Cambodia Customs Clearance for Importation of Postal Package
Organization : General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia
Facility : Customs Clearance for Importation of Postal Package
Country : Cambodia
Website : https://www.customs.gov.kh/en/customs-procedures/386-postal-goods?ref=384
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How To Get Customs Clearance for Importation of Postal Package?
1. Goods imported through courier service or through postal service are to be reported by the exporter of the consignment.
Related / Similar Facility : Cambodia Import and Export of Human Corpse
2. The owner or the representative in Cambodia must complete customs declaration manually or electronically and must attach supporting documents including invoice, packing list, and transport document. If deemed necessary by customs, the owner or the representative is required to submit other supporting documents such as manifest, import/export permit, certificate of origin, certificate of insurance, etc.
3. There are two types of customs declaration:
** Single Administration Document (SAD) which is to be completed in ASYCUDA (for commercial import or consignment valued over the equivalence of 300 USD); and
** Summary Declaration which is to be completed in E-Customs (for non-commercial import or consignment valued not over the equivalence of 300 USD).
4. In case the owner or the legal representative does not have any information regarding the nature of the item in the parcel or container, customs official may allow the owner or the legal representative to open the parcel before making the declaration. The opening of the parcel is to be carried out in the presence of customs official and postal official.
5. The importer or the legal representative must declare the transaction value (price actually paid or payable) in accordance with Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Prakas no. 387 MEF.GDCE dated 22 May 2008 of the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Customs Valuation on Imported Goods and must present other documentary proofs including invoice(s) and other relevant documents.
6. Competent customs official will verify the declared customs value. In case there is any irregularity or uncertainty, the owner is required to present additional proofs to prove the authenticity and correctness of the declared value.
7. In case the owner or the legal representative is not able to declare the value of the goods due to the absence of sale or due to the inapplicability of the declared transaction value, customs value will be determined based on other rules in accordance with existing customs law and regulations.
8. Competent customs official will inspect the consignment and verify with the information declared on form(s) of Universal Postal Union (UPU) (also known as CN22/CN23 which is sticked onto the parcel by foreign postal official/agent)
9. After having inspected the parcel, customs official will finalize the customs formalities by allowing the owner to pay duty and tax in accordance with existing law and regulations.
Whar are Non-Commercial Goods?
** In case the postal good is in form of express parcel that is of non-commercial nature and/or of similar form, of which the FOB value is equivalent to 50 USD or below, the tax and duty on the good will be exempted.
De Minimis rule is not applicable to the following items:
** Goods that are registered in the list of prohibited and restricted goods in accordance with Anukret 17 ANK.BK dated 26 February 2020.
** Other goods with high sensitivity to public security and safety such as weapons, explosives, military equipment, drugs and precursors, and other dangerous materials/substances.
** Customs officials shall complete formalities for postal officials regarding exporting mail parcels.
After completion, customs officials shall retain one copy of the following forms:
** CN38: accompanying document for parcel dispatched via air.
** CN37: accompanying document for parcel dispatched via land, rail, or sea.
** CN33: document listing parcel dispatched via special mail.
What is Physical Inspection?
** Customs officials have the rights to enter any site of the postal office where the dispatch of international postal parcels takes place in order to inspect, in the presence of postal official, postal parcels with domestic and foreign origin containing goods or that are believed to contain goods in accordance with the provisions set out in Universal Postal Convention.
** In accordance with the Universal Postal Convention and Universal Postal Union’s facilitation, postal authority shall provide facilitation to customs administration in their inspection of postal parcels that are subject to customs duty and tax, to customs inspection, or to other restriction or prohibition.
** Customs inspection of postal mail shall be carried out in the presence of postal official or the owner of the mail (article 16).