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Overview of Transit & Transhipment Customs Procedures
Overview of Transit & Transhipment Customs Procedures
- Definition of Terms:
- Transit means the movement of goods imported from a foreign place through the territory of one or more of the Partner States, to a foreign destination.
- Trans-shipment means the transfer, either directly or indirectly, of any goods from an aircraft, vehicle or vessel arriving in a Partner State from a foreign place, to an aircraft, vehicle or vessel, departing to a foreign destination.
- Transit shed/ go down means any building or premises appointed by the Commissioner in writing for the deposit of goods subject to Customs control.
- Transit period means the period within which transit goods should have exited the country from date of the transit entry.
Transit Procedures
There are two types of transit procedures, namely:
- Transit Inwards which means the movement of imported transit goods from a foreign place through a Partner State(s) to a foreign country. For example, new children’s garment from China, arrive at the port of Dar es Salaam and are conveyed through Tanzania, to Malawi.
- Transit Outwards means the movement of transit goods from a foreign country through a Partner State(s) destined for export to a foreign destination. For example, Diamond in transit from DR Congo through Uganda and Kenya, for exportation through the port of Mombasa to United Arab Emirates.
The Customs Regime for transit transactions in the EAC Partner States is coded by number “8” and encompasses three specific transactions expressed using Customs Procedure Codes assigned by each Partner State:
- Transit inward;
- Transit outward;
- Road Customs transit manifest.