6/5

DE 6/5 Gross Mass

Enter the gross mass, expressed in kilograms, for the specific item declared in DE 6/8 Description of Goods.

When the weight of the pallets is included in the transport documents, the weight of the pallets shall also be included in the calculation of the gross mass, except for the following cases:

• The pallet forms a separate item on the customs declaration
• The import licence is based on the gross weight of the goods.

Notes:

The gross mass is the total weight of the goods and packaging but excluding containers and any other transport equipment.

Where a gross mass greater than 1 kg includes a fraction of a unit (kg), it may be rounded off in the following manner:

• From 0.001 to 0.499: rounding down to the nearest kg,
• From 0.5 to 0.999: rounding up to the nearest kg.

A gross mass of less than 1 kg should be entered as ‘0’ followed by a number of decimals up to 6, discarding all ‘0’ at the end of the quantity (for example 0.123 for a package of 123 grams, 0.00304 for a package of 3 grams and 40 milligrams or. 0.000654 for a package of 654 milligrams).

Any decimal places declared (up to a maximum of 6 places) must be deducted from the total number of characters used in the data element. For example, if 3 decimal places are used means, then only 13 whole numbers may be used in front of the decimal place.