Natural gas, electric energy and sea products

Natural gas

There are two different CN8 codes for natural gas:
2711 11 00 "Natural gas, liquefied"
2711 21 00 "Natural gas, in a gaseous state"

Natural gas can be imported from EU countries and exported to EU countries. Liquefied natural gas is transported by ship or by road. Natural gas in the gaseous state runs through the Balticconnector pipeline.

Imports and exports of natural gas are reported in Intrastat. Companies trading in gas on the gas exchange are also required to submit Intrastat. The prerequisite for reporting is the physical transmission and invoicing of natural gas.

If a company buys natural gas from a natural gas exchange (virtual trading venue), the purchase and sale of gas is reported according to invoicing and the physical transmission of the gas.

For example, company FI buys natural gas from the natural gas exchange and receives an invoice from a Latvian company. FI reports the natural gas with an import declaration. The country of dispatch is LV and the country of origin is LV.

Other types of gas are also reported according to the same principle (e.g. biogas).

Electric energy

The arrivals and dispatches of electric energy are included in the internal trade statistics, but the statistical data is not submitted using the Intrastat declaration. The statistical data will be collected through a separate procedure.

Sea products

The statistical declaration should also include sea products, which means fishery products, minerals, and other products which have not yet been unloaded ashore by sea going vessels.

Upon arrival, these products are to be declared if they are brought to a Finnish harbour, or if Finnish ships acquire such products from other Member States’ ships.

Upon dispatch, these products are to be declared if they are unloaded in a harbour located in another Member State and the goods are unloaded from a Finnish ship, or if another Member State’s ship acquires the products from a Finnish ship.

A vessel shall be deemed to belong to the Member State where the company that exercises the economic ownership of the vessel is established. Economic ownership means the right to claim the benefits associated with the use of a vessel in the course of an economic activity by accepting the associated risks.