DOCUMENTATION & TARIFFS

DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT

When carrying out any type of national or international logistic operation, for an import or export, it will be necessary to have a complete knowledge of all the documentation required for the exit or entry of products. This documentation is always subject to the regulations and conditions that each country has and that you must be clear about from the beginning.

Commercial Invoice or Commercial Invoice

• It is the legal document of a commercial transaction issued by the seller (shipper/exporter) to the buyer (importer/cnee), where the date of shipment, means of transport, condition of purchase and terms of payment must appear, as well as the description of the products and prices.

Packing List 

• It is the document that allows to know in detail the contents of each package, similar to an inventory and facilitates the task of recognition and customs inspection. This document may contain details of packing materials, quantity of goods, weight, m3, markings, dimensions.

Certificate of Origin (C.O.)

• It is the official document that is needed to prove that an exporter, producer or importer complies with the conditions established in the agreements to have the benefit of a duties rebate at destination.
  According to the country of origin there are different certificates, as in the case of China, the CO is called FORM-F, in the case of the European Community the CO is called EUR1.

BL (Bill of Lading)

• It is the most important document of an import or export by sea, which acts as a contract of carriage, also called Bill of Lading, being the document that the final customer receives and that covers their merchandise to pick it up at customs.

CUSTOMS AGENCY

In order to have a correct internment or exit of the merchandise, the customs management, it is essential and directly affects that the cargo fulfills the regulations and documentation satisfactorily, always taking into account that there is the possibility of falling in physical inspection (“Aforo”) by Customs, it must be considered to have the following documentation in order:

• Name and contact number of the Consignee and Shipper.
• Packing List.
• Country of Origin.
• Authorizations based on your product.

INSPECTIONS / PHYSICAL INSPECTION (“Aforo”)

• In relation to the inspection, this can be done in different ways, physically or limited to review the documentation of your shipment, so the customs authorities will apply different levels of control to verify that the import or export complies with national and international laws and regulations. Customs may require inspection of the container, its products or proof of use of the products before allowing the IMPORT or export of the goods. 

CUSTOMS

• Customs Duties a set of public law rules that have as an element of its factual assumption, the entry of goods into a customs territory, which is called import, or the exit of goods from a customs territory, which is called export.

Import Duties

• Payment of the ad valorem duty or customs tariff (6%) on the CIF value.
• Payment of VAT (19%) on CIF value plus ad valorem duty.
• *CIF value (cost of goods + insurance premium + freight value).

Tariff and Non-Tariff Restrictions

• Non-tariff regulations and restrictions (NTRs) are a measure of governments to regulate or restrict the entry or exit of goods between different countries to control the flow of goods, divided into quantitative and qualitative.

Law regulating Imports in Chile

• Chilean Law – Law 18525. All goods imported into the country from abroad are subject to payment of the duties established in the Customs Tariff or in other legal provisions that impose them.

Most common non-tariff barriers

• Import Licenses, Rules of Origin, Technical Standards, Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Standards, Quantitative Restrictions on imports, are some of the typical examples of this type of import restrictions.