# Portugal license plate: Export

> The Portugal export license plate: format 99999 L, for example 83123 P, documented since 2005, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Portugal license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal) (13 registration series).

![Portugal license plate, Export (documented since 2005)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-export/portugal-license-plate-export.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99999 L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2005 → today (documented from 2005; the format is likely older) |
| Class | export |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 220 mm: Modelo II — two rows |
| Colours | background #F9B700; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `pt-export` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/export) |

The EXP box says why the plate exists; the suffix letter says where — it names the customs house that registered the export. Position matters: a trailer wears these same letters as a prefix meaning district offices, so A is the whole Açores here but Ponta Delgada there.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `EXP` | exportação | export |
| `L` | Lisboa | Lisbon customs house |
| `P` | Porto | Porto customs house |
| `A` | Açores | Azores customs house |
| `M` | Madeira | Madeira customs house |

Sources:

- [DL 54/2005 Regulamento art. 4.º n.º 3 (the number) and art. 6.º n.º 1 (the plate): 'Nos veículos destinados à exportação, a chapa de matrícula é de um dos modelos constantes do anexo V, tendo cor amarela e letras, algarismos, traços e rebordo periférico a preto'; Anexo V Modelos I-II drawings.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2005/03/044a00/18921897.pdf)
- [DL 2/2020 art. 7.º b): 'O anexo V é renumerado como anexo VI' — the export annex moves, its content does not.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2020/01/00900/0000400012.pdf)

## About this plate

EXPORT PLATES, yellow ground, black characters, EXP box. A trap for a parse API and the reason this entry exists as its own series rather than a colour variant: the export letter is a SUFFIX drawn from {L, P, A, M}, while the trailer letter is a PREFIX drawn from a 21-code table that also contains L, P, A and M with DIFFERENT meanings, L is Lisboa in both, but A is Ponta Delgada on a trailer and the whole of the Açores on an export plate, and M is Funchal on a trailer and the whole of Madeira here. Disambiguation is by POSITION, never by letter.

## How numbers are issued

sequential per customs office; the drawing prints five digits ('24783 L') but the instrument fixes no width

## Use it

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

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