How to Export of Cashew Nut In Benin

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 Export of Cashew Nut In Benin By Online

  1. Then, you (exporter) begin by contacting a broker who is approved to finish the formalities for customs. You can physically present yourself at the agent’s office or send him remotely (mail, telephone) the information/documents necessary for the exportation procedure i.e (commercial invoice for the goods and packing list) Link

  2. How to Export of Cashew Nut In Benin
    How to Export of Cashew Nut In Benin
  3. The broker will prepare an offer based on cost to be borne by all agencies and structures that be involved in the process of exporting for the items at their destination, which includes the cost of an agent for commission) Based on the information you obtained from the exporter and give you a quotation slip.
  4. If you choose to accept the services of a broker You will have to pay broker’s fees by check, cash or Bank transfer within a day after making the payment you will be issued an order for transit at the broker’s offices, based on an IFU registration certificate issued by the company or exporter/importer’s card.

Get the origin certificate and phytosanitary certificate

  1. The broker will then start the process of importing by connecting first with the Single Window for Foreign Trade Operations (GUOCE) website Link and making an export request, supplying all the information required. GUOCE will then show the required certificates needed for the export process as well as the necessary documents to get them.
  2. The broker who has been approved uploads digital copies online. These will be processed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and the phytosanitary control post at the port.
  3. The broker must wait for five days to receive the BUP invoice from the General Directorate of Foreign Trade through the GUOCE website.
  4. The authorized broker will record the BUP’s number BUP and presents it to the central agency counter at or near at the Bank of Africa or ECOBANK office. The teller then checks it with the GUOCE website and advises the broker to make the payment as indicated and issues their bank with a receipt.
  5. After payment, the broker reconnects with the GUOCE website after five days and determines if it is true that the certification of origin (GUOCE) or phytosanitary certificate has received from the relevant authority. Print the documents if they’re there is one available.

Removal of empty container

  1. At the time of arrival, the ship consignee is connected with the Single Window Port Website Link and announces the arriving at Port in Cotonou and inform the stevedore who will manage the vessel. A number for announcements on the ship’s call will be assigned to each operation.
  2. The broker who is authorized will contact or connect with a consignment company operating (see the list of companies via this Click and then makes a space reservation for the transportation of the consignment the ship. The booking number is provided to the broker via email by the consignment firm.
  3. When he receives the email the broker who is authorized connects to the particular platform for consignment operation after he has submitted the request along with downloading an order for release.
  4. The broker will then go for COMAN SA office. COMAN SA office with the release order , and then submit it at the assistant manager office to be checked by the customs agent , who issues the scorecard or tracking sheet.
  5. The broker who is authorized goes to the Autonomous Port of Cotou office and provides the needed details (name of the driver , co-drivers the truck, date of arrival of the truck, name of transit company, and the name of the broker authorized) for the biller, who is added on the SYGES platform, and then the establishment of the requested truck slip for a fee that is CFCA $10,000 in cash.
  6. The broker travels to the port of cotonou with his truck and hand over the slip of the truck to the port agent in the gatehouse for certification The agent then reviews the his truck’s information against SYGES platform before releasing the sealed truck certificate to the truck driver.
  7. The driver then goes to the parking lot number 250 in the port to get documents from the port. Macaron against the so-called sealed truck document in the Macaron issuing office.
  8. Within 5 days, the driver will receive the badge, a pair armbands and a macaron (with the date of release) to the macon, by the port officer at the parking office for exits.
  9. The driver will drive through the trucks to one warehousing facilities (COMAN) in the port at Contonou. He then hand in his (driver’s licence/tracker sheet) to the agent who then checks the number on the seal that this container has been sealed, and is able to register it. He then connects the GUP and makes sure that all is okayin the system. The system issues the driver’s identification ticket, tracking sheet, and driver’s licence.
  10. The driver will then head to the docks for loading and then park the truck there. The machine operator (handling agent) removes containers (s) off the vehicle by using the forklift truck.
  11. The handling agent writes an empty box that has been loaded by the vehicle on the track sheet. The handling agent then return the tracking sheet that is filled along with an empty interchange for exit to the truck driver. Note these documents as proof that the truck left the park empty container.
  12. The handing agent is connected to the GUP platform and informs GUP of the fact that the vehicle has been removed from in the COMAN fleet. This information is also sent to the other structures that are part of the partnership (GUP SIGES-Port, GUP. ).

