# Finland license plate: Export

> The Finland export license plate: format L-9999, for example Q-2407, 2001 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Finland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland) (18 registration series).

![Finland license plate, Export (2001 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-export/finland-license-plate-export.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2001 → today |
| Class | export |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 442 × 118 mm |
| Other sizes | 256 × 200 mm: second plate may be two-row: letter above, digits below, no hyphen; date field 200 x 53 mm; 165 × 200 mm: motorcycle; two rows, no hyphen; date field 200 x 53 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left; border #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `fi-export` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/export) |

Sources:

- [A 162/2021 § 16(1)(6): 'vientirekisteröidyn ajoneuvon rekisterikilvessä on kansallisuustunnus, yksi musta kirjain ja enintään nelinumeroinen musta luku valkoisella, heijastavalla pohjalla ja oikeassa reunassa punaisella, heijastavalla pohjalla valkoinen vuosiluku ja kuukausi, jonka aikana rekisteröinti päättyy'; § 19: 'Vientikilpiin sovelletaan, mitä 14-17 §:ssä säädetään rekisterikilvistä'](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [ajoneuvolaki §§ 109-111: vientirekisteröinti, its application and its one-year, non-extendable validity](https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2021/82)
- [A 764/2000 § 37(1) named 'vientirekisteröitävän ajoneuvon rekisterikilpi' among those that carry the FIN sign, in force 1.5.2001](https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/2000/764)
- [määräys § 3.8: 118 x 442 and 200 x 256 for a car, 200 x 165 for a motorcycle; the 53 mm red date field with the month on the upper row and the year on the lower; § 4.2 second paragraph: the date numerals follow Liite 6](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [who may apply, the 12-month validity from the end of the registration month, and the warning that the destination country may allow a shorter period](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/hae-ajoneuvolle-vientirekisterointia)
- ['Auton vientikilpi (118x442 mm)' illustrated with A-5544, and 'Moottoripyörän vientikilpi (200x165 mm)' whose red field reads 11 over 15](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet)

## How long it is valid

max months: 12. note: Ajoneuvolaki § 111(1): "Vientirekisteröinti on voimassa vuoden rekisteröintikuukauden lopusta. Hakijan pyynnöstä voimassaoloaika voidaan määrätä lyhyemmäksi. … Vientirekisteröinnin voimassaoloaikaa ei voida pidentää." One year from the END of the registration month, shortenable on request, never extendable. § 111(4) limits use in Finland before export to the delivery-to-export-point run or an emigrating owner's trip.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-export.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/finland?series=fi-export
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "fi-export"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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