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(NAR) VOL.8 NO. 4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1997

[ BOC CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 35-97, November 07, 1997 ]

IMPLEMENTATION OF CAO 4-97 ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRE-SHIPMENT INSPECTION OF IMPORTS BOUND FOR DUTY-FREE SHOPS/OUTLETS IN THE FREEPORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES



I.          Paragraph III.1 of CAO 4-97, implementing Executive Orders 444 s. 1997, provides:
"1.     All imported goods bound for duty free shops/outlets or trading warehouses catering to duty free shops/outlets in the Freeports and in the Special Economic Zones (""DFS Goods"" from hereon) shall be subject to pre-shipment inspection (PSI) by the Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS) in the country of exportation, except the following:
For the orderly implementation of this Order, the Clean Report of Findings must be presented for shipments of firms covered by CAO 4-97 as follows:

a.         Shipments Covered by Letters of Credit — When the date of the L/C is on or after 10 November 1997.

b.         For Non — L/C Shipments — When the date of the Bill of Lading is on or after 10 November 1997.

II.          Shipments of fresh, frozen and chilled foodstuff and fruits are exempted from the pre-shipment inspection requirement, in line with Joint Order No. 1-91.

III.         Shipments concerned arriving in the country without the requisite CRF shall be deemed to have been imported contrary to law and shall be proceeded against accordingly.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 07 Nov. 1997


(SGD.) GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR.
Commissioner
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