The handling of product by the person handling the goods

  1. The authorized broker connects the GUP-SEGUB platform , and then creates the export file on the system, and provides information about the quantity of containers and the weight of the products, details about the driver, etc.
  2. The freight forwarder that has been approved by the port is able to approach the stevedore in order to get his permission to unload his cargo from his vehicle within the port. A customer assistant checks an exchange (empty outlet) and confirms that the file that was created in the Single Port Window (GUP) is correct and issues the complete return exchange document.
  3. The broker who is authorized returns to the office of the port in cotonou in the truck and provides all the information needed (name of driver as well as co-drivers the truck, date of arrival of the truck, name of transit company and the name of the broker authorized) at the time of the invoice agent, who will be checked on the SYGES platform. Then, the broker can establish the truck slip that was requested with a price of CFCA 10,000 in cash.
  4. The broker will then forward the document pertaining to the truck to the entry 5 of the port agent for verification and then connects to the port’s entrance and exit system (SYGES) to track the truck’s entry into the port. The document identifies the date, the time of entry of the truck into the port, and then puts an initial stamp on the truck document and issues it to the driver of the truck.
  5. The driver must go to parking lot 250 in the port to get the permit to pick up the items. The badge-issuing agent joins SYGES port. The agent connects to the SYGES port, confirms that the entry report is checked by the system, and then determines whether the date, stamp and timing of the arriving of the vehicle has been noted. The agent notifies software that the car is in the parking area and prints the badges/armbands and gives the driver’s license back complete return interchange to the driver.
  6. The customs agent informs to the computer system the fact that goods were delivered and also that the transporter has been removed from COMAN. COMAN fleet. The information is then passed on to the systems of the partners (GUP SIGES-Port, GUP. ).

The establishment of the declaration on customs

  1. The broker who is authorized goes the broker to Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices, where they buy the customs declaration forms comprising 5 sheets in bundles and are sold in sets of 100 sheets, which are compared to CCIB payment receipts. CCIB invoice for payment.
  2. The broker connects to ASYCUDA. ASYCUDA system and inputs the declaration for each bill of land of the merchandise and then obtain five copies of the documents for export declarations in each one of the agencies listed below i.e. .
  3. The broker will then go into the customs Port Recipe Office, Inspector Liquidator unit, and hand in an export declaration file of 5 copies’ and a commercial invoice for the Customs Inspector’s office for verification and to obtain the liquidated export declaration declaration copy and the clear exported declaration carrier copy.

The Single expense slip

  1. The broker establishes and emails the boarding letter to the consignee business that provided its services, the company that consigns the goods creates and signs the form and notifies the vessel that has boarding. The broker connects with the GUP system and determines whether the handler is aware that he already received the items.
  2. The broker will then call or connect an authorized handler and provide the required information . Then, they will obtain an invoice for stevedoring. Link
  4. The broker will then get an email notification informing them that invoices which were processed by various structures of Port Single Window. Port Single Window platform i.e. (stevedore, PAC, CNCB, CNERTP, CCIB, SEGUB, GUOCE and Customs) have been verified validated and validated before getting the BFU. The authorized broker is able to track the issuance for each bill online through the GUP.
  5. The broker will then take the BFU printed invoice towards either Bank of Africa or ECOBANK and makes payment against the BFU invoice. Then, they will receive the BFU Bank Receipt.
  6. The authorized broker connects GUP. GUP platform to determine whether the bank has confirmed BFU fee payment transaction. BFU fee transaction. Then, download the BFU okay slip.

Bill of landing

  1. The broker then contacts or connects to the specific consignee business that rendered services to him. The broker then provide the information required i.e. “Destination/weight of the goods” and payment details,” he then ask an invoice to settle the costs of buying an invoice of delivery or the entire amount of the charges that the consignee company is liable for the services provided and receive a the invoice for landing bill.
  2. The broker will then go to the preferred consignment bank to pay the invoice for landing bill and get a consignee’s receipt, also known as the purchase bill of landing.
  3. The authorized broker will be informed via email of his acceptance of the the invoice. In addition, he will be informed that he has given permission to consignee to create the initial bill of lading. and then to withdraw the original bill of lading and duplicate of the bill of lading to the consignee firm in relation to the following documents: draft of bill of land, BFU OK, Consigne.

