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Collect empty containers from yard
Case Study
Title:
Jasmine Rice Exportation from Thailand to the United States, 2011
Corridors and Routes:
Not Specified
Trade Product:
Jasmine rice
Trade Type:
Export
Process Analysis:
Export from Thailand
Exporting Country:
Thailand
Importing Country:
United States of America
Category:
Inland carriage and handling
Country and Procedure Description:
Collect empty containers from yard (Export from THA to USA/Jasmine rice)
Related Rules, Laws and Regulations:
Actors and Participants:
- Customs
- Customs‟ Bank
- Exporter or Representative
- Exporter‟s Bank
Actors and Participants:
- Customs
- Customs‟ Bank
- Exporter or Representative
- Exporter‟s Bank
Input Criteria to Enter or Begin the Business Process:
- Transportations required to move jasmine rice to port of exit and the specified port of destination have already been arranged. - The consignment of to-be exported jasmine rice has already been insured.
Activities and Associated Documentary Requirements:
1. Carrier‟s agent submits Empty Container Movement Request (TKT. 306) to request for the permission to transfer an empty container to exporter‟s premise. 2. Driver takes the haulage to the specified container yard to pick up an empty container. 3. Officer from Port Authority finds out whether carrier has bank guarantee. 4. If carrier does not have bank guarantee, carrier has to make a payment for port charges. 5. Officer from Port Authority has to collect the payment for port charges upfront. 6. If carrier has bank guarantee, officer from Port Authority records the amount of port charges to be paid. 7. Officer from Port Authority then allocates necessary equipment for lifting an empty container onto haulage. 8. Officer from Port Authority, with necessary equipment lifts an empty container onto haulage.
Output Criteria to Exit the Business Process:
An empty container has already been lifted on to haulage and the driver is ready to take it to exporter‟s premise.
Activity Diagrams:
Number of Required Documents:
1
Minimum Required Time:
Maximum Required Time:
Average Required Time:
1
Minimum Cost:
Maximum Cost:
Average Cost:
