Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Confirmation of the Import and Export Duties Payment
Type of formality	Other
Date of last modification	04.01.2018
Responsible Authorities	Customs Department
LSIC	All sectors
Who should complete this business formality?	Who intends to import and export of goods in customs territory of the Lao PDR, but not include the declaration of retail goods, import-export of vehicles for tourism and goods sent by mail
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	The applicant shall strictly follow all of these steps: 1. The applicant shall submit the Bill of Lading to the authority within 24 hours since the arrival of the products at the border; 2. The applicant shall fill in all the information and attach all the supporting documents into the ASYCUDA system before printing the original customs clearance forms and other supporting documents for actual submission to the Customs authorities for their review and crosscheck with the ASYCUDA; 3. After the endorsement of the custom clearance document by the authority, the applicant shall pay all the required customs and levies such as pay through Smart tax system; 4. After the customs and levies payment in full, all the documents shall be submitted to the Head or Deputy Head of the Customs for their final approval before the applicant shall be entitled to request for the release order.
Additional Comment	The applicant must keep this document for inspection for 3 years

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Instruction Implementing Law on Customs	1559/MOF	24.05.2016
Order on Management and Use of the Customs Declaration Fee	2575/MOF	10.08.2016
Law on Customs (Revised)	04/NA	20.12.2011
Instruction regarding the Electronic Custom Clearance Systems	00097/CD	06.01.2017	Clause 10 Customs Declaration for Importation

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Packing list	Confirmative act
Customs privilege certificate	Confirmative act
Permit form relevant Authorities (in case the goods is in the Negative List)	Confirmative act
Certificate of the Origin of the imported / exported products	Confirmative act
Transportation Document	Confirmative act
Purchase Order	Confirmative act
Power of Attorney	Confirmative act	In case of sending an authorized representative to work with the officers

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

LIST OF ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR FIRST TIME APPLICATION
Type of document	Document Name
Application form	ໃບແຈ້ງພາສີເປັນລາຍລະອຽດ

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Customs Department, Ministry of Finance
Processing Time (Day(s))	1	The relevant law does not define the total review period but the authority informed that in practice, after declaring the document for low-risk goods the authority will take 1 working day to cross-check the products imported before releasing the products. The customs authority has defined the level of risk in a specific regulations.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?	The customs clearance declaration must be applied for every importation

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	0.00	6000.00	6000.00
Comments	Based on the comment from the authority, the application fee is separate from the fee for management of ASYCUDA system which is LAK100,000 per transaction and customs or other fees that need to be paid in full

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Packing list
Customs privilege certificate
Permit form relevant Authorities (in case the goods is in the Negative List)
Certificate of the Origin of the imported / exported products
Transportation Document
Purchase Order
Power of Attorney	In case of sending an authorized representative to work with the officers

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016
2017	300000	0