EXPORT AND IMPORT....!

 EXPORT AND IMPORT....!

EXPORT AND IMPORT

 

Registering as an Export

A person intending to export tradeable goods from Sri Lanka is requested to register with the following companies.

1.Department of Inland Revenue

(Tax ID Number)

    (http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/sitepages/default.aspx)

2.Sri lanka customs

(http://customs.gov.lk)

·        Exporter Business Registration Certificate or Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and related documents for registration with the above companies.

·        Original copies should be submitted along with fully filled application forms. Application forms are available from above institutions

·        2. Goods for which registration clearance certificates are to be obtained for export

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no		meaning	Registration permission Permit Certificates	;For the certificate Responsible
1	Tea		Average Auction Price (UEE) certificate for green tea.	Certificate of quality for each batch of ship   Sri Lanka Tea Board
2	Diamonds are gemstones and jewellery		License for Gemstone Dealers;	National Council of Gems and Jewelery Authority
3	Food and beverages
	1. Meat		Products Each ship Batch Health Certificate Processing Station Certificate or buah (certificate of something)	Animal Quarantine Station Animal Production and Health Department Sri Lanka Ordinances Company

 

	2. Bear	Permission to export excise goods	Sri Lanka Excise Department
	3.Liquor	Permission to export excisegoods	Sri Lanka Excise Department
	4. Non-alcoholic beverages (bottled drinking water	Permission for export	Department

	5.Cashew nuts	Compulsory Pre-shipment Batch Inspection Certificate Smoke Certificate (as per buyer's request)		Sri Lankan Commands Corporation Luduluja Corporation (Ivuja) National Plant Quarantine Service An authorized private fumigation company
4	;Spices and related ingredients
	1.All spicy.		Country of Manufacture Certificate	Department of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce
	2.Black.		A record of worshiping the symbol of Tuya Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Export Development Board Compulsory Pre-Study Certificate Sri Lanka Ordinance Institute (LUTUI) Ayurveda and herbal products
5	Ayurveda and herbal products
	1. Finished herbal products		Marketing approval for domestic market and export as health care products	Drug Regulatory Committee appointed under the Department of Ayurveda

 

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	2. Herbal Cosmetics	Registration for quadrilateral	Cosmetic Devices and Drug Regulatory Authority Quality Introduction Certificate Institute of Industrial Industry (IVI) Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products Division of Department of Health
	3. Herbal plants	Export of goods in raw or dried form on commercial scale Ayurveda to dopermission	Department of Forest Conservation and Department of Ayurveda
6	Coconut and coconut based products	Export of desiccated coconut and non-coconut products	Coconut Development Authority (UNU).

 

	1. Wood logs And Rare value Added wood manufactures	Export Permit	Forest Department of Defense
	2. LDIT based on sports materials And Furniture	Permission for export	Forest Department of Defense
	Fish and fishery products	• Permit for export of sea cucumbers and conchs • Health certificate for EU countries • Fishing certificate • Statistical document for bigeye tuna • Population certificate for peacock fish • Country of Manufacture Certificate	Flame Industry Hydrology Department of Resources Maritime industry Urology Department of Resources Maritime industry Urology Department of Resources Maritime Industry Urology Department of Resources
	decorative	Fish Plant Health Certificate	National Animal Quarantine Service

 

 

Product wise registration

·        Exporters of the following products should register annually with the concerned authorities.

·        Camille Tea exporters are required to register with the Sri Lankan Tea Board. For this the following requirements must be fulfilled.

·        Necessary Arrangements (Business Registration Certificate or Certificate of Incorporation of the Company)

·        Necessary financial resources (minimum one million as working capital - letter from bank to be submitted)

·        Adequate warehousing facilities for storage of tea

·        A duly circulated application can be obtained from the Tea Export Department of Sri Lanka Tea Board.

·        The registration fee details are as follows: Registration fee

·        Rs: 58650 -(All Inclusive)

·        Registration fee for tea packers is Rs 58650 all inclusive)

·        Warehouse registration fee 25000 (AUVU, Menu)

·        Registration must be renewed annually. Renewal charges are payable. Contact for more details

·        Ceylon Tea Board No. 574 Galle Road Colombo

 

Coconut and coconut products

·        Coconut (copra, grated coconut, coconut oil, coconut milk, etc.) :10000

     Coconut Milk Products :10000

·        Coconut Products (Appropriate Auvu Rs Mevu):10000

Contact for more details

Coconut Development Authority Marketing Division Nawala Road Narahenpitiya.

