Refund indirect export

Direct export

These are goods which you produce and export yourself.
These are goods which you import and export again in the same packaging.

You do not have to file a declaration for direct export.

Indirect export
These are packaged products you have bought in the Netherlands and for which the Packaging Waste Management Fee has already been paid by, for example, your supplier or further up in the chain. If you export these goods in the same packaging, you can reclaim the fee for the corresponding packaging.

First availability
You are responsible for the packaging of all goods you make available, for the first time, in the Netherlands because you produce or import these goods.

Disposal when importing
These are all forms of packaging released after importing the products. Here, it is immaterial whether these goods are discarded in your own warehouse or that of your customer.

You add packaging
Do you add packaging, for example during repackaging or production and is it intended for a Dutch consumer? You must include these kilograms in your declaration.

The Packaging Waste Management Fee applies if a packaged product is released on the Dutch market. Does your customer export the goods in the same packaging? If so, your customer can submit a request for refund of indirect export up to 1 June of the following year.

No distinction in terms of rates is made between packaging ending up with the consumer or removed via a waste collector. All packaging comes under the producer responsibility. By sharing the costs we incur for collection and processing of packaging across all packaging materials, the average rate lowers. That rate would be higher if we were to make a distinction between consumer packaging and packaging companies dispose of themselves, or arrange for such.

Organisations that file a declaration to Verpact are contained in the List of participants.

Yes. You can notify us anonymously or otherwise. Here, it is important that we have the name and address details of the company. We do not provide any individual feedback about the follow-up and outcome of any notification submitted. You can notify us in writing, e-mail or by phone. 

It is possible that your supplier is on our list under another name than its well-known trading name, that payment was made further up in the chain or that another reason exists. It is important to find out from your supplier if a declaration has been filed for your items and can be verified. If this is the case, you can submit the request for the refund of indirect export. 

Every year, you can apply for a refund of indirect export for the previous declaration year up until 1 June. For further information, see here