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What the
consignee or Forwarding
Agent should do with the
Bill Of Lading? |
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The
consignee or Forwarding Agent
shall be proceed to the office
of the shipping Agency and |
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Produce the negotiable copy
of Bill Of lading and other
relevant invoices or a
banker's Guarantee, if the
Bill Of Lading is not
available, to the Shipping
Agent. |
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If the Bill Of Lading has
already been endorsed "
Freight Prepaid" then the
consignee would not have to
pay the freight to the local
shipping agency. If the Bill
Of Lading has been endorsed
"Freight payable at port of
discharge" the consignee
would have to pay the
freight at the local
shipping office. |
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The Shipping agency will
issue the " Delivery Order"
to the consignee or
forwarding agent in exchange
for the Bill Of Lading.
(Alternatively the consignee
or forwarding agent could
produce the non-negotiable
copy of the Bill of Lading
for endorsement by the
shipping agency to serve as
a Delivery Order) |
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The Consignee or forwarding
agent with the Delivery
Order or the endorsed copy
of the Bill Of lading shall
proceed to the Customs
Office for endorsement by
Customs. |
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The types of Customs forms
are commonly in use for
import traffic and are
obtainable from the offices
of the shipping and
forwarding agencies. |
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No 5 Form C.16 |
Declaration of
dutiable goods
imported |
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No 5 Form C.17 |
Declaration of
non-dutiable goods
imported |
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No 8 |
Transshipment of
dutiable goods |
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Submit the following
documents to Customs:
- Duly
filled Customs Declaration
forms
- Delivery Order
- A copy of non-negotiable
Bill of lading
- Supplier's Invoices
The Customs shall decide
whether the goods require
Customs examination. If no
examination is required, the
delivery Order will be
endorsed by Customs to
release the cargo for
delivery after the duty has
been paid if the goods are
dutiable. In the event that
Customs examination is
required, the consignee or
forwarding agent shall adopt
the following procedures set
out in the next paragraph.
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What Consignee
or Forwarding Agent should
do if Customs Examination is
required? |
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For FCL Container |
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Consignee or Forwarding
Agent to arrange for workers
to open the FCL container
for Customs to examine its
contents |
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To record the removed
samples, if any. |
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To obtain Customs
endorsement on the Delivery
Order and proceed to pay the
Custom duties, if any.
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If LCL cargo |
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Consignee or forwarding
agent to obtain approval for
Customs examination on the
application letter from the
MCT. |
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For examination purposes,
the Consignee or Forwarding
Agent are responsible to
open and repack the goods. |
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To record the samples
received, if any , in the
application letter. |
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To obtain Customs
endorsement on the Delivery
Order and proceed to pay
then Customs duties, if any.
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For general cargo |
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Consignee or Forwarding
Agent to obtain approval for
Customs examination from the
operation Unit of Ports
Department. |
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Consignee or Forwarding
agent are responsible to
arrange for the examination
of goods by Customs Officer |
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For examination purpose, the
Consignee or forwarding
agent are responsible to
open and repack the goods
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It is to be noted that :
Delay in obtaining Customs
approval for the release of
goods is not the
responsibility of the Ports
Department or MCT
No goods shall leave the
ports area without the
approval of the Departments
of the Ports and Customs.
MCT and other relevant
Government Agencies. |
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What Consignee/
Forwarding Agent should do
with the endorsed Delivery
Order and other documents
Proceed to MCT? |
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In the case of FCL delivery ,
the consignee or forwarding
agent shall: |
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Proceed to the Counter
Section with the Delivery
Order endorsed by the
Customs |
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The Counter Section will
retain the Delivery Order
and issue a set of 4 copies
of Delivery Lists. |
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The 4 copies of Delivery
Lists are to be filled by
the Consignee or Forwarding
Agent. |
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The Consignee or Forwarding
Agent will return the
completed Delivery Lists to
the Counter Section and the
staff Delivery Lists |
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The 3rd and 4th Copy of
Delivery Lists and the
original Delivery Order will
be retained by the Counter
Section. |
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The Consignee or Forwarding
agent will take the 1st and
2nd copy of Delivery List to
the Operation Assistant for
the Delivery of cargo. |
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After endorsement of the
Delivery lists by the
Operation Assistant, the
consignee or forwarding
agent will take cargo
together with the two
delivery List to the gate
for a final check by the
Security Section and will
retain the 1st copy and
return the 2nd copy to the
consignee or forwarding
agent for cargo release. |