Internet Pain Relief

internet; ;: http://www.cds.lk/web/index.php?lang=en

 

 

Gems and ornaments.

Exporters of Gemstones and Jewelery are required to obtain a Gemstone Dealers License from the National Gemstone and Jewelery Authority (NGE). This permit can be obtained for the maximum amount of stock the exporter may have at any time for varying amounts. For more details:

NATIONAL GEMS AND JEWELRY AUTHORITY (PEDUU) D: 25 Gallimugamutam Colombo 3.

         internet: http://www.ngja.gov.lk/en/

Fabrics and ready-made garments

All apparel exporters must register with the Apparel Export Services Division of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. All companies registered under the Board of Investment Act must be registered with the Board of Investment.

internet: ministry 0f handivrafts, industries and commerce -http://www.industry.gov.lk/

http://www.investsrilanka.com/

Guidelines for export control permit regulations for export of goods subject to export restrictions.

http://www.imexport.gov.lk/

 

Goods prohibited or restricted for export

·        Dead or alive animals or parts of their bodies. Permission will be granted for research purposes and for exchange to foreign zoos and museums.

·        2. Antiquities or cultural property

·        3. Dangerous drugs

·        4. Explosives

·        5. Live Fish (Prohibited Species)

·        6. Minerals in raw state.

·        7. Obscene publications and writings

·        8. Protected plants listed under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance

 

Business Agreements.

·        There should be a business contract between the seller (exporter) and the buyer (importer). The seller/exporter should prepare a basic price list and send it to the buyer (importer)mport orders are also expected to be made. The following details should be mentioned in the basic invoice.Details of the product Size

Art (L/C, D/P, D/A Kjypait.)|

Conditions of delivery (groups, incentives, etc.)

Details for packing and marking

Delivery Conditions

Delivery conditions such as freight cost only and freight insurance cost and freight are standardized globally. It also informs that the selling price includes transportation cost (bag charge) to both the seller and the buyer, risk insurance transfer and customs clearance. Sub-price only.

Production cost only (port named for shipment).

Thus considered. The seller shall load the goods in the vessel recommended by the importer 'cost and risk shall be apportioned to the shipper. This means that the importer is responsible for all costs and risks of loss or damage to the goods from this point onwards. Under this condition the exporter is obliged to take over the goods for export. This condition shall apply to sea transport.

 

Cost and Inventory – (…Named Joining Department)

Cost and freight charges are the cost and freight charges paid by the seller to the receiving department for bringing the goods. The exporter must remove the goods for export. However, the risk is transferred to the importer after the goods pass the ship's train. This condition is applicable for sea transport only.

 

Cost of Insurance and Freight- (UIC) (….named destination)

Under this condition the seller is obliged to pay the cost and freight charges for bringing the goods to the named destination and in addition the seller is obliged to take out shipping insurance against the risk of loss or damage to the goods in transit to the importer. The condition of quality shall be applicable for sea transport only.

 

Payment terms

The risk involved in the transfer between the exporter and the agreed importer depends on the extent to which the exporter and importer are aware of the terms of payment based on the volume of trade. Payment methods for foreign trade are:

ü Advance payment

ü Letters of Credit (DOU)

ü Document collection

ü Documents for payment(s)

ü Documents for Approval (NUU

ü Open account

ü Inventory account

 

1. Prepayment

·        Advance payment is the most preferred mode of payment for exports. In this mode of payment the buyer makes a deposit to the seller (exporter) usually before the goods are shipped with the purchase.

2. Letter of Credit)

·        A letter of credit is a letter of credit issued by the buyer's bank (beneficiary to the seller as per the terms and conditions of the issuing bank) against the buyer's demand (as per the specified documents and all the terms and conditions of the loan, i.e. the loan applicant will pay the said amount within the prescribed time frame).

·        It is very acceptable to both buyer and seller.

 

 

 

3. Document collection

·        The seller will use the service of the bank in his country (Payment Bank Unavailable Toyama). Paying bank from the buyer's bank service in the buyer's country. Used to collect money (collecting bank corruption scheme). If all goes well with the buyer's bank, the buyer's bank will collect the money and deposit it into the seller's bank.

Document collection can be divided into two.

    

Documents against payment (conditions)…….

·        After loading the documents will be sent to the buyer's bank with clear instructions from the seller's bank (Sunavaivanapay temail). Buyer's bank on the instructions of the paying bank (Ulattananuwanapete) will issue all the shipping documents to the buyer only after the payment is made.

Conditional Receipt of Documents against Approval (NUU Conditions)

·        All shipping documents along with a debit note for transfer (Vunasaa Wada) will be issued to the seller's bank with clear instructions to the buyer's bank. The buyer's bank on the advice of the seller's bank will issue the documents to the buyer's bank after acceptance of the conditional debit and after receipt of payment by the date of acceptance.

Open account

·        An arrangement between a seller and a buyer to settle a buyer's debt at a predetermined future date. ie at the end of each month or after one month of each shipment. Under this method both goods and documents are forwarded directly to the buyer

 

 

Inventory account

·        It is similar to an open account. Both materials and documents are pre-shipped directly to the buyer. The buyer will deposit the money to the seller in agreed sales installments or at the close of each sale.;.

 

Sending Trade Samples

·        The foreign buyer may ask for samples of the products before the trade exchange takes place. In such a case the exporter sends samples of his products to the foreign buyer and the samples are usually sent by air to avoid unnecessary delays.

·        Commercial samples up to the value of Rs.50 000 can be exported free of charge and a customs declaration application form (Urulununuu '1:11) only needs to be submitted. Only the number of units of commercial samples notified by the Director General of Customs can be exported. However samples of gems and jewelery are not allowed to be sent as samples

 

Packaging

Packaging is an important aspect to gain a position in the material market. Packaging should protect the product from the exporter till it reaches the final consumer. The exporter shall confirm the following-

1. Packages are properly packed during rough handling during sea or air transportation. As opposed to that

2. Packaging is done as per requirement as specified in trade contract. of buyers

3. Port of departure should be indicated on all packages.

4. Packages should be loaded so as to facilitate inspection during inspection by customs authorities.

Other important factors to be considered in export packaging are:

·        Rules in export markets. -Checking that your sacks comply with market    regulations Some countries may require some codes. Also some items used for packaging in other countries are not allowed.

·        Restrictions on pallet packaging The pallet used in international trade must be protected against the spread of unwanted pests by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) "Diave Ecosystem Protection Directive". Heat treatment or fumigation with methyl bromide may be treatment methods. provided that "Guidelines for the preparation of wood packaging materials in international trade are in many cases sufficient to verify that your wood packaging complies with ILA 15 of the Code.

·        Packaging Waste – Requirement for packaging. A. Productivity studies should be evaluated at the design and marketing stages. The goal should always be to reduce unnecessary packaging and wherever there is a need for packaging, a packaging system such as reduction, reuse and recycling should be adopted. L160 export markets have strict rules regarding packaging waste and collection. They are similar to those in Germany.

·        Hazardous materials must be securely packaged and clearly marked and labeled for any shipment of hazardous materials. The rules will vary slightly depending on the opening you are using.

·        Insurance Your shipment may be adversely affected by insurance if your goods are shown to be affected by packaging defects.

·        Also note the packing instructions in the contract with the buyer in case the goods are damaged during transit to avoid contract disputes

 

 

 

 

 

Sea Sack

·        The berth must be reserved prior to the date of embarkation. So the exporter has to meet the shipping agent to book and get the shipping slots. Bill of Lading duly completed by the exporter for this purpose. 3rd party office) to be submitted to the shipping agent:          

http://www.sipa.lk/EDI_services asp?chk=3

Air nose

·        The exporter should check with the offices of the Airline Agents serving the relevant country for the vans. The exporter must submit the document for the shipping instructions for shipment. Finally this document will be used to issue the Airway Receipt (Usairala Deed).

·        The cargo must be brought to the airport well in advance of the arrival time of the flight called this time. Cut off time

 

Certificates required for export

Country of Manufacture Certificate (Puri Certificate)

·        The Importing Country's Customs require this certificate and the Department of Commerce is responsible for issuing the Key Manufacturing Country Certificate for all New Free Trade Agreements and Multilateral Trade Agreements issued by the Department of Commerce.

 

Country of Manufacture Certificate

·        The customs of the importing country will also require this certificate to be issued by the Didu Chamber of Commerce.

 

 

Certification

·        It will be issued by the Sri Lankan Orders Institute (LUTUI). Private check certificates are issued by Lublu Duameya (Eva) Customs Company.

Health certificate

·        A health certificate may be required by the health authorities of the importing country when meat, fish and live animals are exported. It will be provided by the Department of Animal Production and Health. Health certificates are issued by the Food Control Division of the Ministry of Health in respect of food products.

