Foreign Trade Documents
Chambers of Commerce issue foreign trade documents European Union Certificates of Origin, ATA Carnet and CPD/China-Taiwan Carnet. The documents most frequently certified by the Chamber are invoices, packing and price lists and other certificates. In addition, the Chamber of Commerce makes recommendations for export companies, Full Confidence certificates, Certificate of circumstances and other special certificates.
With confirmation, the Chamber of Commerce verifies the content and existence of a particular document at the time of confirmation. The information contained in the documents shall, at the discretion of the Chamber of Commerce, provide such reports in order to convince the Chamber of Commerce of the accuracy of the information. From 15 February 2021, the new procedure will be followed for business documents requiring the confirmation of a Chamber of Commerce and the legalization of an authority. Please see more information here.
More information on foreign trade document regulations
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Electronic export document service
Vientiasiakirjat.fi is an electronic export document service that lets companies apply for European Union Certificates of Origin and confirmation for other documents such as invoice, packaging and price lists. Documents will be sent through the service to the Chamber of Commerce of your choice, where they will be stamped electronically and can then be printed out byt the customer. The use of the service is free of charge but there are fees for the confirmation of the foreign trade documents by the Finnish Chambers of Commerce. See the price list here.
Helsinki office
Visiting address: Kalevankatu 12, 2nd floor, 00100 Helsinki
Visiting hours for document service customers: 8 am – 12 pm
Postal address: PL 68, 00131 Helsinki
firstname.lastname@helsinki.chamber.fi or
asiakirjatiimi(at)helsinki.chamber.fi
Switchboard 09 228 601