The Customs Department has implemented a procedure known as "Inbound Multi-Trip Shipping Bills" to facilitate businesses in cases where there are goods from the same project, but they need to transport them over multiple sea voyages. The criteria are as follows: Once the Customs Office, Customs Checkpoint, or any Customs unit that carries out customs formalities has received a request for a multi-trip shipping bill, the customs officer at the respective unit will examine the details before proposing to the superior for permission. The consideration for granting multi-trip shipping bills involves the following steps:
1. Verify the completeness and accuracy of the accompanying documents as follows:
2. Enter data into the customs computer system. If the customs computer system is unavailable and/or if the importer requests, the customs officer processing the multi-trip shipping bill should forward the information through an electronic document system to the customs office conducting the inspection and clearance.
3. Check the customs procedure guarantee agreement for the multi-trip shipping bill and provide a cash or bank guarantee according to the following criteria:
4. In the case where the complete set documentation is not fully available at the time of application, if it is deemed suitable and there is a valid reason to allow the importer to issue a multi-trip shipping bill, this reason should be noted in the application.
Data updated on May 25, 2023
Source: The Digital Government Development Agency
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