Ivory Coast BSC

• Bill of Lading – a Draft copy can be used to generate the draft BSC. Original copy has to be provided with the date of issue before the validation.
• Commercial Invoice
• Freight Invoice: It is necessary if the freight cost isn’t on the commercial invoice.
• Export Customs Declaration – Details have to match with all documents if it is not cross-trade.
• Packing List – Reference of the doc, the date, the number of containers, the container numbers and the container type have to be mentioned.
• Certificate of Origin
• Local Certificate of Insurance (Local certificat d’assurance) – The importer must get it from Ivory Coast, regardless of the shipment type.
• FDI document (Fiche de decleration a l’importation) – The importer will get it from Ivory Coast regardless of shipment type.

To monitor all Côte d’Ivoire volumes, the Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs, in 2003 (OIC – the Ivorian Shippers Council) introduced a Bordereau de Suivi de Cargaison (BSC) – a cargo tracking note. The order urged Shippers to apply for BSC with an exceptional decision of creating CTN/BSC at the destination port.

However, allowing the recommendations of the National Workshop, in 2013, all shippers were informed that the exceptional decision of creating a Cargo Tracking Note at the destination in the Ivorian seaports was repealed. As a result, customs clearance is not possible without the BSC at arrival, and cargo can be returned.

• According to Ivory Coast Customs regulations, all cargo to Ivory Coast must be accompanied by a BSC certificate.
• The BSC certificate must be validated five days before the vessel arrives at the latest.
• The cargo won’t be cleared and will be sent back to the origin if the BSC certificate is not provided.
• Shipments that arrive without BSC or with false information on the BSC get charged twice the certificate cost plus the regulation charge determined by the Ivory Coast National Port Officials.
• Customs Declaration amendments are subject to a fine of 2500 USD per Bill of lading. This amount will be debited to the agency that requests the correction.