Importing furniture into Ghana

FURNITURE IMPORTATION & CLEARING

When importing any other goods including furniture, most of the procedures above applies with minor differences as follows: Import Procedures When importing goods into Ghana, the right procedures with respect to clearance of goods, must be adhered to after the goods have been shipped. Goods will be successfully imported with the assistance of Customs Agents, following the procedure below: Requirements This section covers the documents required for clearing imported goods in Ghana. One must be in possession of the under-listed documents before or at the time the imported goods arrive at the ports of Ghana to facilitate the clearing process.

the type of goods. i.e., Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), etc. Procedure The procedures to be followed to successfully clear imported goods are described in this section. Submit declaration in Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) front end by the clearing agent which must include all the above requirements before or after the arrival of the goods. The ICUMS will process the declaration in the following stages:

Pay duties and taxes at the participating banks if the declaration is successfully processed through the ICUMS using the tax bill generated. This is done by the Clearing Agent and the duty to be paid is dependent on the cost of the goods, type of goods and rates specified for the goods. Verify declaration then select the examination officer through ICUMS. Tax bill received from the bank is presented to the examination officer or scanning officer or releasing officer at exit gate depending on the risk levels with different color indications:

out of MPS port. Goods positioned for physical examination after scanning, are examined upon discharge. Convey released goods accompanied by the waybill to the exit gate for a security check.

• Original waybill or Bill of Lading
• Attested invoice
• Packing list
• Import Declaration Form (IDF) from Ministry of Trade
• Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) from GRA or Ghana Card PIN
• Required permit(s) from any of the regulatory agencies, dependent on
• Classification
• Valuation
• Approval
• Red – Mandatory physical examination.
• Yellow – Digital scan.
• Green – Released at the gate but scanned automatically on the way

EXTERNAL LINKS

(ICUMS)

External Links (QR codes vers L3)

• Pay your Duty Custom Agent to Ghana Shippers Integrated Customs
• Online assist you Authority Management System