_QATAKCcUSIUMS IMPORT REGULATIONS ‘The Customs Department inthe State of Qatar has very strict egulations and a numberof requement that must be schered toby suppers wishing to expo ther goods to Qatar. Non-cmplance to these reguatons/requrements il result in holding/deayrg the cargo clearance by Customs Department end willatrct high penalty, demurrage & storage charges. In extreme eases, Chstoms may inst on returning the goods to origin. ifthe non-compllance was proven tobe caused by the shipper/agent al penalty, demurage, storage, Return to Origin and any other relevant ‘costs wll be charged the shppeaget's acount. ‘his document summaries the Ke rqutements ofthe Customs Department and serves as guideline fo al those wishing to ship goods to Qatar. The content is vegully updated t reflect any newly introduced changes to the regulations; hence itis essential to stay abeeast withthe changes by castlly reviewing the document cnee communicated to you. itis important to nte that laws & eguatons and any related modifications ntoduced by the atari Customs Department are dpayed on public notice Boards in the Cargo Seton atthe various entry points. Fare occasions would an offal adv be avalabe for Qatar Logis to shar withthe supers and for tot we have ‘consolidated the most important laws regulation in ths document Clation ote contents my be adresse 1 Qatar Logie personnel at any tine. Supplers/agents may aso cay and futher conf the requiements by contacting the closest Qatari Embassy othe county the good wl be expartd rom, Suppliersagents are requested to comply with the contents of hs document ata tines to avoid any delay hurdles {he clearance of te gods n ata Deals of Oatar Customs import Regulation are as summariced below ocumenTaTion octant Not 1 All shipping dacuments MUST be prepared under the name ofa company that has the relevant activity ‘mentioned ints Qatari Commercial Registration and that is having 9 vallé Import Weense forthe goods Imported 12 Forall shipments, the Cortfiete of Oxgin must originate from the county where the shipment is shipped feo, 3. For Overland shipments the stiplag documents must be in Arabic o Arabic translation provided along with documents, “The folowing are the requled shipping documents: > Orginal temied Commercial voice on shippers orignal etter head attested by lca Chamber of Commerce signe in ble ink ad stamped by company seal (Oral not Electr) for Oaha customs clearance. Zero ‘value agaist any tem isnot acceptable by Customs. Discount structure need not appear on the invoice and Invoice shuld only show net pie ater discount. This will avoid paying Customne Duty on the discounted ‘amounts, The invoice must cry contain the following lformation: deliver INCOTERM, shippers name, consignee name, county of org, currency, specie em description, HS Cos, quantity, unit pce & total price prim, grand total pric, packing information such as total number of packages, net weight ad oss weg per line item [se sampe below). The gros net weight mut be exactly the some as that mentoned ‘on theBillof Lacing & Packing ti, tipage> ignal airway bl bit of ang. Te goss & net weight and total quantity must be exact the sane as that ‘mentioned onthe Commeria nvoce, Packing Unt and Certiicate of Orn, > Original packing Ist duly signed In blue ink & stamped by company seal: The gross & net woight and total ‘quantity must be exact the sme as that mentioned onthe Cmmercl Invoice lof Laing, > Original certificate of oii should be typed & rot hand written) duly signed & attested (Orginal not Electron) bythe lca Chamber of Commerce from exign export courty (NOTE: Notary Public or any ether attesting bodes are not acceptable & attestation must be byte loa Chamber of Commerce onl). Cette ‘of Origin must contain the inoie number / HS, Code In order to cotlate k withthe Commerc nls. Specie courtry name must appear Le. UX. not Eurepean Union Incase of multe rig all counties must be mentioned > 06 code an Materia safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or any chemical, hazardous dangerous produ, > Dangerous Goods Note to be upped if necessary a5 per MDG code & 0G declaration ter rom the supplier villas be required (Note: we arranging DG cargo the IMCO Cats and UN number should be