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Customs Clearing Agents

GUIDE FOR LICENSING CLEARING AGENTS

BACKGROUND

The ASYCUDA World system is a Customs administration system which is based on the full Direct Trader Input (DTI) functionality. This capability ended the role of DataNet at the border posts, which was to capture entries into the Customs System. Accordingly, all importers, exporters or persons importing goods of a commercial nature or in commercial quantities (hereunder referred to as 'Traders') have to either input the data themselves or seek the services of a Customs Clearing Agent.

THE ROLE OF CLEARING AGENTS

The Customs and Excise Act, 1971, hereinafter referred to as the 'Act', allows traders to do their own Customs clearing or to use a Clearing Agent. Traders who opt to use Clearing Agents are advised to take note of the following:

  • Every trader shall be responsible for any act done by a Clearing Agent acting on their behalf. An act or omission of the agent is taken to be an act or omission by the trader. In terms of Section 98 of the Act a trader is bound by all the actions or omissions of his or her agent. Accordingly, a trader cannot seek to escape liability for penalties on the basis that 'it was the fault of the Clearing Agent'.
  • Clearing Agents appointed by traders shall be liable for the fulfilment of all obligations, including the payment of duties and taxes by such trader in terms of Section 99 of the Act.
  • Whilst all Clearing Agents are licensed by the ERS in terms of Section 60 of the Act, they remain independent entities. They are not employees of the ERS; as such the ERS shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of any Clearing Agent;
  • Monies paid into a prepayment account, although receipted into an Account opened in the name of the ERS, remains the property of the trader and under the full control of that trader or his or her agent;
  • The ERS has no control over how that money will be allocated by the Clearing Agent to the declarations that they submit to Customs. It is only after the assessment of the Customs declaration that such monies shall be recognised as government revenue and transferred to the ERS revenue accounts;
  • Accordingly, the ERS cannot be held liable for acts done by such licensed Clearing Agents on behalf of their principals (traders). This includes misallocation of funds in prepayment accounts such as using that money to clear goods belonging to third parties without the authority of the trader; and
  • Traders are requested to report to the ERS any fraudulent or inappropriate acts done by Clearing Agents so that appropriate action, which may include revoking a license, can be taken.

CONNECTIVITY TO ASYCUDA World

Being a web based system, ASYCUDA World requires that the ERS provides sufficient bandwidth to host the system. This has been done. However, each and every Clearing Agent or user of the system must also provide sufficient bandwidth to carry ASYCUDA World traffic from their computers to the ERS Network via their Internet Service Provider. Whilst the system may be up and running on the ERS network, users will not be able to access the system if the facilities provided by their Internet Service Provider are inadequate. Challenges that traders experience sometimes vary from one Internet Service Provider to another; users are therefore advised to assess the services and facilities offered by their Internet Service Providers in case the challenges they may be facing emanate from the inadequacy of such services or facilities.

LICENSED CLEARING AGENTS

Hereunder is a list of licenced clearing agents as at the 18th February, 2019, whose licences expire on the 31st December, 2019. The ERS undertakes to notify the public of newly registered and renewed Clearing Agents’ licences on a periodic basis. The listing of licensed Clearing Agents should not, in any way, be taken to mean that the ERS is vouching for their proficiency and/or integrity.

IMPORTANT NOTE

For purposes of determining the liability of traders for the acts and omissions of their agents, the law does not require Customs to verify if a person transacting Customs business on behalf of a trader is formally appointed or authorised by the trader to act as such. Thus any person, including the driver or person in charge of the means of transport on which the goods are imported or exported, who makes a declaration of the goods on board is considered in law as an agent of the trader.

