Get your EORI number for Portugal

Portugal is part of the European Union. Goods can enter the EU through any member state, so they do not need to arrive in Portugal first.

One EU EORI, valid in all 27 member states. We register yours in the Netherlands, and your Portuguese broker treats it exactly like a Portuguese-issued number.

What an EU EORI is

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What it stands for

An ID for your company

Customs in every EU country use it to see which company is importing.

Importer
Your company
EORINL857412963

Who holds it

Your company

One number for every shipment. It does not expire.

Customs declaration
EORINL857412963

Who uses it

Your carrier

Enters it on every customs declaration.

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Issued
Dutch customs
Valid in 27 countries

Who issues it

Dutch customs

Customs check it to let your goods in, in any of the 27 member states.

Why your goods enter through the Netherlands

Portugal only lets Portuguese-registered businesses file as the importer. Companies based outside the EU register for their EU EORI in the Netherlands instead.

The Netherlands-issued EORI is valid in all 27 member states. Your goods clear customs in the Netherlands and continue to Portugal in free circulation, with duty and import VAT worked out as they would be with a Portuguese number.

Origin

Your company

No EU entity required
Ships

The gateway

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Netherlands

One member state issues it - valid in all 27
Moves on

Destination

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Portugal

No second code, no second declaration

Direct and indirect representation

Who can be named as the importer decides which route is open to you.

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Direct representation

Blocked, unless you qualify

The importer must be a business registered in that country.

Who's liable

The Portuguese business itself

Applies to Portugal

Closed unless you already hold a Portuguese entity

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Indirect representation

Your route

A company based abroad can be the importer in its own name, with a local representative sharing the liability.

Who's liable

You, with a Dutch representative sharing liability

Applies to Portugal

Via the Netherlands - goods clear into free circulation, then move on to Portugal with no further code

Questions people ask

Yes. An EU EORI is issued by one member state and valid in all 27 - that is the point of it. Your Portuguese broker enters it on the declaration in the same field they would use for a Portuguese-issued number, and clearance proceeds normally.
Yes. If you already hold a Portuguese-registered entity, the direct route is open to you - book a call and a specialist files it as a Portuguese application instead of routing through the Netherlands.
No. Duty and import VAT are calculated on the goods and their destination, not on which member state issued your EORI. A Netherlands-issued number changes nothing about what you owe once the goods land in Portugal.
Your company's details, your certificate of incorporation, and a trade-register or Chamber of Commerce extract dated within the last 6 months. If your company has no permanent base in the EU that is the whole requirement; if it does, you also give that address and its VAT number(s).
No. Answer "No" to the establishment question and the Netherlands issues your EU EORI to a company based anywhere outside the EU, with no local entity or VAT registration needed - the same process whether you ship directly into the Netherlands or via it to Portugal.
Mostly the Dutch form itself - it hinges on one permanent-establishment question, and wants a trade-register extract dated within six months, with queries coming back in Dutch. The rest is a field that does not match your certificate of incorporation. We check both before filing, and verify the EORI Dutch customs issue against their own register before handing it over.
Dutch customs charge nothing for the EU EORI itself. Our fee covers preparing and filing the Netherlands application on your behalf, arranging the route through the gateway, and verifying the number before we hand it over.