Trans-shipment
There are two types of transshipment:
- Direct Transshipment – This happens when goods from a foreign country passing through a Partner State’s port to another foreign destination.
- For example, goods from China offloaded at the port of Dar es Salaam and transferred to another vessel to transport the cargo to South Africa.
- Indirect Transshipment- This happens when goods from a foreign country pass through a Partner State’s two or more ports to another foreign destination.
- For example, goods from India are offloaded at the port of Mombasa and transferred by road to Moi International Airport, for delivery to Angola.
Learning Activities
You have been recruited by a Client in Kigali to import some raw materials for his factory from China. He has also requested that you export for him some finished goods to Europe.
Required
- State the import procedures that you will follow in importing the raw materials from China to Kigali
- State the export procedures that you will follow in exporting the finished products from Kigali to Europe
Assignment
- Discuss the Customs controls inherent in the clearance procedure for transit goods.
- Discuss the benefits of the Single Customs Territory procedures as implemented in the EAC region.
- Discuss the following about One Stop Border Posts:
- How the OSBPs operate.
- Benefits to traders of the OSBP modernization initiative.