#NAME OF THE LICENSEETAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
1AL-HARAM INVESTMENTS101-501-684
2ALL IN INVESTMENTS104-508-684
3AMAZING GRACE103-852-650
4BERLIND INVESTMENTS104-275-942
5CAR JUNCTION (PTY) LTD102-266-676
6CJA INVESTMENTS101-373-218
7CONSAKHI INVESTMENTS104-053-218
8CROSS CONTINENTAL CARRIERS100-274-026
9DATA NETWORK SERVICES100-176-984
10DHL SWAZILAND100-199-376
11ELEGANT INVESTMENTS100-226-968
12ELIANG COURIER SERVICES100-348-242
13ELITE MOTORS100-237-076
14ENJOY SWAZILAND INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD105-371-076
15EZM INVESTMENTS101-494-742
16FEDEX102-450-576
17GIL VINCENTE IMPORTS& EXPORTS100-184-800
18GLOBEFLIGHT WORLDWIDE EXPRESS102-35-718
19GMR FREIGHTS100-106-026
20GRINROD LOGISTICS AFRICA (PTY) LTD100-309-018
21INTERFREIGHT SWAZILAND100-181-326
22JAPANZ INTERNATIONAL100-306-950
23JETS INVESTMENTS104-217-526
24JHME INVESTMENTS105-162-634
25KAHLOON MOTORS105 769 684
26LINKS PORT INVESTMENTS(PTY) LTD104-953-442
27LOMAPAM INVESTMENTS100-264-500
28MBUNHLE INVESTMENTS102-313-750
29METAL SOLUTIONS101-496-768
30MONTIGNY INVESTMENTS100-204-034
31MOTHER TRUCKERS100-170-184
32MPONZA INVESTMENT103-076-018
33N&N CLEARING AGENT104-517-068
34NAGRA MOTORS102-532-034
35NGIYAFUNAKWENTEKILE INVESTMENTS101-384-384
36NSK INVESTMENTS100-240-234
37ON-POINT CLEARING AGENT101-337-434
38PAVILLION INVESTMENTS100-270-242
39PHUTFUMANI COURIERS AND FREIGHT104-510-384
40POPULAR INVESTMENTS103-491-868
41PORCUPINE INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD105-054-784
42PPV CLEARING & FORWARDING (PTY) LTD102-137-350
43PSSN INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD103-922-126
44PUNJAB INVESTMENTS100-345-476
45RIGHT WAY INVESTMENTS100-173-668
46ROADLINK INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD104-827-026
47SEYLAN FREIGHT100-204-450
48SHARP FREIGHT SWAZILAND (PTY) LTD100-295-526
49SS.MM INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD105-339-076
50STEEL QUICK INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD105-304-726
51SUPERWORLD CLEARING AGENT101-590-150
52TAKBRO SERVICES (PTY) LTD100-480-850
53TIMELESS INVESTMENTS103-453-800
54TRITON EXPRESS(PTY) LTD100-581-184
55TT GLOBAL INVESTMENTS100-159-976
56UNICARGO SWAZILAND100-112-476
57WETHUPO INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD104-622-850
58ZIA INVESTMENTS100-241-826

ACTIVE TRANSIT BOND HOLDERS

NAME OF THE LICENSEETIN
AMAZING GRACE CLEARING AGENT103-852-650
BERLIND INVESTMENTS104-275-026
CROSS CONTINENTAL CARRIERS100-274-026
DATA NETWORK SERVICES100-176-984
GIL VICENTE IMPORT & EXPORT100-184-800
GRINROD LOGISTICS AFRICA(PTY) LTD100-309-018
INTERFREIGHT SWAZILAND100-181-326
ON-POINT CLEARING AGENT101-337-434
PHUTFUMANI COURIERS104-510-384
PORCUPINE INVESTMENTS105-054-784
ROADLINK INVESTMENTS104-827-026
RSSC (PTY) LTD100-170-500
SEYLAN FREIGHT100-208-650
SOUTHERN STAR LOGISTICS105-140-250
TAKBRO SERVICES100-480-850
TIMELESS INVESTMENTS103-453-800
USA DISTILLERS100-131-826
ZHENG YONG ESWATINI100-177-150
2021 ACTIVE CLEARING AGENTS AS AT 1504212021 ACTIVE TRANSIT BOND HOLDERS AS AT 250221

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