mentioned on the biofadng and voi). ‘epening onthe devery terms governing the order, the above documents must be handed over to the Forwarding ‘Agent por to shipping the material er prio othe Customs carance in Qatar. Tis naturally wot appicabie to Ar ‘hpments where the documents weul come long withthe shipment. ts adsable to share a complet set of documents with Qatar Lois for revw and comment ror to atetation affecting the shipment ‘COUNTRY OF ORIGIN >> Each individual item and its external packaging MUST have "Made In zo” ether engraved or mentioned in nonremovable tiker/martng or silkscreeed, > The Country of Origin mentions on the goods and thel external packaging MUST match wth that mentioned inallshiping documents. > County of Orgs) shall be precise (or example: Furopean Union i vogue and isnot acceptable; the specie ‘county of rg must be indated eg, Made In Germany, Made in Franc, Made initaly.te) > very tem/assembly must have made'in marking of 2 “ingle” county ony. Having mace than one country of cotgn appear onthe sameite assembly not allowed, 2 Therarking should ead "Maden." & ot “Prot Of nnn, "Aste io" Or anyother wording Failure in meeting above rquicemen: wil lead to cago being withbeld atthe Qatar Customs’ Legal Department Incuring penalties, demorrages and storage fas which wal be back charged tothe Supolr/Agert. next Cases the shipment may be returned bak tocrgn and the cost to etum the good oon wl also be back charged tothe Supplir/agent. Some solutions to recurig issues pertaining to Maden markings area sted blow: > Vorious pars, of varius ergs, re packed the same box, orton crate. ~ In thi case, each individual emt ave mace-sn margins Orn & te extenor packaging (ooxcarton/rate] doesnot necessary have to have madedn marking avon thatthe contents are of various origins > The made in abes ore pelo off - This s because you are using "Removable stickers and not the equred Non-Removable" making Sore ofthe examples of nonremovable mari re lows© Siscreening(Seayng/ Pst) ~ This ae ne by sng a ten ands enerly used to mak Timber crates, fa sel surfaces, machiner..et. The pain/ink used should be permanent & should fat be wiped off the sae easy © Very strong adhesive bes ~The adhesive must be strong enough that in cas you ti to remove the abe, the label orth surface is applied to get destroyed. This type of marking the most conan ‘method given tht bls canbe of various ies and ean be applied to ost surfaces (© Stee plates hiss wally used for large machinery & equipment ther types of abeling depending onthe nature ofthe product, but under al cumstances, they shouldbe nonremovable abel/narings and ot ones that can be easly removed of wiped > An assembiyis comprised of number of components of aro origins This qute common ee in genet the highest component of the cost of the assembly would be the labour component. The made-n making woul therefore be ofthe country where the assembly was pot together, For example fan assembly ult Turkey sing components o 5 iferent vgn, the assembly would be marked "Made i Turkey" > Some of he spare parts are to smal t stick late to In this case, snl parts shouldbe pt In transparent plastic bag, tog tbe sale propery, and non-remoable sticker inating the origin stuck tothe plastie ba ‘Yu may combine the same prt together ene bog, But not mix varios pats te, you may put Knobs together none bg bit ot mk Sitch wth ther, ‘ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION ‘tar customs clearance single Window (ACCS) ‘Allimporters must be registered onthe Qatar Customs Clearance Single Window System (QCCSW] tobe able to lear ‘ood into Catar. Should importers wish fr Qatar Logistics to clear thir shipments, they should euthorie Cater Logis as ther clearance agentin the entry point (Sea or Overand "Abu Samra Boer"). Discrepancies ‘The Customs Authority i caryng out 100% inspection of cargo an therefore any crepancy in decarations wil be ‘refered tothe Logal Commitee who will decide on the amount of penalty t be levied on the consignment. The consignment wil not be alowed to be released from the port of entry unt the resoktion i gen by the Legal Commitee; therefore Shipper/Agent adherence 10 the above is extent to avoid any issues with the Customs Deparment. The