Equatorial Guinea

WAIVER REQUIREMENTS

ECTN

Bordereau de Electronic Cargo Tracking Note

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is country in West Africa. It is bordered by 2 countries CAMEROON to the North and GABON to the South/East .

Republic of Equatorial Guinea Administration of Finance and Communication declared that effective in 2016 a Cargo Tracking Note or Formulario Electrónico para el Seguimiento de Operaciones (FESO) is required for all cargo imported into the Republic .

Some shipping lines may not load cargo without the CTN number.
According to Equatorial Guinea Custom regulations numbered N° EG/2013/485/PAA/SGG effective from May 2013, all sea cargo shipped to Equatorial Guinea requires an Electronic Cargo Tracking Number (ECTN) certificate representative.

Port

Documents and Information required

Bill of Lading (Final B/L for validation)
Commercial invoice: currency must be mentioned in $ or €
Freight invoice in the same currency (not needed in case the freight charges are mentioned on the commercial invoice)
Export Customs document (optional)
Country of Origin of the goods

Additional information

A pre-validated ECTN document must be completed and validated within 5 working days. Otherwise, the ECTN document will be cancelled. All costs involved will be support by the applicant.
The ECTN must be validated at least 5 days before the arrival of the ship at destination.

Procedure

Submit online or per email the required documents.
You will be sent a draft and an invoice, typically within the same day.
Once your payment has been received and you have approved the draft, a validated certificate will be sent

Timeline

The ECTN must be validated before the vessel arrives at the destination. No regularization at destination port.
Once payment is received and draft is approved, please allow up to 48 hours for ECTN to be released by CNCC Authorities.

Penalties

A shipment arriving without ECTN or with false information in the ECTN results in a fine twice the cost of the ECTN, plus the regulatory costs determined by the officials of the national port of Equatorial Guinea.

Quotation request

NOTE: Your information will only be used to send your quote within the following 24/48H

CTN Request

NOTE: Response emails often go to the spam folder if ibescbusiness.com is not a “trusted sender”, please check your spam folder if you do not receive a submission verification in your inbox.

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