Phytosanitary Certificate

·        Export of cut flowers, green plants, fruits and vegetables is required by the importing country. It is provided by the Plant Isolation Levy of the Department of Agriculture

Smoke Test Certificate

·        For export of agricultural produce such as cut pulses, flowers, green plants, saffron seeds, and cashew tea, the fumigation process required by the buyer's government is done by the Plant Quarantine Service of the Department of Agriculture. Some private companies are authorized by the department to carry out these activities

 

Customs procedures

1. Commercial Invoice

·        Invoice is a document prepared by the exporter stating all the details related to the shipment. This should be filled with the goods declaration during processing at the export office. The importing country will also request a document containing the price quoted by the seller (umsree selling price) and the terms and conditions of delivery of the specified cargo, insurance and packaging etc. and the cost of payment. This is for the purpose of determining the customs value of the goods to the country of destination.

 

2. Customs Declaration

·        During international trade, goods cross national borders. Partners involved in cross-border business transactions Details of goods imported or exported are required to be declared in the relevant authority. The demarcation point where declarations are made may be any sea port airport land point named as declaration. Declaration of goods in Sri Lanka is known as Urulununu and Customs Ordinance Section 47 for import and Section 57 for export defines that every import export must be declared to the customs for the import to be exported.

·        The data declared by the municipality are significant and include AL implications and statistical effects. So this letter should be filled very carefully.

3. Packing list

·        A document specifying the contents of each individual package.

4. Other documents (if applicable)

·        Any permissions. Permit

·        Tea blend sheets

·        Material utility sheets

5. Direct Trade Input (DTI)

·        Direct trade entry gives the exporter or his agent (the advertiser) the ability to perform customs processes or procedures remotely (from the advertiser's office).

·        Access below contact for direct trade entry registrationhttp://www.customs.gov.lk/dtiregi.html

 

Export Charges and Duties

At present exporters are not required to pay customs duty. However, when exporting traditional products (such as tea, rubber, and tenge) export duty must be paid to customs.

