In accordance with the provisions of Articles 207, 208 and 209 of the Customs Code, ordinary transit is the customs procedure under which goods subject to duties and taxes or prohibited goods are dispatched from one point to another in the customs territory under acquit-à-caution de transit and in case of necessity, under customs lead or under customs escort.

The customs service may grant, at the request of a declarant, and if sufficient guarantees of the integrity of the goods are presented to it, measures to simplify the conditions of transport and transit.

Upon entry, goods shipped under the ordinary transit procedure shall be accounted for and verified under the same conditions as goods declared for consumption.

Upon arrival at destination, the bond must be delivered to the customs office where a customs procedure is assigned to the goods.

The international transit in accordance with the provisions of Article 214 of the Customs Codeis the customs procedure under which goods transported under customs control between the customs territory of the Republic of Benin and that of another State are placed, in suspension of duties, taxes and other prohibition measures.

The international transit regime is generally granted to certain transport undertakings under conditions laid down by international conventions or by order of the Minister of Finance.

Companies benefiting from international transit must make available to the customs administration the stores where the goods will be received pending the assignment of a definitive customs procedure and the facilities and equipment necessary for their clearance.

The conditions for the construction, closing and sealing of vehicles of all kinds used for transport are determined by international conventions or by order of the Minister of Finance.

Used vehicle transit formalities

Any used vehicle entering the territory of Benin in transit shall be subject to electronic tracking.

This operation will allow, by means of a check points system, the location of the vehicles concerned from the revenue of the issuing customs to the revenue of the destination or their actual exit from the territory. The transit procedure is as follows:

• Entry of the customs declaration with the following mandatory information:
  • The identification number of the agent appointed by the authorized customs officer;
  • The name and surname of the representative or collector in box 9 of the Single Declaration Document (DUD);
  • Contact of the representative;
  • The complete chassis number of the vehicle concerned.
• Single Fee Order (SRF).
• Import of the information necessary for the creation of the electronic tracking file by the Vehicle Transit Formalities Centre (CFTVO).
• Production of the electronic tracking file by CFTVO.
• No later than 24 hours after validation of the BFU regulations in ASYCUDA WORLD, the electronic tracking kit on the sales fleet.
• Presentation of the authorised representative with his/her identity document to the agent of BENIN-CONTROL on the sales centre for the formalities of removal after customs checks of use.
• Having left the various sales fleets, the vehicles will have to go to the North grouping fleet for vehicles to the countries of the hinterland (Niger, Burkina-Faso...) or to the South grouping fleet for other destinations. From there, the vehicles will be registered before their departure to the border under customs escort.
• At the border to destination customs post, the vehicles will be presented to the customs officer and then to the BENIN-CONTROL officer for use checks and optical reading of the registration tapes.
• As the vehicle has left the territory by the planned border, an Electronic Tracking Certificate (ESA) will be produced and available for withdrawal from the approved Customs Commissioner within 8 days at the latest following the actual exit registration.

N.B: The validity of the registration band is 15 days, after which the documents drawn up by the CFTVO for the vehicle are no longer valid.

• With regard to land borders of entry, report to the Customs Revenue for the settlement of transit charges and then report to the BC agent for electronic tracking procedures.

The various stages of electronic monitoring

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