1. When the CUSDEC is sent to the Customs Department by the Tea Board, the necessary payments (cess LKR 4 per kg, medical cess of LKR 0.35 and assessment charge of LKR 250, which is about USD 2.5) are taken from the current account that the companies have with the Customs Department. 2. Then an entry paid message is sent to the company electronically via email with the customs declaration number. It is only after the payment process is completed that a printout of the CUSDEC can be obtained. 3. After a printout with the customs declaration sequence number is made, the necessary number of copies are made (four copies: Warrant copy, Statistical copy, Security copy and the Party copy).
