YOUR SHIPMENT
Sales and FOC business goods
YOUR IMPORTER
One Union Solutions
YOUR NEXT STEP
A quote explaining import costs and how to proceed
We navigate the logistics, regulations, and compliance, connecting global businesses to a growing digital economy. We help you import compliantly, reduce risks, and accelerate your time to market.
Your customer, office or data center can be ready to receive equipment without taking on the complexities of the import process. One Union Solutions acts as your IOR provider and brings the customs preparation, product requirements and receiving instructions together, so you can supply that site through a clear import route.
Our experience spans a broad range of commercial goods. Servers, networking hardware, telecom equipment, replacement components and industrial machinery are relevant uses of our service. We prepare each shipment around what the goods do, how they are supplied and where they will be used.
We review HS code classification, value and origin and reconcile the invoice, packing list and transport details. We tell your team which supporting information is needed and what it enables us to complete.
We match existing evidence to the goods and manage applicable application preparation, manufacturer requests, testing or certification coordination and follow-up. Your team supplies technical records and necessary signatures without organizing each process independently.
We coordinate the importer documentation, authorized customs filing and duty and tax funding. We address customs questions using the shipment records and manage the applicable permit work.
We communicate the customs outcome to the transport and receiving teams, provide relevant clearance records and retain the documentation required for the importer role.
You provide accurate product and transaction details, available manufacturer documents, the receiving contact and the required date. We turn those inputs into coordinated import preparation and explain the charges that need funding before the relevant shipment stage.
A quote starts the service. Preparation then connects your goods, the customs entry and the receiving site.
We use your shipment summary to identify the import work, charge components and missing inputs. You receive a quote explaining the costs and how to proceed.
We complete the customs information and manage applicable product and permit work. The output is a coordinated document pack and dispatch instructions for the shipment.
We act as IOR Service, organize the declaration and charge settlement, and respond to customs inquiries. We communicate release or any specific information or examination request.
Tell us the receiving contact, site access requirements and delivery appointment rules. We coordinate the released goods with your nominated forwarder and receiving team and provide relevant import records. Freight and final delivery appear as separate items when included in your quote.
Your quote separates One Union Solutions service, government charges and relevant external costs, so you can budget for the import and the work needed to prepare it.
Send the goods or models, approximate quantity, condition, value, sale or FOC status, dispatch country and receiving location, such as Bitola or Kumanovo. These details establish the starting scope.
The importer role, shipment-document preparation, customs coordination and applicable approval, certification and permit management. The product mix and transaction determine the work involved.
Government charges follow the classification, customs value, qualifying origin and applicable tax category. A mixed equipment shipment can have different treatment for different items.
Government, laboratory, certification-body, permit or inspection charges are identified where they apply. Managing an application does not make every external charge part of the IOR service fee.
Freight, transit guarantees, terminal handling, storage and final delivery are identified when relevant to the route and requested services. Transport or delivery is included only when listed in the quote.
We explain the valuation and origin assumptions, funding required for import charges, and which costs are confirmed or still need a product document or routing detail. New testing, a changed product configuration, an examination or storage can affect the total; these drivers belong in the cost explanation.
FOC describes how goods are supplied. It does not automatically remove customs value, duty, VAT or product requirements.
Sales and FOC valuation · Duty and VAT · Product requirements · DDP and DAP
You can request a quote with a short shipment summary. During preparation, we coordinate the fuller documents and help align them before filing.
The invoice and transaction details help identify the seller, owner, recipient, consignee, goods, quantity, currency, value and delivery term. For FOC goods, record the shipment purpose and a supported customs value rather than only a zero invoice amount.
The packing list and transport information help reconcile package contents, weights and dimensions with the invoice and route. Serial numbers help identify equipment in temporary movements, repairs and returns.
Product specifications and label photos help determine classification and product requirements. Include model numbers, function, condition, power specifications and radio features where present.
Origin and valuation evidence supports customs value and any qualifying tariff preference. Existing purchase records, manufacturer origin information and the relevant origin proof help establish the correct treatment.
Manufacturer conformity and technical records help match declarations, reports and markings to the actual model. For relevant radio applications, provide the manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity and technical parameters.
The receiving site and shipment purpose help align the customs entry with resale, internal deployment, demonstration, repair or replacement. Provide the business receiving contact, final location and planned use date where it affects preparation.
We prepare the customs declaration in line with local import laws and coordinate applicable permit submissions from these inputs. You do not need a complete technical file to make the first inquiry. The official US trade guide’s documentation overview identifies the trade, transport and product records used in North Macedonia.
