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1 DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES SERVICES FUNCTIONS & PROCEDURES THILAK ARUMAPPERUMA ARACHCHI SUPERINTENDENT OF CUSTOMS INDUSTRIES & SERVICES DIRECTORATE EXPORT FACILITATION UNIT Friday, 30 December Auditorium, Sri Lanka Customs

2 OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE FACILITATION CUSTOMS PROCEDURES WITH ECONOMIC IMPACT

3 STRUCTURE Project Unit Industries & Services Directorate Revenue & Services Cluster Export Facilitation Unit Bank Guarantee Unit Warehouse Keeping Unit INFAC & CBCU Unit Bonding Investigations Unit Monitoring Unit Parcel Post Office

4 BONDED WAREHOUSING (S69-S100) INWARD PROCESSING (S22A) INWARD PROCESSING BONDED WAREHOUSING CORE TOOLS CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS (S103)

5 CORE TOOLS BONDED WAREHOUSE Any place provided by the Minister in which goods entered to be warehoused may be lodged, kept, and secured without payment of duty, although prohibited to be used in Sri Lanka. (S167) CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS Place designated by DGC for storage and clearance of goos under Customs control after they have been destuffed from containers or when they are to be stuffed into containers; for the storage of containers with or without goods. (S167) INWARD PROCESSING Inward Processing (IP) provides for the imports of materials as inputs for processing and export without payment of import duties. The processing may include from simple repacking, sorting to complicated manufacturing by small to medium scale authorized operators.

6 FRONTEND FUNCTIONS Inward Processing Manufacture in Bond Apparel & Textiles Industries & Services Bonded Warehousing Entrepôt Trade Postal Clearance

7 BACKEND FUCNTIONS Industries & Services Directorate

8 INWARD PROCESSING (IP) TIEP-I SCHEME IG SCHEME INWARD PROCESSING (IP) INFAC SCHEME TIEP-IV SCHEME

9 IP TIEP(I&IV)/INFAC/IG SALE FOR HOME USE (Duties Payable) Raw materials/consumables /Packing materials Plant/Machinery/Parts ENTITIES ENTITLED FOR EXEMPTIONS Finished Goods DEEMED EXPORT EXPORTER UNDER IP Processing Assembly Manufacture (S22A) Finished Goods Semi Finished Goods Packing materials INDIRECT EXPORT EXPORTER UNDER IP/BOI DIRECT EXPORT FINAL EXPORT LOCAL TRADERS / CONSUMERS

10 BONDED WAREHOUSING BONDED WAREHOUSING

11 BONDED WAREHOUSE Warehouse Shall mean any place provided for the deposit of goods on the landing or for shipment thereof for the security of the Customs. (S167) Bonded Warehouse Shall mean any place provided by the Minister in which goods entered to be warehoused may be lodged, kept, and secured without payment of duty, although prohibited to be used in Sri Lanka. (S167)

12 BONDED WAREHOUSES Re-export/MCC Entered by an importer of any goods on Availability of space and acceptance by Customs PUBLIC BONDS (SLPA) Indirect export Duty free sales Ship store supplies PRIVATE BONDS Home use Clearance of passenger baggage

13 PRIVATE BOND Duty Free Service Bond (Only to serve duty free feeder bonds Outside ports) (S69-S100) RE-BOND Entered by bondsman approved goods PRIVATE BOND Duty Free Feeder Bond (Only to serve duty free shops Inside ports) (S69-S100) TRANSFER APPLICATION DUTY FREE TRADE PRIVATE BOND Duty Free Shops SHIP CREW (Only to serve passengers Inside ports) (S69-S100) PASSENGER

14 DUTY FREE TRADE PRIVATE BOND Entered by bondsman approved goods Duty Free General Bond FOREIGN MISSIONS EX-BOND (S69-S100) QUALIFIED PROJECTS

15 SHIP STORES BUNKER TRADE PUBLIC BOND (SLPA) Entered by license holder JCT Oil Bank REBOND EXBOND OIL BARGES (S69S100) BUNKERS TO FOREIGN GOING VESSELS

16 SPECIFIC COMMODITY BONDS Entered by bondsman approved goods. (TO BOND) BONDED WAREHOUSE (S of CO) Sugar Rice Enter for Home use Duties Payable (EXBOND)

17 MULTI COUNTRY CONSOLIDATION Bonded warehouse & Container Freight Stations Import Origin A Import Origin B De-consolidation Consolidation Export / Re-export (S69-S100, S103A) Import Origin N Local Cargo A Local Cargo N

