aid: customs-procedures
name: Customs Procedures
kind: topic
description: >-
  Customs procedures are the regulated processes that govern how goods
  are entered into, transited through, and exported from a customs
  territory. The major procedures include release for free circulation
  (consumption entry), customs warehousing, inward and outward
  processing, temporary admission (e.g., ATA Carnet), transit (T1, TIR),
  and re-export. The Revised Kyoto Convention and the WCO SAFE Framework
  provide the international baseline; national authorities such as U.S.
  CBP, the European Commission's DG TAXUD, and HMRC publish their own
  procedures and codes. Most procedures are operationalized through
  national customs computer systems (ACE, ICS2, AES, CDS) and rely on
  EDI messaging rather than public REST APIs.
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/customs-procedures/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
type: Index
access: Public
position: Consuming
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - ATA Carnet
  - Bonded Warehouse
  - Compliance
  - Customs
  - Customs Procedures
  - Declarations
  - Drawback
  - Exports
  - Free Circulation
  - Imports
  - Inward Processing
  - Kyoto Convention
  - Outward Processing
  - Temporary Admission
  - TIR
  - Trade
  - Transit
apis: []
common:
  - type: WCORevisedKyotoConvention
    url: https://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/facilitation/instrument-and-tools/conventions/pf_revised_kyoto_conv.aspx
  - type: WCOSAFEFramework
    url: https://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/facilitation/instrument-and-tools/frameworks-of-standards/safe_package.aspx
  - type: WTOTradeFacilitationAgreement
    url: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tradfa_e/tradfa_e.htm
  - type: CBPTradeOutreach
    url: https://www.cbp.gov/trade
  - type: CBPInformedCompliance
    url: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/rulings/informed-compliance-publications
  - type: CBPDrawback
    url: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/entry-summary/drawback
  - type: CBPBondedWarehouse
    url: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/bonded-facilities
  - type: EUTaxationAndCustomsUnion
    url: https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/
  - type: EUUCC
    url: https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/union-customs-code_en
  - type: ATACarnet
    url: https://www.atacarnet.com/
  - type: TIR
    url: https://unece.org/transport/border-crossing/tir
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com