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About Senegal ECTN
According to the Senegal Port Authority Act, the Customs and Excise Department of Senegal has started to implement the ECTN project to further strengthen and improve the efficiency of the transport of goods and to reduce the penalties caused by overdue customs clearance.
ELECTRONIC CARGO TRACKING NOTE, English referred to as ECTN while Chinese commonly known as electronic cargo tracking note.
Decree of the Act, all shipments to Senegal must apply for the ECTN in advance. Otherwise, it will be deemed to violate the transport regulations of Senegal, then customs clearance could not be done successfully on the destination port. In addition, applications for goods arriving at the port of destination will result in high fines.
How to use Senegal ECTN
The original Senegal ECTN certificate (in PDF format) will be sent to the applicant. Then the electrical version will be forwarded to the consignee and the shipping company at the port of destination for customs clearance.
Senegal ECTN processing procedures
1.Providing the application form，Bill of lading ，Commercial invoice and Freight invoice(If the commercial invoice does not show the freight，this document need to be provided).
2.After receipt of the above application documents, the official payment notice will be issued. The CTN number will be issued once we receive the bank slip and confirm the payment.
3.After receiving the CTN number, the applicant can provide this number to the shipping company to issue the original bill of lading.
4.Providing the original bill of lading ， stamped commercial invoice and stamped Freight invoice.
5.After the certificate is submitted for approval, we will send the electronic version of the certificate to the applicant. The applicant can print out the certificate and send it to the customer or mail it to the customer for customs clearance.
Required original scan documents for final validation
1) Original Bill of Lading
2) Commercial invoice stamped
3) Freight invoice stamped
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Dakar is located in Senegal (the Republic of S REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL) the western coast of Gore (GOREE) the west coast of the Gulf, the brink of the Atlantic east, is the largest port in Senegal, West Africa is the largest seaport. Founded in 1861, is now the capital of Senegal and the country’s political, economic and transportation center. It is an important transit port and fueling port of theShow more
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