Transit
 
TRANSIT PROCEDURES AND CUSTOMS DOCUMENTATION

INTRODUCTION

Definition

Transit is a Customs regime or system by which goods are manifested for importation at an approved port in a country for removal by road, inland waterways or rail to an exit point in that country for exportation to their final destination in another country.

When the imported goods are exported from that port either by sea or air, to a final destination in another country then it is transshipment

 

Legal Provisions
Customer Process in the Transit Trade
Clearance at the Port
Removal in Transit
Obligations of Customers
Special Treatment for Transit Goods
Exportation out of the Country
Current Procedures & Documentation for Transit Transactions
Benefits of the New System
The New GCMS Transit Module
Report at Exit Station

 

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