Appoint clearing agent and handover documents

Case Study

Title: Shrimp Export from Bangladesh by Sea to India, 2011

Corridors and Routes: Dhaka - Chittagong Port - Japan

Trade Product: Shrimp

Trade Type: Export

Process Analysis: Export from Bangladesh

Exporting Country: Bangladesh

Importing Country: Japan

Category: Regulatory border procedures

Country and Procedure Description: Customs clearance at port/border (Export from BDG to JPN/Frozen shrimp)

Related Rules, Laws and Regulations:

Actors and Participants: - Inland haulage
- Customs
- Exporter or representative

Input Criteria to Enter or Begin the Business Process:

Activities and Associated Documentary Requirements: 1. The CFA submits a copy of the ‘C’ Number Acknowledgement Receipt to customs along with hard copies of all the supporting documents. 2. Customs then retrieves information from the previously lodged online declaration and cross checks with the documents received from the CFA. 3. An inspector is then authorised to inspect the cargo and certify compliance with the declaration. If any misconduct is found, export of the shipment is stopped and a case is filed against the exporter. If no discrepancy in found, customs issues a Shipping Bill and seals the container. 4. The CFA then receives the Shipping Bill on behalf of the exporter and signs the EXP Form, a copy of which is kept by customs.

Output Criteria to Exit the Business Process:

Activity Diagrams:

Number of Required Documents: 9

Minimum Required Time: 1

Maximum Required Time: 2

Average Required Time: 1.5

Minimum Cost:

Maximum Cost: 2

Average Cost: