1. Please note that there are new customs regulations in the Philippines.Customs clearance must be completed within 7 days after the goods are unloaded from the ship (or aircraft), otherwise they may be treated as jetsam!The Philippine customs authorities have made a final move to speed up customs clearance and ease port congestion by changing the policy from "clear within 15 days" to "clear within seven days".As a result of the above Philippine customs notice issued on April 26, the new regulation has been implemented.Shipper forwarder in the Philippines, please note that the original bill of lading should be sent in time, especially for customers with certificate of origin, and be prepared in advance, so as not to delay the processing of abandoned goods due to incomplete customs clearance information.
2. On January 3 this year, a container fire broke out on the deck of a 7500Teu container ship named "YANTIAN EXPRESS" owned by hapag-lloyd, and spread to other containers.Foreign media reported that 260 containers were completely damaged, another 460 containers were damaged, and some refrigerated goods were also affected by power cuts.Four months after the fire, the ship arrived in halifax, Canada, on May 20 to deliver the cargo that survived the fire.Unloading is scheduled to begin on the morning of May 21 and is expected to last two weeks.After unloading, the ship will go to China for maintenance.
3. Nigeria PM news reported on May 20 that Ms. Zainaba ahmed, minister of finance, said on that day that the federal executive committee had approved a special tax of 0.2% on some goods imported into Nigeria from countries and regions outside the African union.There are also some duty-free items, she said, including imports for everyday consumption, aid goods, goods exempt under certain financing agreements, and goods that have been purchased or are being cleared before.
4. The big data platform of Shanghai port cross-border trade management launched in early 2018 aims to solve the problems of port trade convenience and security at home and abroad, and build a stable, open and predictable cross-border trade business environment for Chinese and foreign enterprises.For more than a year, the Shanghai port cross-border trade management focus on big data platform and 429 senior certification enterprises, involved in all more than forty percent of the total import and export, have together production, trade, logistics, taxation, industry and commerce, foreign parties data such as more than 700 million, with a "single window", the ship company and achieve seamless docking port department.