Duties of a Customs Bonded Warehouse Keeper

The duties of the warehouse keeper include:
- Provide office accommodation, weights, scales, measures, and other facilities, for examining and taking account of goods and for securing them as the proper officer may require.
- Keep a record of all goods warehoused and shall keep such record at all times available for examination by the proper officer.
- Stack and arrange the goods in the bonded warehouse so as to permit reasonable access to and examination of every package at all times.
- Provide all necessary labour and materials for the storing, examining, packing, marking, coopering, weighing, and taking stock, of the warehoused goods.

Learning Activities

Suppose you have been selected to present a lecture in a conference on best practices on management of a Customs bonded warehouse. Prepare a presentation to cover the following:
1. Compliance to Customs requirements
2. Stock management
3. Records management
4. Security of warehoused goods
You have received a call from a new client who wishes to store his dutiable goods in your Customs bonded warehouse. Discuss some of the information that you need to obtain before accepting his request for storage services.