Required Documents  For Export of Cashew Nut 

  • National identity card exporter
  • commercial invoice for the purchase of goods
  • packing list
  • IFU certification of the company or the importer card
  • Certificate of Origin (GUOCE)
  • phytosanitary certificate
  • Valid driver’s license
  • The draft of the bill of landing
  • BFU slips in OK
  • Receipt for the consignor
  • Stevedore invoice.
  • Export declaration documents i.e .

Office Locations and Contacts

World Society for Consignment and TRANSIT
Address: Boulevard Saint Michel, Cotonou 04
BP 1186
Tel: +229 21 32 13 54
Fax: +229 21 32 13 48

List of authorized Brokers on Benin hyperlink

GUOCE-SEGUB
Address: Residential zone, Cotonou 08
BP 0658
Tel: +229 21 31 99 88 / +229 21 31 99 89
Website: Link

AUTONOMOUS COTONOU PORT
Cotonou 01 BP 837
Tel: +229 21 31 17 24 / +229 21 31 30 81
Site: Link

BENIN CHAMBER of Commerce and Industry
Cotonou 01 Address Cotonou 01
BP 31 Tel: +229 21 31 12 38 / +229 21 31 20 81 Fax: +229 21 31 32 99 Email: ccib@intnet.bj

ASYCUDA
Cotonou 01 Address Cotonou 01
BP 400
Tel: +229 21 31 22 36
Email: douanes_beninoises@yahoo.fr

CUSTOMS A PORT RECIPE
Cotonou 01
BP 400
Tel: +229 21 31 22 36
Email: douanes_beninoises@yahoo.fr

COMAN SA GREQC
Address Location: Zone OCBN 02, Cottonou
BP 2826
Tel: +229 21 31 88 44
Fax: +229 21 31 60 97

GUP-SEGUB
Residential zone, Cotonou 08
BP 0658
Tel: +229 21 31 99 88 / +229 21 31 99 89
Website: link

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Eligibility[edit]

  • Authorized brokers are hired by an exporter to export cashew nuts from Benin

Processing Time

  • The estimated processing time (between {different steps various steps (cumulatively) is 2-7 days.

Instructions

To access ASYCUDA system

  • Sign the form from his office if you have access to ASYCUDA (the broker needs to have been authorized and the application is required to be downloaded on the computer). or
  • Utilize the computer and internet connection accessible in the room that is not marked (computer space) at the Customs Office.

Requirements Information

Exporters name

  • Exporters address/contact details
  • Exporters TIN/PIN
  • Agent’s identify themselves by their name
  • Agents’ address
  • Agents processing TINs and clearing office
  • Registration number
  • The date of the export
  • Country of destination for goods
  • Tax invoice value
  • Bank and financial data
  • Identification, Date and Nationality of the transport mode at the point of entry.
  • Office of departure
  • Where to store items
  • Distribution of packages and packaging
  • Calculation of the duties.

The Document is required

  • The cashew nuts exported from Benin have to be declared and conform with customs regulations and the standard that is set by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to be permitted to leave from Benin

Information that could be helpful

More details about the documents required and the various processing steps

Physical certificate

  • The Directorate General of Foreign Trade and the port’s phytosanitary control station are required to conduct certain inspections of the products (in particular , quality inspection) to get the phytosanitary certification and an origin certificate. These documents are issued to the person who is responsible for exporting his products.

Certificate of Origin

  • The document of origin that proves the origin of the merchandise allows you to enjoy certain benefits in some countries, particularly at the customs levels.

Order for transit

  • Transit orders are the documents that authorizes the broker authorized to act on behalf of the operator. The contract makes the latter liable to the broker who is authorized.

Elimination of empty containers

  • They are formalities that must be followed to collect empty container from handler to bring the items into the warehouse of the operator.

handling of product handled by handlers

  • It requires returning all containers with goods to the person who handled them.

Customs declaration

  • Exports or imports of products are subject to tax and duties that are included on the Customs tariff. In this respect, customs have established an system known as ASYCUDA WORLD that allows approved brokers to create their declarations from their offices prior to arriving to complete liquidation procedures and pay customs duty.

Bill of Landing

  • The invoice for transport constitutes the agreement between transporter as well as the company. The carrier is accountable for the cargo until they are taken off at the destination of final delivery.

Sheet for tracking/scorecard

  • The tracker sheet lists the number of empty containers to be removed from the fleet of handlers.


External Links


    

  • Benin Trade Portal: Link
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