Movement Reference Number (MRN)

This is an official document used in international trade to declare goods to customs.

When the time comes to cross a border, customs will require your goods to have the SAD in order.

As well as being essential for successful transport, it is also necessary for the tax declaration, as this document contains essential information about the goods you are transporting.

Its function varies slightly depending on the type of exchange of goods and it consists of nine sheets or copies, which are used in different operations.

It contains information such as import data, description of the goods, tariff codes, values and country of origin/destination.

Depending on the type of transport you are going to carry out, you will have to fill in different copies.

- For transit operations, as in the case of transhipments, you will have to fill in number 1 for the customs office of dispatch, number 4 for the customs office of destination and number 5 in the event that the goods have to be returned to their place of origin.

- If you want to import the goods, you must fill in numbers 6 and 8, for the customs office of import and for the person concerned, respectively.

- If, on the other hand, you want to export the goods, you must present 1 for the customs office of dispatch, 3 for the interested party and 4 if you need to justify the Community status of the goods at the customs office of destination.

The four channels in which the customs office can include the goods are:

- Green: the documentation is correct and the goods can be transported in or out of the country.

- Orange: you have to check the documentation of the goods.

- Yellow: you must check that the goods actually exist and verify the validity of the certificate after border inspection.

- Red: you must check both the documentation and the goods as the management has not been carried out correctly.