💡 As a Belgian brewery or distillery, you are required to submit a brewing declaration for each product type (beer, gin, whisky, …) to the local Customs office. This document must be submitted no later than the third day before the start of the work in the mash tun.
💡 If you start working with Douano later in the year, it is recommended to set your last brewing declaration and the number of your last brew. Douano will then continue the numbering from there for the next brewing declaration.
Want to configure the numbering of your brewing declarations? Follow this 👉 guide.
⇢ Go to Customs - Brew declarations.
Brew orders to declare
💡 Under the 'Brew orders to declare' tab, you will find all production orders/brewing orders that are ready in Douano and must be declared.
Select the production orders you want to declare.
Click the green plus icon to create a brewing declaration for these production orders.
Creating a Brewing Declaration
General Information
Date: the date of the brewing declaration.
Comment: optional field to add extra information.
Brewing Address: your own company is filled in by default.
Production Orders
The list displays all production orders you have selected.
Date: the planned start date of the chosen production order. This date is taken from the production order and cannot be changed here.
Comment: optional field to add notes regarding the production order.
💡 You can add additional production orders here to include them in this brewing declaration.
Brew declarations to declare
💡 Under the 'Brew declarations to declare' tab, you will find all brewing declarations that still need to be sent to Customs.
On the line of the brewing declaration, you can use the menu icon to download a draft of the declaration.
Click the green arrow on the line of the brewing declaration to confirm it.
💡 Douano will now generate a PDF document with all required details: unique sequence numbers, start time of the works, and excise duty data.
Declared brew declarations
You can now either download the declaration and send it by post, or send the brewing declaration directly from Douano by clicking the orange arrow.