IMPORTANT INFORMATION


Saudi Arabia Food and Drug Department has implemented new instructions

2012-06-13 | 1. No medicines can be shipped under a personal name into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2. No vitamins or steroids for building muscles will be allowed unless it is under a registered company in the Kingdom and approved by the MOH (Ministry of Health) 3. Any movement of medicines into the Kingdom should be with the prior approval from the MOH (Ministry of Health) 4. Any movement of medicines should be packed in temperature controlled packaging. Any deviation from this will lead to the consignment being confiscated and destroyed by Customs, a penalty will be levied to the receiver by the Saudi Arabian authorities.

Papua New Guinea - Phytosanitary Measures Implementation

2012-06-13 | The National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority of Papua New Guinea have advised that effective 28 May 2012 they will be implementing the requirements of International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, for imports and exports. ISPM 15 applies to Coniferous and Non Coniferous raw wood packaging. Imports will be assessed upon arrival into Port Moresby (gateway for Papua New Guinea) and if wooden packaging is not ISPM 15 compliant it will be treated at the airport.

STRIKE - KARACHI, PAKISTAN

2012-06-13 | Please be advised that various political parties, business organizations and transport associations have called for a strike on 13th June 2012 in Karachi ( KHI), Pakistan. All roads have been blocked by demonstrators. Pick-ups, deliveries and clearance activities will be affected. It is requested that all escalations are held during this time

Botswana Customs Update

2012-06-13 | Please note that all cargo has been stopped by BURS for non-compliance. No cargo will move before full compliance has been met. Systems will be updated with an OI status. Please note that penalties will be incurred for non-compliance, therefore please do not escalate and forward correct and complete new invoices to (cust.serv.ef2.1) For all non document shipments, a commercial invoice must be provided. Pro-forma invoices are not accepted and will be Detained / Stopped by Customs and processing thereof will be terminated pending on compliance. The commercial invoices must contain the following information and the Originals thereof must accompany the actual consignment:- 1. All Freight cost must be stipulated/predetermined on all commercial invoices. 2. Name and address of the consignor (shipper) and consignee(receiver), with contact details 3. Invoice date 4. Complete and meaningful description and origin of the goods 5. HS Code (Harmonized Tariff Code ) 6. True value of the goods (price per item, total value per type of goods, total value and currency) 7. Under which conditions the cargo is shipped to the receiver (Incoterms ) 8. Reason for export. 9. Statement of veracity, signature and date 10. No hand written invoices are allowed as the invoice must be computer generated. Please ensure all commercial invoices have a truthful value, statements as "value for customs purpose only" should be avoided at all times, as this leads to re-evaluation and additional fines.

Ukraine Customs clearance

2012-06-13 | Please be informed that the Ukraine Customs Authorities of Ukraine have strict requirements, related to Invoices for import consignments into Ukraine. There must be at least 3 ORIGINAL copies, furthermore, it is mandatory that the following detail be shown on the invoice: - Sender's detailed address and phone number - Receiver's detailed address and phone number - Detailed goods description for each individual item. (General description like samples and gift or personal things is not acceptable) - Quantity of each commodity, mentioned on the invoice - Value per unit (preferably in hard currencies such as EUR, USD) - Customs Tariff number - Total value of goods (preferably in hard currency such as EUR, USD). "No commercial value" or "nil" will NOT be accepted by Customs - Terms of Delivery - Freight charges, mentioned as a separate item in Invoice - Country of preferential origin - Parcel with a value over EUR 100,00 must preferably be accompanied with original Certificate(s) of Origin Shipments without original invoice can not be cleared and will be subject to delay until such required documents are received from Sender. In case of non-compliance to above, consignments will be returned back to origin under payment terms: RP - Receiver Pays.

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