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:

• A complete set purchase agreement or order documents.
• A price list of goods.
• A catalogue or blueprint of the complete set.
• Other relevant documents such as project plans, work plans, installation or assembly plans of the complete set.
• Notification form detailing the multi-trip shipping bill importation, as stipulated by the Customs Department, with a complete list of imported goods per the multi-trip shipping bill request (in counter no. 1).

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:

• If the importation value of the complete set does not exceed 50 million baht and the importation period does not exceed one year, a guarantee of 50,000 baht is required.
• If the importation value of the complete set is between 50 million and 100 million baht and the importation period does not exceed one year, a guarantee of 100,000 baht is required.
• If the importation value of the complete set exceeds 100 million baht and the importation period does not exceed one year, a guarantee of 200,000 baht is required.
• For other cases, the director of the Customs Office or the head of the customs checkpoint has the discretion to determine the guarantee amount for the multi-trip shipping bill procedure, not exceeding 500,000 baht.

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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