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Contents
1 Procedure
2 Required Documents
3 Office Locations & Contacts
4 Eligibility
5 Fees
6 Validity
7 Documents to Use
8 Sample Documents
9 Processing Time
10 Related Videos
11 Instructions
12 Required Information
13 Need for the Document
14 Information which might help
15 Other uses of the Document/Certificate
16 External Links
17 Others

Procedure
The procedure to be followed to import goods in Ethiopia is as follows.

Obtain an import permit, if the types of goods require you to (food, drugs, chemical, agricultural products and machinery)

The first thing you should do is to ensure that all goods to be imported meet Ethiopian standards as prescribed by General Authority for Import/Export/Quality Control in
Ethiopia at the Ministry of industries.

Send information to the supplier clear describing the following

Good description
Technical specifications
Quantity
Price
Delivery period
Regulatory requirements
Confirm that the goods are not on the prohibited list
Check to make sure that the goods do not attract anti-dumping duties
Determine the cost, organize funding, and obtain advice from your bank
Discuss with the supplier, sign a contract and make payment as agreed
Before the goods get in the country you should:
Obtain the commercial invoice, packing list bill of lading, certificate of conformity
Appoint a clearing agent who will compute the customs duty, transport charges and advice you accordingly
Obtain the relevant quality certificates
When the goods arrive, you should do the following:
Process the goods through customs
Obtain a release order
Authenticate compliance certificate
Pay transport charges, collect goods and transport to your premise

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Required Documents
1 .Import card issued by the General Authority for Import and Export equity control at the ministry of trade and industries.

2.Taxation card This card is obtained from Taxation authority or any of its offices in the country.

3.Three additional forms obtained from Import and export executive regulations issued by the minister of trade and industries.

4.The document which includes information on the type,quantity,price, and country of origin of the imported commodities.

5. Bill of lading.The Bill of Lading must contain the terms "Consignee" and Notify Part.

6.Original invoice.There is no prescribed format to the commercial invoice.

7. Packing lists

8.Certificate of origin.Should be issued in a minimum of three copies (additional copies may be requested by importer

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Revenues

PO Box 2559, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel:00251115511066

Tel;/00251115518200 512555

Ministry of Trade and Industry

PO Box 704, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel:00251115518025 515411

Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority,

Ministry of Economic Development & Cooperation -

P. O. Box 2428, Addis Ababa,

Tel: 251-1-519684, Fax: 251-1-517988

Ministry of Trade and Industry

P. O. Box 2559, Addis Ababa,

Tel: 251-1-518200, Fax: 251-1-514288

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Tel: +251116629870

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Fax: +251116629873

Websites: http://www.erca.gov.et

Commercial cargo facilitation branch office

Addis Ababa Transport compound

Kality

Tel:+251114403741

Fax: +251114403769

Addis Ababa Airport Customs Branch Office

Tel: +251116651400

Fax: +251116651401

Ethiopian Investment Authority

P. O. Box 2313, Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia,

Tel: 251-1-510033, Fax: 251-1-514396

Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce

P. O. Box 517, Addis Ababa,

Tel: 251-1-518240, Fax: 251-1-517699

Ethiopian Private Industries Association

P. O. Box 8739, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,

Tel: 251-1-512384, Fax: 251-1-552633.

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Eligibility
Any person aged 18 years and above and legally residing in the country can import goods in to the country.
Any person who obtain any import license or permission for importing goods in Ethiopia.
Any person who has the import interest and meets the above requirement and is importing goods that does not fall in the restricted list.

Fees
Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

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Validity
The document is valid for one year

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents
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Processing Time
Process time is 1day but you give an allowance of -7 days

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.

Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.

Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.

Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,

sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube

width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.

e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".

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Instructions
Familiarize yourself with the documentation and procedures required to successfully import goods into the country
Familiarize yourself with the procedures pertinent to the kind of material you are importing into the country
Make sure you have a trade license
Prepare the necessary documents, mapping out different steps involved in the importation process.
A clearing agent can help you process all the necessary documentation

Required Information
Import declaration
Content particulars
Suppliers invoice
Documented evidence carriage of goods
Customs value declaration
Compliance information
Good release order evidence

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Need for the Document

Ethiopia imports a wide range of goods: from heavy machinery and steel to chewing gum. A large number of Ethiopian businesses are engaged in import activities. Even
though the growing manufacturing industries will provide substitutes for some goods, Ethiopia will very likely continue to import most of the goods it's importing now.

Participating in the import trade in Ethiopia may be a good idea for a domestic trader; a foreign exporter also can make use of the growing import to Ethiopia and sell its
goods to Ethiopian Importers. Construction machinery and vehicles, steel, chemicals, and recently cement are goods that are imported to Ethiopia in huge quantities.

Information which might help

Most of Ethiopia's imports came from Western countries. Italy, the United States, West Germany, and Japan, in order of importance, accounted for 45 percent of
total imports in l987.
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In l987 the United States remained Ethiopia's major trading partner despite cool relationships between the two countries; the United States ranked first in buying
Ethiopia's exports and third in satisfying Ethiopia's import needs.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.

e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links
http://www.2merkato.com/articles/import-and-export/2483-statistics-of-import-and-export-business-in-ethiopia

http://www.erca.gov.et/index.jsp?id=import_export_info

http://www.erca.gov.et/docs/1457.pdf

http://www.mongabay.com/history/ethiopia/ethiopia-imports.html

Others
More information which might help people.

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