Re-Shipment Re-stuffing Relaxed Exchange

18 ENTREPÔT TRADE Bonded warehouse Value Addition Labeling Re-packing T/S Cargo Re-Shipment Re-stuffing Relaxed Exchange Control Relaxed Import Control Simple Value Addition No security required for Customs duties No change of Commodity Restrictions on commodities with negative economic impact Transfer under Customs Supervision

19 ENTREPÔT TRADE Prohibited Narcotics Arms and ammunition Goods prohibited under international conventions Restricted Cloves re-export to countries under preferential trading agreements Textile and clothing re-export to USA, Canada, India, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Netherlands, Portugal, and UK.

20 MANUFACTURE IN BOND (MIB) Manufacture In Bond (S69-S100)

21 MIB LOCAL TRADERS / CONSUMERS SALE FOR HOME USE (Duties Payable) ENTITIES ENTITLED FOR EXEMPTIONS Finished Goods DEEMED EXPORT MIB (S69 S100) Finished Goods Semi Finished Goods Packing materials INDIRECT EXPORT EXPORTER UNDER IP/BOI FINAL EXPORT DIRECT EXPORT Raw materials/consumables /Packing materials Plant/Machinery/Parts

22 MONITORING & UPDATES INDUSTRIES UNDER IP Imports of Inputs BONDED WAREHOUSES SYSTEM AUDIT ASYCUDA THINETH BONDING REGISTERS Direct Export Indirect Export Duty Free Sales Home Use

23 CUSTOMS BOI COORDINATION Termination of BOI ventures Recovery of liabilities if any Local Sales Inspection and assessment goods

24 BONDING INVESTIGATION UNIT Investigate into suspected frauds/violations within the scope of Industries and Services Directorate, and BOI Report on findings Assist at inquiries under Customs Ordinance Ensure actions are taken to deter recurrence

25 PROCEDURES Approval and registration Securing of liabilities Entering import of inputs & machinery Entering exports of finished products Entering for home use Writing-off of liabilities Annual verification & renewal

conversion+wastage by MIC & Customs (S22A) CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION Approval by

26 APPROVAL & REGISTRATION BONDED WAREHOUSE Approval by the Minister on the recommendation of the DGC Appointment by DGC (S69) INWARD PROCESSING Approval on conversion+wastage by MIC & Customs (S22A) CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION Approval by the Minister Establish by DGC (103A) Allocation of Customs Reference Number (Warehouse Code)

27 SECURING LIABILITIES Covering Customs duties and other levies Bank Guarantees Corporate Guarantees Valid for one year Renewable

28 ENTERING BY CUSDEC Customs Declaration Customs Office Code (CBBD1) Customs Procedure Code Examples: 7700-TRD 7700-TRU 7700-TIE 7700-TRS Commodity Description & HS Code Quantity Value

Re-Export/Ex-Bond/Re-Bond/GRN MUD (Material Utilization Declaration)

29 WRITING-OFF LIABILITIES Liabilities on import Record is created in THINETH Secured against BG/CG/PG Debit note is issued Re-Export/Ex-Bond/Re-Bond/GRN MUD (Material Utilization Declaration) THINETH is updated within one month to write off import liabilities Credit granted enhancing Guarantee value

30 RENEWAL Annual Verification Renewal & Verification Charges Renewal

31 POSTAL CLEARANCE Responsible for clearance of Air / Sea parcels Letters and Customs Detained packets Express Mail Service (EMS) Bulk posts (books) Export parcels Working points Colombo Central Mail Exchange Galle Kandy Trincomalee Jaffna Katunayake Free Trade Zone

32 POSTAL CLEARANCE PROCEDURE Postal Department notifies consignee with Foreign Parcel Notice (POD-3) along with POD31 in triplicate. (POD: Post Office Declaration) Consignee submits FPN + POD31 to counters Postal service produce mail for inspection by Customs Customs appraiser determines tariff applicable Taxer calculates applicable duties and enters on POD and issue a Duty Receipt to Post Master Post master collects Customs duties and release the parcel/mail In respect of BOI/IP/BONDED Clearance, a CusDec shall be produced in addition to POD Taxer prepares Cash-Sheet and tallies with that of the Post Master at the end of the day. Customs shroff collects the collection on the next working day

33 CUSTOMS PROCEDURES WITH ECONOMIC IMPACT Offered in GOOD FAITH Implemented in TRUST Relaxed for PRODUCTIVITY Aimed at PROGRESS

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