EurTradeNet is the European Alliance of customs-related service providers or CRSPs, a unique knowledge network joining together their local expertise in information handling services and communication solutions to assure the most effective implementation of eCustoms Europe-wide.

Companies dealing with foreign trade operations and intercommunity transits need to exchange customs and trade information abroad, with their partners (traders and forwarders, logistics operators and global integrators) but also with the local customs authorities Europe-wide, complementarily to EU rules complying with their specific operational rules and established regulations.

Even though the customs procedures are being harmonised within the European Union, they are locally realised. There are significant differences in data content and workflow, information handling technologies and communication means, intermediate players and customs agents, legal authorisations and audit procedures.

EurTradeNet has worked hard to balance local diversity towards European homogenisation. At country level, the ETN partners provide the information handling and secure communication with the local Customs Authorities. As an umbrella organisation, EurTradeNet allows them to share knowledge and to project common activities, better influencing the international bodies to optimize the deployment of new public regulations and operational approaches Europe-wide.