1.3 Mozambique Customs Information | Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments

Duties and Tax Exemption

For contact information regarding government custom authorities, please follow this link : 4.1 Mozambique Government Contact List

For further customs contact information, please select the following document: Mozambique Customs Information Additional Information

For contacts information on Customs Provincial Offices, Border Posts, Immigration Contacts and for Custom Information by Entry Points, please select the following document: Mozambique Customs information

Emergency Response:

[Note: This section contains information which is related and applicable to ‘crisis’ times. These instruments can be applied when an emergency is officially declared by the Government. When this occurs, there is usually a streamlined process to import goods duty and tax free.]

In the following table, state which of the following agreements and conventions apply to the country and if there are any other existing ones

Agreements / Conventions Description	Ratified by Country? (Yes / No)
WCO (World Customs Organization) member	Yes
Annex J-5 Revised Kyoto Convention	Yes
OCHA Model Agreement	Yes
Tampere Convention (on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations)	No
Regional Agreements (on emergency/disaster response, but also customs unions, regional integration)	SADC

Exemption Regular Regime (Non-Emergency Response):

[Note: This section should contain information on the usual duties & taxes exemption regime during non-emergency times, when there is no declared state of emergency and no streamlines process (e.g. regular importations/development/etc.).]

National Customs Legislation and Regime

All UN agencies, NGOs and embassies which have agreements with the Government of Moçambique are entitled to duty free status
The Alfãndagas de Moçambique reports to the Ministry of Finance
The division responsible for Customs & Excise is the Technical Division at Alfãndagas de Moçambique HQ

Organizational Requirements to obtain Duty Free Status
United Nations Agencies
Alfãndagas de Moçambique provides application booklets called ‘Certification for Entry of Goods Duty Free for Privileged Persons or Organisation’ to the privileged importers. Applications are filled by the importers and submitted to the Alfãndagas de Moçambique Regional Office for approval. Here are the steps: As shipping documents are received, the appointed clearing agent is asked to prepare a bill of entry The bill of entry and the shipping documents are attached to the application for Certification for the Entry of Goods Duty Free for Privileged Persons or Organizations and submitted to the MRA Regional Office for certification The application shall list details such as the name of the organisation and address, description of goods and value of the commodity in Moçambique Meticais and customs procedure codes The common regime for imports on IM4 (Imported consumable goods) is 4000 and Customs Procedure Codes(CPC) for the privileged organisation or persons are CPC 4000430 for personal effects and 4000445/215 for goods to be used by the organisation and the application must be signed by the signatory of the organisation For border clearance the certification is completed when the trucks arrive at the border
Non Governmental Organizations
same as for UN Agencies

Exemption Certificate Document Requirements

Duties and Taxes Exemption Certificate Document Requirements (by commodity)
	Food	NFI (Shelter, WASH, Education)	Medicines	Vehicles & Spare Parts	Staff & Office Supplies	Telecoms Equipment
Invoice	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
AWB/BL/Other Transport Documents	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Donation/Non-Commercial Certificates	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Packing Lists	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Other Documents
Additional Notes
n/a

Customs Clearance

General Information

Customs Information
Document Requirements	n/a
Embargoes	None
Prohibited Items	Specific drugs, protected species, weapons, immitation and counterfiet material
General Restrictions	GMO commodities are not permitted into Moçambique Permits are required for the following commodities; Soya beans, all grains (including meals and flours) vegetable oils, fruit, eggs, poultry, fish, meat and meat products

Customs Clearance Document Requirements

Customs Clearance Document Requirements (by commodity)
	Food	NFI (Shelter, WASH, Education)	Medicines	Vehicles & Spare Parts	Staff & Office Supplies	Telecoms Equipment
D&T Exemption Certificate	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy
Invoice	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
AWB/BL/Other Transport Documents	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Donation/Non-Commercial Certificates	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Packing Lists	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Phytosanitary Certificate	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Distribution Plan	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	Yes, Original, 1 copy	n/a	Yes, Original, 1 copy
Emergency Document	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	Yes, Original, 2 copies	n/a	Yes, Original, 2 copies
Additional Notes
Please note: These requirements apply to the UN and NGO’s alike Food commodities such as Maize, CSB, DSM, Millet, Rice & Vegetable Oil require import permits prior to importation The INGC requires input from the destination province to confirm the need for the imported commodities Medicines, Pestecides and Communition Equipment requires previeus authorisation from the governemt instituion During an emeregency the importation process is conducted through the INGC Importation of office supplies are conducted through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Transit Regime

When a shipment arrives at an entry point, all documents are handed over to the Forwarding Agent who then prepares a Bill of Entry (BoE) and the Clearing Agent then submits the BoE to Customs for processing
Please note; The documents must state the intended border crossing to exit Moçambique
At the point of exit the transit documents are then presented to customs at the customs office at the stated exit point

For Weight and Value Band information, please select the following document:

Mozambique Customs Information Additional Information

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