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Unloading of Merchandise at Customs Warehouses

TECHNICAL CIRCULAR CT 009-2006

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Technical Circular 009 of 2006, issued by the General Directorate of the Customs Service (DGA) of Nicaragua, establishes the procedures for unloading goods in customs warehouses. According to the regulations that literally state in the first chapter section three point one on Unloading that: “Once the official reception of the means of transport has been completed, under customs control, the loading or unloading of the goods on the authorized days and times will be authorized. The carrier or depositary, as the case may be, will load or unload the means of transport and control the declared packages. NOTE: For the reception of the cargo (merchandise), the presence of a Customs Agent is NOT REQUIRED.”

Merchandise intended to be stored in Public Customs Deposits must be unloaded in warehouses duly identified by numbers and divided by tranches, thus ensuring an efficient organization. “For cargo to be stored in the warehouses of Public Customs Deposits and their extensions, warehouses and properties must be fully identified by warehouse numbers and divided by sections.”

However, some goods are exempt from the obligation to be unloaded immediately, as long as they remain in the means of transport or in the yards of customs warehouses. These merchandise includes:

  1. Reels of newsprint for communication media;
  2. Glass, marble, granite and other stone manufactures presented in large sheets;
  3. Profiles, wire, billet, sheets, plates, and billets of base metal, include zinc sheets for construction;
  4. Cement or wood poles for electrical wiring;
  5. Cable for electrical system or for communications, presented on large volume reels that require machinery or equipment for unloading;
  6. Plastic or rubber pipes, presented in large volume reels that require machinery or equipment for unloading;
  7. Refrigerated or frozen goods;
  8. Metal and concrete elements for construction, and prefabricated buildings; asbestos sheets for construction:
  9. Flammable and Explosive Substances;
  10. Tanks for water and septic tanks, of any material, with a capacity equal to or greater than 300 liters;
  11. Toxic, polluting or radioactive goods;
  12. Shipments of a single machine covered by chapters 84 or 85, except when presented unassembled or unassembled;
  13. Vehicles, aircraft and ships, classifiable under headings 87.01; 87.02; 87.03; 87.04; 87.05, 87.11; 88.02; 89.01; 89.02 and 89.03 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), provided that they are presented complete and assembled (armed).
  14. Manufactures of paper consisting of: rolls of paper; continuous forms, checks or securities, continuous values, invoices and continuous cash receipts, presented with carbon paper or manufactured with thermal paper.

These goods may remain in the means of transport and be included in the inventory of the public customs warehouse taking into account the location, section or number of the yard where said means of transport is parked.

Reference:
Technical Circular 009 of 2006, General Directorate of the Customs Service (DGA) of Nicaragua.

Author: Mr. Jordy Stvaer.