Intrastat is the system for collecting information and producing statistics on the trade in goods between countries of the European Union (EU).
[6] As established by Regulation (EC) No 222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009, the current thresholds are designed to cover 97% of dispatches and 95% of arrivals.
According to an EU Memo of 2013, the increased thresholds reduced the number of reporting enterprises by one third and saved them 134 million euro.
[8] Italy is the only EU country to set no thresholds,[6] so all operators (excluding only new, young entrepreneurs in a facilitated tax regime[9]) must file Intrastat forms.
[13] The collection of data on the intracommunity trade in services is not a part of the European Intrastat system, but is instead required by the EU VAT Directive.