CAO 12-2019 Flashcards
DEFINITION OF TERMS (22 cards)
shall refer to a transport document for airfreight used by airlines and international freight forwarders which specifies the holder or consignee of the bill who has the right to claim delivery of the goods when they arrive at the port of destination. It is a contract of carriage that includes carrier conditions, such as limits of liability and claims procedures. In addition, it contains transport instructions to airlines and carriers, a description of the goods, and applicable transportation charges
Airway Bill
shall refer to a commercial bank
authorized by the Bureau to collect payment of duties, taxes and other charges
Authorized Agent Bank (AAB)
shall refer to the person actually transporting goods or in charge of or responsible for the operation of the means of transport such as airlines, shipping lines, freight forwarders, cargo consolidators, non-vessel operating common carriers and other international transport operators
Carrier
shall refer to any person who is a bona fide
holder of a valid Certificate of Registration or Professional Identification Card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board and Professional Regulation Commission pursuant to R.A. No. 9280, otherwise known as the “Customs Brokers Act of 2004”, as amended by R.A. No. 9853.
Customs Broker
shall refer to
facilities for temporary storage of goods established and authorized by the Bureau pursuant to Title VIII, Chapter 2 of the CMTA. These include container yards, container freight stations, seaport temporary storage warehouses, airport temporary storage warehouses and other premises, for customs purposes
Customs Facilities and Warehouses (CFW)
shall refer to verifiable information
indicating that a certain shipment is in high risk of probable violation of the provisions of the CMTA and related laws
Derogatory Information
shall refer to goods of foreign origin
Foreign Goods -
shall refer to articles, wares, merchandise, and other items which are subject of importation, exportation or transshipment.
Goods
also known as inward
goods declaration, which contains the particulars of an import shipment such as the transport document numbers, name of carrier, voyage or flight number, name of consignor and consignees, marks and numbers, container information for sea-freight, kinds and number of packages, description and quantities, weights and measures of the goods, port of loading and intended destination
Inward Foreign Cargo Manifest (IFCM)
shall refer to a place where containers are stacked and arranged according to the sequence of withdrawal to inside the port or customs zone. It is also where the containers are arranged prior to loading to a carrying vessel in accordance with the sequence of loading on the stowage plan. This also serves as temporary storage area for Transshipment Goods where containers are arranged, stacked and stored temporarily
Marshalling Yard
shall refer to the term that is given to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.
Master of the Vessel
shall refer to goods liable to perish or goods that depreciate greatly in value while stored or which cannot be kept without great disproportionate expense
Perishable Goods
shall refer to a person aboard the aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight.
Pilot-in-Command
shall refer to the first Philippine port of call of a foreign carrier. These shall be the ports designated as such by applicable laws or by the President in the exercise of his authority to open or close any port.
Port of Entry
shall refer to the last foreign port of call of a carrier to unload foreign Goods.
Port of Final Destination (of Goods)
shall refer to the movement of goods for any purpose other than the regular handling, such as discharging of goods destined for another port from carrier to pier or tarmac and shall be reloaded to the same carrier.
Shifting of Goods
shall refer to a document that accompanies the transfer of Transshipment Goods to a Customs Facility and Warehouse (CFW) and serves as proof of delivery or receipt of the articles at its intended destination duly acknowledged on its face by the Collector of Customs or his duly authorized representative. It is also commonly referred to as a “boat note”.
Transfer Note
refers to the customs procedure under which
goods are transferred under customs control from the importing means of transport to the exporting means of transport within the area of one customs office, which is the office of both importation and exportation.
Transshipment
refer to goods that are transferred under
customs control from the importing means of transport to the exporting means of transport within the area of one customs office, which is the office of both importation and exportation
Transshipment Goods
shall refer to the document
which is required by the BOC to be submitted, particularly describing the nature and quantity of the goods subject of transshipment duly supported by transport documents.
Transshipment Goods Declaration
shall refer to a unit of the capacity of a container ship. The dimension of one (1) TEU is equal to that of a standard twenty-footer shipping container (20 ft. long and 8 ft. high)
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)
shall refer to any destructive device or weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors, any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector, or any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life. This includes, but not limited to: (a) nuclear and radiological explosive devices and their major sub-systems; (b) chemicals covered by Schedule I, II and III of the Chemical Weapons Convention; and (c) biological agents and biologically derived substances specifically developed, configured, adapted, or modified for the purpose of increasing their capability to produce casualties in humans or livestock, degrade equipment, or damage crops
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
