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Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of Goods

Rules for Section 8 of the Act

Part 3 : Reporting requirements for arriving and departing foreign-going vessels

8.15 Sea cargo departure notices

 

(1) Each cargo reporter responsible for cargo loaded on board a foreign-going vessel operated by a carrier for export must, within three working days after the departure of the vessel from a port to a destination outside the Republic, submit to the Commissioner a sea cargo departure notice in respect of the cargo for which that cargo reporter is responsible.

 

(2) A sea cargo departure notice referred to in subrule (1) must reflect the following information:
(a) General mandatory reporting information;
(b) the identity of the cargo reporter;
(c) the cargo type;
(d) if the cargo for which the cargo reporter is responsible consists of—
(i) containerised cargo, container details, the verified gross mass (VGM) of each container including the unit of measure, and containerised cargo details in respect of each container;
(ii) break bulk cargo, break bulk cargo details in respect of each consignment of such cargo;
(iii) bulk cargo, bulk cargo details in respect of each consignment of such cargo; or
(iv) empty containers, container details in respect of each container; and
(e) the date of departure.