Bahamas Customs Brokerage Training
1. Why a New Customs Management Act?: To meet the obligations
contained in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed by The
Bahamas in October 2008.
2. A scheme to create a free trade area among member states.:
Economic Partnership Agreement (E.P.A).
3. The Bahamas does not have membership with?: World Trade
Organization (W.T.O).
4. Which agreement refers to Rules of Origin and Preferential Tariff?:
Economic Partnership Agreement (E.P.A).
5. The Bahamas has only observatory status with?: World Trade
Organization (W.T.O).
6. Name three (3) powers of the Comptroller.: (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.
7. Name six (6) powers of a Customs Officer.: (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
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,(vi)Powers to patrol and surveillance of property
8. Give the names and uses of the following forms:
C.1
C.2
C.7
C.5A
C.38
C.36: 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
9. Name two (2) places the Minister designates as Custom Places.: (i)
Customs Airports
(ii) Customs Ports
10.Give the name and color of the flag that is flown when ships enter
The Bahamas.: Quarantine Flag - Yellow
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, 11.Give the name of the form that is given to the Customs authority to
determine the health conditions of persons on board the vessel.:
Maritime Health Declaration
12.The Customs Management Act outlines four (4) ways goods shall
be entered. Name any three.: (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
13.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?: C.38 - Transire
14.Your client imported a shipment of TVs arriving via Air Freight,
designated for Cuba. How should those goods be entered.: C.35 -
Transshipment Entry
15.The time allotted for goods to remain in Gladstone Freight Terminal
before the goods are sent to the Customs Warehouse shall be?: Five (5)
days excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
16. There are six (6) principles of the W.T.O. Valuation Agreement, which
dic- tates the way goods are to be valued.
(a) Name three (3) of these principles.: 1. Transactional Value on Price
Actually Paid or Payable (PAPP)
2. Identical Goods
3. Similar
4. Deductive Value
5. Computed Value
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1. Why a New Customs Management Act?: To meet the obligations
contained in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed by The
Bahamas in October 2008.
2. A scheme to create a free trade area among member states.:
Economic Partnership Agreement (E.P.A).
3. The Bahamas does not have membership with?: World Trade
Organization (W.T.O).
4. Which agreement refers to Rules of Origin and Preferential Tariff?:
Economic Partnership Agreement (E.P.A).
5. The Bahamas has only observatory status with?: World Trade
Organization (W.T.O).
6. Name three (3) powers of the Comptroller.: (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.
7. Name six (6) powers of a Customs Officer.: (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
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,(vi)Powers to patrol and surveillance of property
8. Give the names and uses of the following forms:
C.1
C.2
C.7
C.5A
C.38
C.36: 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
9. Name two (2) places the Minister designates as Custom Places.: (i)
Customs Airports
(ii) Customs Ports
10.Give the name and color of the flag that is flown when ships enter
The Bahamas.: Quarantine Flag - Yellow
2/
, 11.Give the name of the form that is given to the Customs authority to
determine the health conditions of persons on board the vessel.:
Maritime Health Declaration
12.The Customs Management Act outlines four (4) ways goods shall
be entered. Name any three.: (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
13.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?: C.38 - Transire
14.Your client imported a shipment of TVs arriving via Air Freight,
designated for Cuba. How should those goods be entered.: C.35 -
Transshipment Entry
15.The time allotted for goods to remain in Gladstone Freight Terminal
before the goods are sent to the Customs Warehouse shall be?: Five (5)
days excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
16. There are six (6) principles of the W.T.O. Valuation Agreement, which
dic- tates the way goods are to be valued.
(a) Name three (3) of these principles.: 1. Transactional Value on Price
Actually Paid or Payable (PAPP)
2. Identical Goods
3. Similar
4. Deductive Value
5. Computed Value
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