Zolli vs. manual customs declaration

What manual declaration requires

Creating a customs declaration manually — whether via the BAZG web portal (ePortal.admin.ch) or via traditional customs software — means a trained specialist operates the system for every single declaration.

Four conditions must be met at the same time:

• Data ready — the order and goods data are available.
• Customs expertise — someone knows classification, procedures and rules.
• Human availability — that person has time right now.
• Manual entry — the declaration is keyed in and submitted by hand.

General information on goods traffic is published by the BAZG (bazg.admin.ch).

What Zolli automates

Zolli removes three of those four conditions. Only one remains — that the data is ready; the software handles the rest: it generates the Passar declaration and submits it autonomously. This turns “doing the customs declaration yourself” into an automated process.

More on how Zolli files on Passar is on the What is Passar? page and in the frequently asked questions.

Test in parallel before you switch

You do not have to commit straight away. Zolli can run as a free parallel test in the BAZG test environment (ePortal-a.admin.ch) — alongside your current manual process.

That lets you compare the results before deciding whether to switch.