Turkish Advanced Manifest (AMS)

We would like to inform you of a new regulation at Turkish customs regarding “Turkish Advanced
manifest/Entry summary declarations”. This will be effective as from January 2012 and will be applied for
all shipments from any country to/via Turkey. Except the cargo passing transmit without any stop through
territorial waters or airspace of Turkish Customs Territory, entry summary declaration should be lodged for
all goods brought into Turkish Customs Territory.

The rule requires all ocean carriers & freight forwarders to submit complete and accurate cargo information
to Turkey Customs for vessels calling at Turkey ports.

To enable the entry summary declarations, the following information is required in your shipping
instructions 72 hours prior to sailing of the vessel:
- full name and address of shipper and consignee
- full name and address of notify party where goods are carried under a negotiable “to order” B/L
- goods description (general terms for example “consolidated cargo” or “general cargo” cannot be accepted)
- minimally first six digits of the HS code.
- number of packages
- cargo gross weight
- UN dangerous goods code where applicable
- tax number of consignee or notify party
(source: VL)

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