What do they mean for NCTS Transit and Transit Guarantees

If you ship goods from Poland or Lithuania to Norway (or the other way around), many road transports run via Sweden. In these cases, the common transit procedure in the NCTS system is very commonly used.

For many companies, transit feels like “just paperwork”. In practice, it also involves a transit guarantee and guarantee limits. These can influence the service price, planning, and how smoothly a shipment can move through the chain.

Norway’s Customs Administration (Tolletaten) published the table called “Motverdier av 1 euro”, valid from 1 January 2026. These are official fixed equivalents of 1 euro used during 2026 in the Common Transit (EU/CTC) system. 

They are used, among other things, to calculate guarantee amounts for individual guarantee forms (vouchers).
This is not a bank exchange rate and not a rate used for invoices, but the legal basis is the Transit Convention (Transitteringskonvensjonen), Annex II, Article 22.

What is a transit guarantee?

Tolletaten describes transit as an international procedure that allows goods to move between countries, including passing through several countries on the way. During transit, import duties and taxes are temporarily suspended, and the procedure is completed when it is closed in NCTS at the customs office of destination.

A guarantee exists because, until the transit is closed, there is a risk that:

• the shipment will not be correctly closed in NCTS,
  
  
• there will be a mismatch, delay, or documentation error, or
  
  
• the goods will not reach the destination in the way required by the procedure.
  
  

That is why customs authorities require financial security to cover any possible customs debt. This security is the transit guarantee.

In practice, the guarantee is very often provided by a freight forwarder or customs agency acting as the responsible party in transit. This is one reason why Viabaltic Norge can organise transports and customs formalities quickly.

It is also important to remember, that officially the party that starts the transit is responsible towards customs. However, commercial agreements can shift responsibility back to the sender or receiver if there are wrong goods details, missing documents, or incorrect values. This is why correct documentation matters in everyday operations.

“Motverdier av 1 euro” rates for 2026

Below are the official equivalents of 1 euro for 2026:

• Danish krone (DKK): 7.4659
  
  
• British pound sterling (GBP): 0.8697
  
  
• Swedish krona (SEK): 11.0355
  
  
• Swiss franc (CHF): 0.9365
  
  
• Icelandic króna (ISK): 142.60
  
  
• Norwegian krone (NOK): 11.6580
  
  
• Bulgarian lev* (BGN): 1.9558
  
  
• Czech koruna (CZK): 24.275
  
  
• Hungarian forint (HUF): 388.70
  
  
• Macedonian denar (MKD): 61.5538
  
  
• Polish zloty (PLN): 4.2583
  
  
• Romanian leu (RON): 5.0821
  
  
• Turkish lira (TRY): 48.8386
  
  
• Serbian dinar (RSD): 117.1697
  
  
• Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH): 48.3028
  
  
• Georgian lari (GEL): 2.7252
  
  
• Moldovan leu (MDL): 19.6008
  
  
• Montenegrin euro (EUR): 1
  
  

* Bulgarian lev will be replaced by the euro from 1 February 2026.

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