Cargoes Stuck at the Customs in Thailand? Your Next Step…

Immediately speak to a customs clearance service provider in Thailand as this requires preparation and submission of the documents to facilitate the imports or exports. You will need to go through the below-mentioned steps for clearance;

Step 1

Declaration

Declaration form needs to be duly filled for submission at the Customs system. Upon checking for no-error, a number will be automatically generated by the customs. And the response message will be forwarded to the shipping agent.

Step 2

Checking and Verification

The customs department checks and verifies the declaration made and the documents submitted depending on which they will issue a Declaration and Payment number.

Step 3

Payments of Import/Export Duties and Taxes

Make payments of the applicable duties and taxes. Currently, there are three modes of payment, such as, payment at the Customs Department, payment at banks and online payment.

Step 4

Cargo Inspection and Release

The cargoes will be inspected and if everything goes fine they will be released from the Customs custody. Then it will be the freight forwarder duty to load cargo into containers. Meanwhile cargo control report is expected to be transferred to the e-customs system.

Now that you know what needs to be followed to clear the cargoes, read on to know the documents;

1. Export/import declaration
2. Invoice
3. Export/import license (if applicable)
4. Other relevant documents such as catalogue, product ingredients, etc.

However, sometimes a few custom clearance service providers may ask you more documents in case there’s any doubt regarding the consignments.

Having said when you are to import or export any cargoes in Thailand, you must know about their regulations;

Shipping Regulations

• Household goods can be imported duty-free if they have been owned for more than six months;
• One consignment by air and sea each are allowed duty-free;
• You can bring your household items to Thailand only after you are there for six months from your arrival date;
• The items must be from the same country you are coming from;
• You must be present for customs clearance;
• If you are staying lessen than a year, for all your items you will have to pay 20% import duty tax plus 7% VAT;
• Only one electrical item will be duty-free;

Hope this helps.