Are installation services included in the customs value?

Services performed after import (in-plant installation) are generally not included. Services performed before export (assembly, testing) are. Camtom separates both concepts.

How do I declare a machine arriving in several shipments?

Each shipment requires its own MVE with the proportional value. Camtom links MVEs together and maintains consistency with the total contract value.

Are FAT tests additions?

If factory acceptance tests are a condition of sale and included in the price, they are part of the transaction value. If contracted separately, they may be additions.

Does Camtom handle depreciation for used machinery?

Yes. For used machinery, Camtom applies the corresponding valuation method, which may include a documented use and depreciation discount.

Do first-year spare parts in the contract have a separate MVE?

If imported in the same shipment as the machine, they are included in the same MVE. If they arrive later, they require their own MVE with their own transaction value.

Are installation services included in the customs value?

Services performed after import (in-plant installation) are generally not included. Services performed before export (assembly, testing) are. Camtom separates both concepts.

How do I declare a machine arriving in several shipments?

Each shipment requires its own MVE with the proportional value. Camtom links MVEs together and maintains consistency with the total contract value.

Are FAT tests additions?

If factory acceptance tests are a condition of sale and included in the price, they are part of the transaction value. If contracted separately, they may be additions.

Does Camtom handle depreciation for used machinery?

Yes. For used machinery, Camtom applies the corresponding valuation method, which may include a documented use and depreciation discount.

Do first-year spare parts in the contract have a separate MVE?

If imported in the same shipment as the machine, they are included in the same MVE. If they arrive later, they require their own MVE with their own transaction value.

MVE by industry

MVE for industrial machinery imports

Industrial machinery imports involve high transaction values with technical assistance, installation, commissioning and training components that may be additions. The MVE requires separating the machine value from associated services and documenting each component correctly. Camtom simplifies this process for industrial importers.

MVE challenges in your industry

Separating machinery value from installation, commissioning and training services

Declaring engineering technical assistance (blueprints, specifications) provided to the manufacturer

Handling part-by-part imports of a single machine arriving in multiple shipments

Including factory acceptance testing (FAT) costs as part of the transaction value

Valuing spare parts included in the original contract but invoiced separately

How Camtom solves it

Camtom automatically separates post-import services (non-additions) from the goods value

Quantifies and prorates provided technical assistance under Art. 65 section II LA

Generates linked MVEs for partial imports of a single machine, maintaining consistency

Includes FAT costs as part of the value when they are a condition of goods acceptance

Links spare parts with the original contract and generates the MVE with correct valuation for each component

Common products and tariff codes

CNC machining centers8457.10

Industrial presses8462.10

Plastic injection machines8477.10

Assembly lines8428.33

Industrial compressors8414.80

Boilers and generators8402.19

Frequent additions to value

Engineering technical assistance
Design blueprints and specifications
Factory acceptance testing (FAT)
Installation supervision included in sale

Most common valuation method

Transaction value (Art. 64 LA) — Method 1, with service separation

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