THE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURE FOR A USED VEHICLE IN CAMEROON

The clearance of used vehicles often turns out to be a real obstacle course due to the ignorance of the procedures by the users; which obviously creates a free pass for scams and other scams. However, in a surge of great achievements, the transit times were reduced from 20 to 30 days in the case of the port of Douala, and a single window for foreign trade operations (eGuce) instituted by law n ° 2016/004 of April 18, 2016 governing foreign trade in Cameroon which you can consult here. To this end, the procedures are increasingly simplified. Obviously, this article, which is intended to be informative on the procedure in force in Cameroon in terms of customs clearance of second-hand vehicles from all sources, will be able to efficiently prepare the user for the customs clearance of his vehicle with complete peace of mind. So if you have purchased a vehicle abroad, if you have benefited from a shipment by a relative of a land motor vehicle, and you wish to clear it, the following lines provide a detailed description of the issues that must be asked and answers to be provided.

WHAT TO DO ON ARRIVAL OF THE VESSEL CARRYING THE GOODS?

The answer to this question requires making sure beforehand that the maritime manifesto is validated. Indeed, it is the descriptive and summary document of the goods forming the cargo of the ship and intended for the use of the Customs service.

Then go to the SGS unit (Société Générale de Surveillance) of the one-stop shop to open the customs clearance file which includes the following documents: the request for the vehicle identification sheet, the original registration card + a photocopy; the original Bill of Lading + a photocopy and the Taxpayer's Card + a photocopy; then, pay the sum of 25,000 FCFA against receipt for the issuance of the vehicle identification sheet.

Once the secure identification sheet has been withdrawn, the customs declaration can now be made.

WHERE TO MAKE THE CUSTOMS DECLARATION AND WHERE TO PAY CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TAXES?

The computer validation of the customs declaration is done at the IT / Customs Center, more precisely at the IT and statistics division. Once this has been made possible, please go to the SGC unit of the Guichet Unique on presentation of the following documents: customs declaration, secure identification form, original registration card, freight invoice (price of transport of goods) and sea bill of lading. original (transport contract).

The customs inspector then signs the liquidation form for the payment of duties and taxes. After payment, please present the receipt to the customs inspector for issuance of the voucher to be collected (BAE). The Office Manager can then sign the customs clearance certificate.

All these steps being respected, the vehicle can then be removed from the vehicle fleet on presentation of all the previously cited documents.

The nature and amount of customs duties and taxes will be the subject of further developments in our future articles.

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