Our service provides the importer role and ensures customs compliance with all applicable customs regulations for your shipment without requiring you to establish your own local importing company. The receiving site, the owner of the equipment and the party filing the declaration can have different roles; we align the documents with the actual transaction.
North Macedonia’s Customs Law generally requires the declarant to be registered in the country, placing direct compliance obligations on Macedonian importers, with exceptions for transit, temporary admission and occasional declarations justified to Customs. Customs representation can be direct or indirect. We organize the appropriate filing and authorization rather than treating a delivery address as an importer registration.
The representative performs authorized customs formalities; appointing a local customs broker alone does not identify the importer or settle every party’s obligations. One Union Solutions takes the IOR Service role and coordinates the declaration with the authorized filing parties. Your team supplies accurate product, ownership, value and origin evidence. See the Ministry of Finance’s Customs Law and representation legislation.
An IOR Service appointment does not itself resolve VAT on a foreign company’s taxable supplies inside North Macedonia. A foreign company with no local seat or branch that makes taxable domestic supplies must register for VAT before making those supplies and appoint a tax representative, except for the specified reverse-charge transactions. The usual registration turnover threshold does not apply to that foreign-person rule.
Tell us who sells the goods, when ownership changes and who receives them. We align import preparation with that transaction and identify any separate tax work, rather than promising that import clearance removes every seller obligation. Read the Public Revenue Office’s foreign-company tax representative notice and current VAT legislation.
For sold goods, transaction value applies when its legal conditions are met, supported by relevant commercial invoices or buy offers. Where there is no qualifying sale, another applicable customs valuation method is needed. “Free of charge” or “no commercial value” wording does not establish that the goods have no customs value.
For an internal equipment transfer, demonstration unit or no-charge replacement, tell us why it is moving. Provide available purchase records, comparable values, manufacturer information or other supporting evidence. We establish the valuation approach and coordinate the invoice or pro forma information for the entry.
Duty or tax relief must have its own legal basis. FOC goods still need the product documentation appropriate to their function and use. The Ministry of Finance’s Customs Law valuation provisions distinguish a qualifying sale from the alternative methods.
We classify the actual goods and check the tariff measures in force for the entry. Servers, switches, power equipment and spare parts should not be assigned one rate simply because they travel together.
Preferential duty treatment requires qualifying origin and the correct proof under the relevant arrangement. A product dispatched from an EU warehouse is not automatically EU-originating. We review origin evidence and coordinate the appropriate document, such as certificates of origin including an EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration where applicable. See the European Commission’s trade-arrangement references and proof-of-origin guidance.
The general VAT rate is 18%, while reduced rates apply to specified categories. The VAT Law lists automatic data-processing machines and their units in the 5% category. That does not make every networking, telecom or power product a 5% item. We check the exact goods and applicable implementing definitions before preparing the tax calculation.
The import VAT base includes customs value, relevant duty and other import charges, plus specified incidental costs to the first destination in the country. Import VAT recovery requires an eligible taxpayer and supporting records; it is not an automatic discount on the shipment. The Public Revenue Office’s VAT Law explains the rate categories, tax base and deduction conditions.
A wired server, radio-enabled access point and replacement battery call for different information. We manage the relevant preparation and coordinate missing evidence with the manufacturer and competent parties.
The Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) has a consent process for placing on the market or putting into use radio equipment that uses frequency bands not harmonized at EU level. The July 2026 rule requires the application at least 30 days before the planned market-placement or use date. This is an advance filing requirement, not an approval processing time.
We check the model, intended frequency bands and operating parameters, prepare the relevant application and manage manufacturer coordination and follow-up. The manufacturer supplies its Declaration of Conformity and technical data; AEK issues the consent. Tell us the planned use date as well as the delivery date. See AEK’s current consent-application rule.
We also check the intended radio use and any separate frequency authorization. A market-placement consent and permission to operate a radio system are different questions; a CE mark alone does not settle the local frequency conditions.
Send model specifications, power-supply and equipment label photos, and available conformity, safety and emissions records. We match the evidence to the product and intended use and manage the applicable document, testing or certification work. A radio application should not be assumed for equipment with no radio function.
Electrical appliances can be subject to market-inspection quality controls. We coordinate the relevant product information and inspection requests; a generic “CE-certified shipment” description is not a substitute for matching technical records. The official trade-barriers guidance describes the inspection context. Our IOR guide for IT equipment explains broader hardware preparation.
Identify whether batteries are installed in equipment, packed with it or shipped separately. Give us the chemistry, watt-hour rating, condition, packing arrangement and available UN 38.3 test summary. We coordinate transport preparation with the carrier using the applicable dangerous-goods requirements.
