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Madagascar ACI
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THE ACI (ADVANCE CARGO INFORMATION) SERVICE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN MADAGASCAR UNDER THE NAME OF BSC (BORDEREAU DE SUIVI DES CARGAISONS) The BSC procedure is being enforced by Decision n°01/MFB/SG/DGD dated March 23rd, 2007. The purpose of this new procedure is to enable the Malagasy Authorities to identify, control, secure, track and forecast the traffic of imported goods. The BSC is a modern tool / web-based application (http://bscmg.sgs.com) allowing the monitoring of imported goods, and enable generating of real time statistics. The procedure has been designed to be as simple as possible for the trading community. Regardless the transaction value, the customs office, the regime or the final destination of the goods, a BSC will have to be registered and validated for each cargo embarking for the Republic of Madagascar as from April 1st, 2007.The exporter or his forwarding agent will therefore have to perform this formality and attach to each BSC the corresponding final documents (final invoice, transport document and export customs declaration). As the BSC reference will be mandatory for clearance purposes, no clearance will be admitted for any cargo for which no BSC has been correctly validated. Any communication of fake documents or wrong information through the BSC submission will be the responsibility of the importer who may then be subject to legal action. |