H.S.Hdg (I)	H.S.Code  (II)	tpguq;fs;  (III)	tup tPjk;  (IV)
05.08	0508.00	Coral and similar materials, not worked or otherwise prepared Other unworked Shells of molluscs Shellfish and squid Unworked but not 6 Worked Powder and waste
	0508.00.10	Conchs	1000units. Rs100
08.01		Coconut brazilian kachan and cashew nuts are instant. Dried ones are broken or peeled bread
		Coconuts
	0801.12	In the inner shell	Per unit &. 7/=
09.02	0902.40	Tea Unsweetened (fermented) tea, whether or not flavored Other and partially fermented tea Black
	0902.40.91	Taste certified by a Tea Council of Sri Lanka as purely Sri Lankan	Per units&. 10/=   Or ColomboTea At the average price of the auction 2.5% whatever is available
	0902.40.92	Others certified by the Sri Lankan Tea Board as purely Sri Lankan
	0902.40.93	Other flavors
	0902.40.99	Other
25.07	2507.00	Kaolin and other kaolins whether or not calcined	To a metric ton 1100..
25.10	2510.10	Natural Calcium Phosphates Aluminized Calcium Phosphates and Quicklime Unslaked	;
	25.10.10	Fossil rock	To a metric ton 4400
25.13		Crystalline salt Natural corundum Natural bond and other natural frictions whether heated or not
	2513.20	; Salt Natural Corundum Natural bonds and frictions Other natural	To a metric ton&. 24200/=
25.16		Granite Rock Mixed Sandstone Other - Other monumental or building stone whether or not roughly polished or simply cut by sawing or otherwise in rectangular (including square) blocks or slabs. Granite;
	2516.11	Raw condition or polished - granite approx	24000cm3
	2516.12	Simply cut by sawing or otherwise into rectangular (including square) blocks or slabs	12000 cm3
	2516.20	Sandstone	12000 cm3
	2516.90	Other monumental or building stone	12000 cm3
25.17		Gravel or paving of a kind suitable for paving or street paving or railway tracks Sand, heat-treated or untreated crop stones Tar wastes and other slags, whether or not including materials specified in the above article Tarp spreading Garments Chippings or
		Impurities and dusts of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not treated by heat
	2517.49	Stones	&. 3300cm3
	2525.10	The raw state is sheeted separated mica and mica and	To a metric ton& 1100/=
	2525.30	Mica waste	To a metric ton&.  110/=
25.26		Natural washed stone whether or not roughly polished or simply cut by sawing or otherwise shaped into rectangular (including square) blocks or slabs
	2516.10	Uncrushed and unpulverized	To a metric ton&. 3300/=
	2516.20	Crushed and pulverized	To a metric ton&. 2200/=
25.30		Mineral substitutes not elsewhere specified or included
	2530.10	Vermiculite layer and A mirror	To a metric ton& 1100/=
	2530.20	Geysery Epsom (natural magnesium sulphites)
	2530.90	Others
	2530.90.10	Natural arsenic sulfides
	2530.90.20	A broken angle
26.14	2614.00	Rhyranium concentrates are mineral extracts
	2614.00.10	Ilmane	To a metric ton&. &. 1650/=
	2614.00.20	in rurail	To a metric ton&. &. 2200/=
	2614.00.90	Others	To a metric ton&. &. 1100/=
40.01		Natural rubbers such as rubber, perchae, and vellum are natural adhesives that are not in the base form but in sheets or bundles.
	4001.10	Before the natural, rubber papal. Vulcanized or not
	4001.10.10	Split rubber	To a metric ton&. &.4/=
	4001.10.90	Others	To a metric ton&. &.4/=
		Other grades of natural rubber
	4001.21	Smoked sheets
	4001.21.10	R.S.S.1	To a metric ton&. &.4/=
	4001.21.20	R.S.S.2
	4001.21.30	R.S.S.3
	4001.21.40	R.S.S.4
	4001.21.50	R.S.S.5
	4001.21.90	Vida	To a metric ton&. &.4/=
		(TSNR)
40.01	4001.29	Others are thinner
	4001.29.13	Brown	kg.4/=
	4001.29.14	Piece
	4001.29.20	Rubber pieces
	4001.29.30	Low Nitrogen Natural Rubber (Duesa))
	4001.29.40	Protein rubber (Nease) is naturally denatured
	4001.29.50	Abu rubbe
	4001.29.60	Re rubbe
	4001.29.70	Otherchemically modified rubber;
	4001.29.90	Others
	4001.30	Pulahrae ku(p)tra-perchae kupa)veul chicle and similar natural gums
41.01		Unsplit hides and skins of goatskins (including buffalo hides) or hides (freshly salted and fermented and dried and soaked or otherwise preserved but prepared by covering with unripened paper skins) or whether or not further wooled or split
	4101.20	All hides and skins, unseparated, and dried, each normally packed in 8 kg. 0 kg of dry salt or 16 kg of fresh salt	75%; /Kg &.500/=
	4101.50	All hides and skins up to 16 kg
	4101.90	Other pieces include the arches and parts of the stomach
41.02		Sheep or lamb skins in the raw state (fresh, salted, dried, pickled, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not ripened, encased in paper skins or further prepared), whether or not wooled or split, are excluded from this Chapter by note 1	75%; Kg &.500/=
	4102.10	With company;
		Non-wool
	4102.21	Soaked
	4102.29	Other
41.03		Other raw hides and skins are fresh, salted, dried, and pickled. (i) Covered or further prepared with impregnated or otherwise preserved but unrepented paper skins (y) Whether or not woolen or split except that they are omitted to this Chapter by note 1(d) or 1(u);
	4103.20	of reptiles
	4103.30	of the pig;
	4103.90	Others
41.04		Tanned or upper hides and skins hides and skins of goats (including buffalo hides) or mammals, whether or not hairless split but not prepared
	4104.11	Whole grains are split grains
	4104.11.10	Runava-Teiterna Uasachalan ripened	10%
	4104.11.90	Other
	4104.19	Other
	4104.19.10	November-December season is ripe
	4104.19.90	Other
		Dry state (upper shell)
	4104.41	Whole grains are split grains undivided
	4104.49	Othre
41.05		Tan or sheepskin or sheepskin, whether or not separated, without wool, but further	10%
	4105.10
	4105.30	In dry state (upper shell):
44.03		Whether or not the wood is simply bark removed or sawn or simply squared
		Other
	4403.99	Other	15%
72.04		Iron Slag and Powder: The molten powder of iron ore metal scraps;	10%
	7204.10	Iron ore waste and powder;
		Waste and powder of mixed earth
	7204.21	of stainless metal
	7204.29	Other
	7204.30	Waste and powder of pig iron or meta
	7204.41	Chives E Debris E Grinding waste E Chips E Powder E Slag E Choppings and seals, whether or not in aggregates or
	7204.49	Other
	7204.50	A powder of pieces in the molten state
74.04	7404.00	Copper waste and powder	50%
75.03	7503.00	Nickel waste and powder	25%
76.02	7602.00	Aluminum waste and powder	25%
78.02	7802.00	waste and dust	25%
79.02	7902.00	Dragon's dung and powder;	25%
80.02	8002.00	Tin waste and powder	25%

 

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