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Steps (24)

Obtain TIN certificate (3)

1 Obtain token number

2 Submit required documents

3 Obtain TIN certificate

or Apply online

Obtain VAT certificate (3)

4 Apply online

or Obtain token number

5 Submit required documents

6 Obtain VAT certificate

Register as an importer (TIN/VAT registration) with Customs (1)

7 Register as an importer in ASYCUDA World system

Obtain approval letter (2)

8 Submit required documents

9 Obtain approval letter

Obtain import control license (4)

10 Submit required documents

11 Pay fee

12 Submit receipt of payment

13 Obtain import control license

Obtain debit note (2)

14 Submit required documents

15 Obtain debit note

Customs clearance (9)

16 Engage declaration company/Customs House Agent

17 Submit CusDec and other documents in ASYCUDA

18 Pay Customs dues

19 Obtain Customs container pass

20 Consignment unloaded from terminal

21 Scanning of consignment

22 Obtain gate pass to exit New Container Terminal

23 Inspection of consignment

24 Release of import consignment

Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 8

Sri Lanka Inland Revenue (x 5)

Sri Lanka Customs (x 2)

Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (x 2)

Import and Export Control Department (x 6)

10 11 12 13 14 15

A declaration company (x 2)

A licensed commercial bank

Sri Lanka Customs (port of colombo)

Sri Lanka Customs (examination yard) (x 3)

Results 10

TIN certificate

VAT certificate

TIN/VAT number registered in the Customs system

Access to use ASYCUDA World System

Approval letter addressed to Customs

Import control license (ICL)

Debit note

Agreement with declaration company

Approved CusDec

Consignment released

Required Documents

Token number (IRD) (x 2)

Application form to register for TIN (individual)

National identity card (x 14)

2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 10

Utility bill

Application form to register for TIN (business or partnership)

Business registration certificate (certificate of incorporation) (x 3)

Proof of address (x 7)

Application form to register for TIN (companies)

Form 1 (x 4)

Articles of association

Authorization letter (x 2)

Request letter (x 2)

Written submission (x 2)

Sole proprietorship business registration (x 3)

Partnership business registration certificate (x 2)

Passport

Bill of Lading (x 5)

Airway bill (x 2)

Application form to register for VAT

Application form to register as an exporter or importer with Customs

VAT certificate

TIN certificate

Grama Niladhari letter

Form 20

Billing proof

Photos of all the directors

Affidavit

Birth certificate

Application to obtain letter for custom clearance

Invoice

Technical specifications of equipment

Application form (indent form) for telecommunication and other equipment

Proforma invoice

Relevant authority clearance/permission to import letter

Paying-in voucher (IECD)

Tax invoice (IECD)

Debit declaration

Customs Declaration (CusDec) (x 3)

Commercial invoice (x 3)

Import control license (ICL) (x 2)

Any other alternative requirement requested by the Controller General

Delivery order (x 2)

Master airway bill

House airway bill

Arrival notification

Packing list (x 2)

Letter of credit

Approval letter addressed to Customs

Catalogue of imported equipment

Value declaration form (VDF)

Assessment notice

Customs container pass (x 2)

Panel examination form

Estimated cost LKR 2,650

LKR

LKR Add Name Here

This is an estimate based on a series of assumptions which you can modify to calculate your own costs:

Cost detail	Estimate your cost
- LKR 0 - 1 % CIF value For mobile phones the cost of the import control license is a percentage of CIF value. VAT will also be charged on this fee.	0
- LKR 100 - LKR 100 per container Other receipts - Seal charges based on the number of consignments	1
LKR 1,600 Over time charges for clearance of goods
LKR 250 Computer fee for clearance of goods
LKR 700 Other receipts - Examination fee in clearance of goods

Total Duration 1d - 11d

	min	max
Total time (sum):	1d	11d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum):	1h. 45mn	1d 1/2
Attention at counter:	2h. 15mn	1d 1/2
Waiting time until next step (sum):	4h.	9d

Laws 12

Customs Ordinance
Sections 10, 47

Gazette 1813/14 Amendment to the Gaz. Ex. No. 1739/3 of 02.01.2012 (controlled goods) This law states the goods which can be imported subject to a license as well as the goods that are banned from being imported to the country.
Section Schedule 1

Gazette No. 1739/3 of 02.01.2012 (controlled goods)

Gazette No. 1872/05 of 21/07/2014 on Import and Export Control Regulations
Sections Annex 1, Annex 2

Gazette no. 1953/28 on license fee and charges
Sections Schedule 1, Schedule 1

Gazette No. 2196/51 of 2020 on the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE) Type Approval Rules

Imports and Exports (Control) Act (Acts No. 1 of 1969; No. 48 of 1985; No. 28 of 1987)
Sections 4, 8, 14

Inland Revenue Act, no. 24 of 2017
Sections 102, 103

Registration instructions

Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act (Amendment) No 27 of 1996

Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act No 25 of 1991 as amended

Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002
Section 10

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