flowing willed the shipment beng detained and potential retuned to eign 4 No Tag of Country of Origins onthe tems + Tago Origin canbe removed or wipe ff + Ta foils showing "Eoropean Union” stad of actual county of rgn + Under Value commercial invoices * Under Value Freight charges ‘+ Mismatching County of Org) Between commercial invoke &cetiate of rg ‘ Mismatchng Country of Or) between documents & marking on goede ‘hay error af any sort inthe documentation (fer “Docurnentation sve) + Submission of several invoices wth same voice numb or the same customs Declaration, hems whi cay dapat ergy rade ake In case a shipments detained by Customs and refered tothe legal department, no action canbe done unt the fina report is produced this may take up to 2-4 weeks In the meantine, the shipment wil incur demorrage/storage charges, wich wil be back charged tothe Shipper/Aget slong withthe nal penalty smount tht wl be eared by the commie,Dengerous Goods Approve [per approval from the Environmental Protection Committee (E9C) and Ci Defence in Doha must be obtained before moving any OG shipments from the country of erg. For thi the elevant MSDS, copy of the lvoe & AWB/BL must be presented tous pir to moving the shipment to obtain the approval. At the esti of the ERC Commitee andthe Civil Defence, apreva may onl be ranted to consgnees who have an approved DG warehouse Other Special Approvals Other products such as Telecommunication Equipment, Printed Books, See! and Meslcnes will requle Specie approvals from government bodies sich as ICT, Ministry of Education, Standardzation & Metrology Department, Ministry of Heath, Qatar Steel.te. Suppliers wil be railed of the need for spec approval andthe requited ocumentsceritates at the time of pacing the order. Free of Cost, Sample or Promationlitems Free f Cost, Sample or Promotional shipments equ the same et of documents as noma shipment. The value of the goods should stil appear onthe commercial voice Indicating “or customs leaance purpose ony” on the Invoee Zero vale ivoles ae net saeptable ll above mentioned information also apes to Fee of Cos, Sample sn Promotional tems. Pockage Markings The name ofthe consignee and the relevant Purchase Order umber must cles appear on at leat 4 sides ofeach parcel or box ‘Temporary Inport Formals and required documentation Importing cargo in tar on temporary basis for the purpose of Exhibition, specie 1b, ana demonstration may be allowed based on certain conatons asmentloned below Temporary import approval should be aken pir to the arial ofthe cargo inorder to avoid any storage at the port of fenry and cargo should be reexported before the expiry of the approval vay dete Each produc should have & ‘sll Nurnber on it Cargo may be spate ly withthe prior approval fom the Director of Customs A request hes tobe submited to Customs Department detaing the purpose for which the cig is imported alone with he copy of commercial documents ~ invoice, corgn and AWB//L. The commerildecuments an the AWB/B/ should cea ‘mention that Goods are sen as Terporay export and wil be relurned to origin after Job completion in Gata "Normal, temporary import approval wl be sanctioned by Customs ithe cago is imported fora project vend government or sem governmental erties A copy ofthe contract between consignee andthe govementa body Should be produced to get the saretion. Other, i should be fr any exititon or sinlar event conducted by ‘Authorized Recognized Agencies and a ete rom them should be attached tothe application. Cargo shouldbe retumeto the County of Origin within the ime frame given by the Director of Customs ores wil appl. The ful Customs Duty amount should be paid to Customs Department ahead of temporary inprt of goods ‘After recxport of goods and submit! of all supporting documents, the amount is reunded hy the Customs Deparment tothe consignaes account. if the cargo is nt retuned within the pected time, then Customs Deparment wil eat the goeds as permanent import and wil tain the Customs Outy past and sve customs ‘receipt forthe amount Vahty ofthe Temporary import may be extended further withthe permision of the Director of Customs by subiting renewal applation. In case no extension was submited the Customs Deportment willimpose a fine alpese