Amsterdam Port Code NLAMS

The UN/LOCODE port code for Amsterdam is NLAMS, printed NL AMS: a seaport and airport in the Netherlands.

Also on this page: the function classifiers, the location reference, the CBP entry code where CBP publishes one, and any Airlift ocean freight lanes, sailings and port-pair guides we publish for Netherlands.

UN/LOCODENL AMS
Place name Amsterdam
CountryNetherlands (NL)
Function classifiersSeaportRail terminalRoad terminalAirportUN/LOCODE function code 12345---
Coordinates 52.4, 4.82 View on OpenStreetMap →

Shipping from Amsterdam to the US

Using NLAMS on your shipping documents

NLAMS is the code you will normally see for Amsterdam on carrier paperwork. Bookings and bills of lading print the port of loading and port of discharge as UN/LOCODEs, and carrier schedule and tracking feeds use them too. The first two letters, NL, are the ISO 3166-1 country code for Netherlands; the last three identify the place.

A UN/LOCODE names a place, not a berth. Where a port city has several container terminals, UNECE often gives the terminals their own codes alongside the city code, so a booking can legitimately show a code you didn’t expect. Take the code from the carrier booking, not the one that looks most like the port name.

Schedule D codes exist only for US ports, so Amsterdam doesn’t have one. If Amsterdam is your origin, the Schedule D code that matters is your US port of entry’s: every US port page in this tool shows it where CBP publishes one.

Amsterdam has the airport classifier in UN/LOCODE, but the code list gives no IATA code for it, and we don’t guess one. The last three letters of a UN/LOCODE often match the IATA code but don’t have to, and a wrong code on an air waybill is expensive. Get the IATA code from your airline or forwarder.

U.S. import duty on goods from Netherlands

Calculated total U.S. duty on the highest-value tariff lines exported from Netherlands, from our tariff engine and U.S. Census import values. Useful when cargo moving through Amsterdam is headed for a U.S. entry.

Rates are our tariff engine's total for a commercial entry today. Open a page for the duty lines behind a rate and how it changed by entry date, browse all import duty pages, or price your own shipment.

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Terms on this page:Bill of Lading (BOL)TransshipmentPort of Entry (POE)Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)Transit Time

Amsterdam port code FAQs

The UN/LOCODE for Amsterdam, Netherlands is NLAMS, printed as NL AMS. The first two letters (NL) are the ISO country code and the last three identify the place. Source: UNECE UN/LOCODE Code List, edition 2024-2.

Location data: UNECE UN/LOCODE Code List, edition 2024-2 — public data published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/CEFACT). UN/LOCODE code list.

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