Sisimiut and Aasiaat. Air freight via Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq airports complements this.

For dual-use items, Executive Order No. 67 of 2018 applies, whose control list is identical to the EU list. Applications go to the Ministry of Industry and Energy in Nuuk, which forwards them to the Danish Business Authority. Export of uranium/thorium ore above 500 kg/year requires a licence.

Greenland uses the Danish krone (DKK) as legal tender. There is no separate Greenlandic currency.

The Arctic climate with sea ice, icebergs, storms and polar winter affects shipping and air traffic. Northern and remote ports are only seasonally ice-free, limiting supply planning and frequency.

This page links to important partner countries (based on import/export partners) for quick context.

• DK
• CN
• DE
• NO
• US
• JP

For international shipments, these terms are a good quick start:

• Incoterms
• AWB (Air Waybill)
• Bill of Lading (B/L)
• HS Code
• UN/LOCODE