Amendments to Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 - 54/2019 - Customs - Non Tariff

Manifest filing obligations updated: electronic arrival and departure filings, revised transhipment procedures, registration and bond requirements revised.

Regulations require authorised carriers to register, furnish bonds or securities (with an AEO exemption), and deliver arrival and departure manifests electronically to the proper officer, permitting manual filing only when electronic filing is impracticable. Carriers may update manifests within prescribed windows, file specific transhipment forms for port-land movements, and face sealing and detention-charge rules for transhipments; outsourcing of functions is permitted with retained joint liability. Transitional provisions allow temporary use of prior cargo declaration forms and new Forms XI and XII establish bond and controlled-goods checklists.