Bahamas Customs Brokerage Training
Why a New Customs Management Act? - ANS To meet the obligations contained in the
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed by The Bahamas in October 2008.
A scheme to create a free trade area among member states. - ANS Economic Partnership
Agreement (E.P.A).
The Bahamas does not have membership with? - ANS World Trade Organization (W.T.O).
Which agreement refers to Rules of Origin and Preferential Tariff? - ANS Economic Partnership
Agreement (E.P.A).
The Bahamas has only observatory status with? - ANS World Trade Organization (W.T.O).
Name three (3) powers of the Comptroller. - ANS (i) Responsible for the general management
and administration of the Customs authority
(ii) Exercise powers and perform the duties of the Minister under the Act
(iii) Prescribe rules for designating Customs controlled areas.
Name six (6) powers of a Customs Officer. - ANS (i) Board any means of transport
(ii) Search any means of transport
(iii) Detain any means of transport
(iv) Questions persons within 72 hours of arrival
(v) Audit or examination of business records
(vi) Powers to patrol and surveillance of property
Give the names and uses of the following forms:
C.1
C.2
C.7
C.5A
C.38
C.36 - ANS C.1 - Attendance Request - An application for the attendance of Customs Officers
at any place where Customs Officers do not normally attend.
C.2 - Report Inwards of Vessels
C.7 - Aircraft General Declaration
C.5A - Declaration of Consumable Stores On Board Aircraft
C.38 - Transire
C.36 - Certificate of Clearance of Vessel
, Name two (2) places the Minister designates as Custom Places. - ANS (i) Customs Airports
(ii) Customs Ports
Give the name and color of the flag that is flown when ships enter The Bahamas. - ANS
Quarantine Flag - Yellow
Give the name of the form that is given to the Customs authority to determine the health
conditions of persons on board the vessel. - ANS Maritime Health Declaration
The Customs Management Act outlines four (4) ways goods shall be entered. Name any three. -
ANS (i) C.13 - Home Consumption Entry
(ii) C.16 - Warehousing Entry
(iii) C.41 - Request to Import Goods for Temporary Use or Purpose
(iv) C.35 - Transshipment Entry
The Mail Boat clears Customs in Freeport, and had dutiable goods destined for New
Providence. What is the form used to send those duty not paid goods to Nassau? - ANS C.38 -
Transire
Your client imported a shipment of TVs arriving via Air Freight, designated for Cuba. How should
those goods be entered. - ANS C.35 - Transshipment Entry
The time allotted for goods to remain in Gladstone Freight Terminal before the goods are sent to
the Customs Warehouse shall be? - ANS Five (5) days excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
There are six (6) principles of the W.T.O. Valuation Agreement, which dictates the way goods
are to be valued.
(a) Name three (3) of these principles. - ANS 1. Transactional Value on Price Actually Paid or
Payable (PAPP)
2. Identical Goods
3. Similar
4. Deductive Value
5. Computed Value
6. Fall Back Method
The concept of Deductive Value. - ANS Deductive Value concept is based on sampling at least
three domesticated business houses involved in the import and sale of an identical product, and
determining which of those local companies would have sold the aggregate amount of that
product on a given day. The company which fulfilled that requirement, will then be used to cause
deductions to be made on the individual unit price. Such deductions would include all expenses
involved from getting the goods off the docks up to the point of sale, inclusive of profit margins.
After such deductions, the unit price is determined.
Why a New Customs Management Act? - ANS To meet the obligations contained in the
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed by The Bahamas in October 2008.
A scheme to create a free trade area among member states. - ANS Economic Partnership
Agreement (E.P.A).
The Bahamas does not have membership with? - ANS World Trade Organization (W.T.O).
Which agreement refers to Rules of Origin and Preferential Tariff? - ANS Economic Partnership
Agreement (E.P.A).
The Bahamas has only observatory status with? - ANS World Trade Organization (W.T.O).
Name three (3) powers of the Comptroller. - ANS (i) Responsible for the general management
and administration of the Customs authority
(ii) Exercise powers and perform the duties of the Minister under the Act
(iii) Prescribe rules for designating Customs controlled areas.
Name six (6) powers of a Customs Officer. - ANS (i) Board any means of transport
(ii) Search any means of transport
(iii) Detain any means of transport
(iv) Questions persons within 72 hours of arrival
(v) Audit or examination of business records
(vi) Powers to patrol and surveillance of property
Give the names and uses of the following forms:
C.1
C.2
C.7
C.5A
C.38
C.36 - ANS C.1 - Attendance Request - An application for the attendance of Customs Officers
at any place where Customs Officers do not normally attend.
C.2 - Report Inwards of Vessels
C.7 - Aircraft General Declaration
C.5A - Declaration of Consumable Stores On Board Aircraft
C.38 - Transire
C.36 - Certificate of Clearance of Vessel
, Name two (2) places the Minister designates as Custom Places. - ANS (i) Customs Airports
(ii) Customs Ports
Give the name and color of the flag that is flown when ships enter The Bahamas. - ANS
Quarantine Flag - Yellow
Give the name of the form that is given to the Customs authority to determine the health
conditions of persons on board the vessel. - ANS Maritime Health Declaration
The Customs Management Act outlines four (4) ways goods shall be entered. Name any three. -
ANS (i) C.13 - Home Consumption Entry
(ii) C.16 - Warehousing Entry
(iii) C.41 - Request to Import Goods for Temporary Use or Purpose
(iv) C.35 - Transshipment Entry
The Mail Boat clears Customs in Freeport, and had dutiable goods destined for New
Providence. What is the form used to send those duty not paid goods to Nassau? - ANS C.38 -
Transire
Your client imported a shipment of TVs arriving via Air Freight, designated for Cuba. How should
those goods be entered. - ANS C.35 - Transshipment Entry
The time allotted for goods to remain in Gladstone Freight Terminal before the goods are sent to
the Customs Warehouse shall be? - ANS Five (5) days excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
There are six (6) principles of the W.T.O. Valuation Agreement, which dictates the way goods
are to be valued.
(a) Name three (3) of these principles. - ANS 1. Transactional Value on Price Actually Paid or
Payable (PAPP)
2. Identical Goods
3. Similar
4. Deductive Value
5. Computed Value
6. Fall Back Method
The concept of Deductive Value. - ANS Deductive Value concept is based on sampling at least
three domesticated business houses involved in the import and sale of an identical product, and
determining which of those local companies would have sold the aggregate amount of that
product on a given day. The company which fulfilled that requirement, will then be used to cause
deductions to be made on the individual unit price. Such deductions would include all expenses
involved from getting the goods off the docks up to the point of sale, inclusive of profit margins.
After such deductions, the unit price is determined.
