What is BSC?
BSC is a mandatory loading document for all shipments to Ivory Coast. It is required for Abidjan, Baobab Marine Terminal, port of Sasandra, San Pedro or any other port. It is also known as CTN. It was determined as a regulation in 2005 by the Ivorian Customs Officials. Failing to present the BSC document will lead to severe consequences and a hefty fine.
Procedure
According to this law, every cargo that has been purchased from abroad and transported for commercial, business, in some cases diplomatic and personal purposes require a Loading Certificate called BSC – Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons.
The shipper or the freight forwarder is responsible for acquiring the BSC waiver certificate from the authorized representative.
Requirements
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.
Ivory Coast BSC Regulations
In order to monitor all Côte d’Ivoire volumes, the Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs, in 2003, (OIC – the Ivorian Shippers Council) has 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informed that the exceptional decision of creating Cargo Tracking Note at the destination in the Ivorian seaports was repealed. Customs clearance is made not possible without the BSC at arrival and cargo can consequently be returned.
According to Ivory Coast Customs regulations, all cargoes 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 who arrive without BSC or with false information on the BSC gets 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.
Ivory Coast BSC Notice
Ivory Coast BSC Regulation
General FAQs
FAQs related to Ivory Coast BSC Certificate
The FDI document is issued for each shipment/Bill of Lading separately. The FDI will contain shipment details such as weight, value, shipment term, loading and arrival port names which must match the pertaining shipment documents.
You can find other documents that are necessary to apply for Ivory Coast BSC. Below is the FDI certificate sample copy/
FDI Sample
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