The 2026 air rules distinguish lithium-ion batteries packed with equipment from batteries contained in equipment, including different state-of-charge provisions. Do not prepare spare batteries as though they were already installed. See IATA’s 2026 battery guidance. The selected carrier and transport mode also matter.
North Macedonia’s electrical and electronic equipment legislation can make an importer or a foreign distance seller responsible as a producer. Its market-supply definition includes relevant business supplies made for payment or free of charge.
We review the supply route, equipment category and responsible party, and coordinate applicable registration and reporting preparation. A foreign producer supplying equipment through distance selling must appoint an authorized representative for its producer obligations. We distinguish that appointment from the IOR Service role. Provide the supply-chain details and equipment weight by category. See the Ministry of Environment’s electrical and electronic equipment legislation.
Send the condition, testing information, modifications and intended use. We review the valuation and whether the technical records still match the equipment. Functional equipment intended for reuse must be distinguished from waste or goods destined for disposal or recycling. Waste shipments involve separate environmental controls; describe them accurately before arranging transport. The Ministry of Environment’s waste guidance and permit documents explain that separate route.
Tell us the intended activity, equipment identity and re-export plan. We prepare the applicable temporary-entry documentation and coordinate any security and discharge requirements. An ATA carnet can support qualifying temporary movements; it does not make a permanent sale temporary. Product and radio-use requirements still need attention. See the official temporary-entry overview.
Goods arriving for repair, previously exported equipment returning, and a new warranty replacement need different entry information. We use serial numbers, prior customs records and the repair or warranty documents to identify the correct procedure and any available relief. A no-charge invoice is not enough to establish an exemption. Keep the replacement and the original item identifiable in your records.
Provide the dispatch country, parties, end user and intended use to determine whether specific import licenses are necessary. We review relevant import restrictions and coordinate the required import documentation. Origin-country export controls remain a separate part of the broader import export movement. US rules matter where the items are subject to them, including certain reexports; the customer’s headquarters location alone does not establish that jurisdiction. See the US export-control jurisdiction guidance.
Share the required date, receiving location and planned equipment use. We coordinate product preparation, customs documents, import-charge funding, transport and receiving instructions around those details.
Existing matching evidence: we complete the shipment information and organize the customs and transport handoff. Missing or mismatched evidence: we manage the manufacturer requests and applicable application, testing or certification work before the relevant shipment stage. For affected radio equipment, the advance filing requirement also needs to be built into the plan.
North Macedonia participates in the common transit system but is outside the EU customs territory. Common transit can move goods to the destination customs office while duties and taxes are suspended under the procedure; it does not replace the destination import entry or prove preferential origin.
For a shipment routed through an EU port or logistics hub, we align transit documents, the destination customs office and the import handoff with your transport provider. The European Commission’s common-transit guidance explains the system.
Transport availability, customs inquiries or examinations and receiving-site access also affect delivery. We explain the dependencies and missing inputs without assigning a fixed clearance or approval duration to every shipment.
One Union Solutions acts as IOR Service and aligns the customs filing and import-charge funding with your transaction and delivery term. We can coordinate the import with your nominated freight forwarder or the transport services included in our quote. Under Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), the seller generally handles import formalities, import duties and other import charges. Under Delivered at Place (DAP), the buyer generally handles those responsibilities. The delivery term allocates contractual work and costs; it does not itself create importer registration or product permission. Send the term, named destination and seller, owner and recipient details. We explain who funds the charges and which transport and delivery activities are included. For an FOC movement, describe the same practical allocation even where there is no sale contract. Read the ICC Academy’s DDP and DAP explanation.
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Some of your burning questions answered.
Yes, foreign companies can import goods into North Macedonia having a local entity by using Importer of record(IOR) service.An IOR provider manages customs clearance,compliance,duties ,and documentation to ensure smooth and legal imports.
IOR services help companies navigate difficult import rules, avoid fines or delays, and allow them to focus on their core operations.
Yes, IOR services support the import of regulated products such as IT equipment, medical devices, aviation components, and industrial machinery while ensuring compliance with local import regulations.
They handle all import documentation, customs clearance, duties, and compliance, ensuring smooth and timely shipment processing.
Yes, IOR providers guide new importers through legal requirements, paperwork, and customs processes for hassle-free market entry.
CREDITS
Author: One Union Solutions Trade Compliance Editorial Team.
Reviewed by: Wahid Azeem, Trade Compliance Manager.
Last reviewed: 13 October 2026.
Corrections: info@oneunionsolutions.com
official US trade guide’s documentation overview
Customs Law and representation legislation
foreign-company tax representative notice
Customs Law valuation provisions
AEK’s current consent-application rule
official trade-barriers guidance
electrical and electronic equipment legislation
waste guidance and permit documents
official temporary-entry overview
