Malaysian Import and Export Procedures

Documents Required in Support of the Malaysian Customs declaration form:

The supporting documents are basically documents required by the Malaysian Custom Department to enable the proper officer to ascertain the amount of duties/taxes to be collected.

In addition, the proper officer of customs is given the power to request for any other needed documents under Section 100 of the Customs Act 1967.

  1. Bill of lading or consignment note, where appropriate
  2. Commercial invoice relating to the goods
  3. Bank documents such as letter of credit etc.
  4. Certificate of origin of the goods
  5. Packing List
  6. Import license/export license, if applicable
  7. Relevant foreign exchange control documents (for exportation of goods) if applicable.

Submission of Inward and Outward Manifest

The inward and outward manifests contain all particulars of the goods such as marks, numbers and content of each packages, landed or shipped , names of shippers and consignees name.

The inward manifest must be lodged to the customs within a specified time after the arrival of the carrier.
 
  The owner or agent or person in control of the carrier or of the goods is made responsible for all the goods so reported until the customs declaration has been duly processed and the goods are released form customs control.

This means every item of the cargo as listed in the manifest must be accounted for and balanced with the customs declaration.

Accountability of exports by vessel or aircraft is through the outward manifest. It is a legal obligation imposed on the owner or agent of any vessel of aircraft to comply with this requirement.

The period of submission of the outward manifest is within seven days of the departure of the vessel of the aircraft.


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Letters of Credit Collection Procedures
# The exporter then presents the draft, with the required shipping documents attached, to the bank in his own country that has advised the letter of credit.

6. The bank then checks very carefully that all the documents are present, including the required number of copies, that the conditions of the letter of credit have been scrupulously met and that the documents have been completed accurately.
 # Be aware that any omissions or discrepancies in the documents may be grounds for the foreign bank to refuse payment to the Advising Bank in reimbursement of the funds paid to the exporter. Or the exporter's failure to meet any of the conditions set out in the L.C.

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