ACID Number – Advanced Freigh information declaration
The new NAFEZA system requires the importer to register his information, the information of the exporting company and also the shipment information using the electronic portal. This Process must be performed prior to shipping of goods (the early, the better). the ACID Number “Advanced Freight Information Declaration Number” is provided by the Nafeza-system, and followed by that it will be sent out to both the importer and the exporting company by e-mail. ACID must be displayed in the commercial invoice and bill of loading. Please ensure that to your invoice shown the ACID and also all other documents.
CargoX Blokchain
From the exporting company side, and also as an initial step, the exporting company has to register his details on the “CargoX” blockchain. This action is for free. As quickly as the exporting company registers the required information, it will be updated via the Nafaze system. (cargoX website https://cargox.io)
The documents of shipping will be submitted by the exporting company into CargoX. you should know that CargoX platform accept the following extension XML, PDF or any type of extension of digital documents. As soon as the exporting company has actually submitted the shipping documents included there in the ACID number, the importer can check out these documents and also starts his procedure with customs Authority right here in Egypt. This procedure covers only sea shipping. With every shipping records that is submitted on CargoX the exporting company will be charged with a certain fees.
To be kept in mind that, CargoX will work as the courier agent for the shipment documents and also in future will take control of the transfer of the exporting company documents to the financial institution. Currently, the exporting company still needs to provide the all documents manually by their self to the banks till the full implementation of this function totally.
Caution: Return of shipments without ACID number
Essential: If the shipping document didn’t not include the ACID number inside the documents of shipping, the Egyptian customs office will reject the shipment and in this case the goods should returned and it will not moved into the Egypt market. The products will be returned to the shipping countries without discharging in the ports at the cost of the shipper or his agent.
Foreign Factories & Exporter registration in Egypt Decree No. 43/2016
- Foreign factories subjected to decree 43/2016, should register their companies and brand name at the General organization for export & import control (GOEIC).
- Export2gulf able to act as your consultant for market access and registration of your company at GOEIC.
- We are a team of experienced staff and fully aware about (GOEIC / Nafeza platform) regulations.
- Export2gulf is a representative of a GOEIC- Approved inspection body for Egypt COI pre shipment inspection activities.
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