Courier Services

Statutory Scope & Legal Architecture

Under Article 126 of the Customs Regulation and the Postal and Express Cargo Transportation Customs Communiqué (Seri No: 4), licensed express carrier operators and authorized customs brokers can declare commercial shipments via Electronic Commerce Customs Declarations (Elektronik Ticaret Gümrük Beyannamesi - ETGB) without the bureaucratic delays and formal costs of standard regime declarations.

Micro-export covers shipments up to 300 kg and 15,000 EUR in invoice value, allowing e-commerce sellers, manufacturers, and exporters to benefit from zero-rated VAT export exemptions without paying customs broker declaration fees or chamber attestation costs. For import express air consignments (commercial parts, critical production line replacements, exhibition samples), Topraklar’s airport airside teams intervene directly at Istanbul Airport (IST), Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), and Ankara Esenboğa to prevent shipments from being stuck at customs bond warehouses.

Key Operational Competencies:

• Micro-Export (ETGB İhracat) Filing: Instant electronic registration under Regime 1000 without requiring Exporters' Association registration or paper customs filings.
• Fast-Track Import Release (ETGB İthalat): Clearing urgent commercial spare parts, aircraft-on-ground (AOG) components, and prototypes within 2 hours of flight landing.
• Courier Integrations (DHL, FedEx, UPS, Turkish Cargo): Acting as designated customs broker when express carrier in-house desks place commercial shipments on hold for formal clearance.
• VAT Refund Certification: Generating digital ETGB clearance certificates synced directly to corporate e-defter accounting systems for immediate VAT reimbursement.

Step-by-Step Express Courier Clearance Roadmap