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AFRICAN AGENTS

GHANA • Implementation Date of 1st November 2018 is
Freight Consult Ghana Limited – BDP Agent the loading date at Port of Loading (note: we
Tema Ocean Freight Office understand that the Authorities have requested
Freight Consult Ghana Limited SGS to update their website to show 1st
Yaakesewa Building, Okrakua Road, Tema November).

Phone: +233 303 201180 • Liability of compliance rests with the importer
/ exporter. Importers of EEE and tyres to the
Accra Air Freight Office (Head Office) Republic of Ghana are responsible to inform their
Room 5&6 Ground Floor, Christman House Airport, supplier/exporter of the mandatory nature of the
Accra, Ghana program and of the requirement to register on the
e-environmental platform deployed by SGS.
Phone: +233 302 763347
Fax: +233 303 201968 • No consignment will be cleared through Customs
Email: pangasur@freightconsult.com without an electronic environmental declaration
sales@freightconsult.com form approval / clearance certificate

Business Improvement Manager: Sylvia Arthur • For further information, shippers should refer to SGS
directly. Please also see notices below.
Email: sarthur@freightconsult.com https://www.sgs.com/en/news/2018/09/sgs-
implements-renovo-program-in-ghana
Phone: +233 244 574384
• Cargo cannot be re-palletized/packaged at
Shipping Manager: Frank Oppong destination. Personal Effects on application only.

Email: foppong@freightconsult.com KENYA
Mitchell Cotts Freight (Pvt) Ltd – Turners Shipping Agent
Phone: +233 501 695944 P.O.Box 30085 00100, Cargo Section,
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Import / Export Document Requirements Phone: +254 730 111 000
• URC no (Unique consignment reference) required. Email: airfreight-operations@mitchellcotts.co.ke
• Destination inspection required:www.cotecna.com sales@mitchellcotts.co.ke

or www.bureauveritas.com Import / Export Document Requirements
• Full style Consignee address including phone, fax • Import/Export Document Requirements
• All cargo destined for Kenya will have to be pre-
and email must appear on BL.
• ASHI (Advanced shipment information) suspended inspected by the nominated inspection body
approved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
until further notice. in their respective countries. Herewith link giving
• Prohibited commodities: used refrigerators, freezers you the inspection representatives for each region:
http://www.kebs.org/index.
and refrigeration compressors. php?opt=qai&view=pvoczones
• LCL shipments are now exempt from the CTN. • Please note that it is the shipper’s responsibility to
• EPA Notice sent 10.10.2018, ensure that goods have been inspected.
• Please see info concerning change in regulations • As of 18th March 2016, all cargo being shipped to
Kenya need to be covered by an ECTN issued by
for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) & the shipper at the loading port through the www.
tyres. antaser.com platform.
• Please be advised there is no responsibility for • Co loader will not load cargo without presentation
the Carrier to check compliance. In summary, of the Certificate of Conformity (COC).
we understand; SGS will, through its affiliates • BL must show HS code / commodity code is
throughout the world, carry out physical inspection mandatory must show at least 6 digits.
and verification at the country of export of any • Full style Consignee address including phone, fax
used and waste electrical and electronic products and email must appear on BL.
• In addition, SGS will collect an advance eco levy
on all electrical and electronic equipment and
tyres exported to Ghana, based on the “polluter
pays principle”

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