TSW - what is it? Customs warehouses and temporary storage warehouses

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Often, the processing of the necessary customs documents may take some time. Therefore, cargoes are sometimes transferred to temporary storage warehouses. These are temporary storage warehouses, where the storage of goods has a limited period and is strictly regulated by the relevant legislation.

Definition

Temporary storage warehouses are suitably equipped premises, open or closed areas, freezers or refrigerators, and tanks.

Temporary storage warehouses should have permanent customs control zones.

Storage period for goods in temporary storage warehouses

The temporary storage warehouse is a kind of transshipment base for foreign cargo during customs registration and other mandatory procedures. Often, in these warehouses, the goods are located on the basis of the procedure for observing the customs regime (period: from a day to 2 months). Sometimes companies, at the request of the tenant, provide the opportunity to extend the lease of temporary storage warehouses.

Warehouse: what is it? Varieties

TSW can be of the following types:

• opentype, containing any goods, the storage of which is not provided for by special conditions (tightness or temperature conditions). The tenants of such temporary storage warehouses are individuals and legal entities. In other words, this type of warehouse is designed to store goods that belong to any business entity;
• of a closed type, where imported goods are often saved, the list of which is established by the relevant legislation. In this case, we are talking about restrictions in the turnover or about goods that require special storage conditions (feed, food or medicine). This type of warehouse is intended for the owner of the temporary storage warehouse to save goods belonging only to him.

The owner of the cargo determines the type of temporary storage warehouse to be chosen. This has a certain influence on the decision to rent temporary storage warehouses of a closed type. In this case, the need, reason and individual conditions for saving cargo in temporary storage warehouses should be indicated.

Obtaining permission to store in temporary storage warehouses

"Temporary storage warehouse", "customs clearance", "customs clearance" are terms that are quite common when importing goods.

Permission for the opening and subsequent operation of temporary storage warehouses is provided by those customs authorities in the zone of operation of which the relevant tanks, premises, territories or refrigerating (freezing) chambers used in the conduct of this type of activity are located.

In the process of creating temporary storage warehouses by the ownersthe following areas of activity should be indicated (optional):

• implementation of storage of vehicles and own goods;
• storage of cargo and carrier vehicles;
• saving the cargo of a limited number of business entities, the list of which must be submitted;
• storage of goods of an unlimited range of legal entities and individuals;
• saving a certain type of goods.

Perishable goods or cargo with a limited shelf life can be placed in temporary storage under close customs control for a certain period, allowing them to maintain their suitability, but not more than 90 calendar days. The specified period may be extended by the customs authority (maximum - 30 days). If the business entity placing the goods in an open-type temporary storage warehouse is not its holder, then the corresponding application for extending the storage period must be preliminarily agreed with the warehouse keeper. If there is a refusal to extend the term, the customs authority must urgently inform the owner of the cargo or an authorized person in writing (may be in electronic form) about the grounds for refusal.

Documentation for cargo placement

One of the main conditions for placing cargo at temporary storage warehouses is to ensure strict control over the accounting of the type and quantity of goods.

Registration by the owner of the placed products of all necessary documentation of a regulatory nature. In accordance with the law, the owner of the goods does not have the right to export this cargo in separateparts from a temporary storage warehouse.

Cargo that stays at the temporary storage warehouse must be issued accordingly, namely:

• declared by the owner himself or an authorized person in the customs regime where the goods are sent;
• handed over to the relevant customs office for storage;
• sent to other customs authorities under control for their subsequent clearance;
• taken out of the territory.

If the goods that are stored under the control of the customs authorities have been declared, but there is a refusal to extend the storage period for them, then they must be transferred to customs warehouses. And temporary storage warehouses are thus freed. The customs authority sets a deadline for the removal of goods from the warehouse, based on the capabilities of the available means for their transportation, as well as loading and unloading equipment.

A single document, which is necessary for the placement of goods for temporary storage, is a unified standard drawn up in the form established by the central authority that ensures the implementation of state financial policy. The same body also determines the procedure for placing, saving and accounting for commercial cargo at temporary storage warehouses.

A corresponding contract is drawn up between the holder of the warehouse in question and the economic entities placing the goods on it.

Product placement order

On TSWaccommodates any cargo. At the same time, unsafe goods or goods requiring special storage conditions are placed in warehouses where all conditions for such storage are created. It is not allowed to store perishable goods in the specified warehouses if their expiration date is less than 1 month.

Before placing goods, the premises are subject to inspection by the customs authorities, who should pay attention to the arrangement of the warehouse, its protection from unauthorized entry.

From many years of practice, it is known that it is advisable to place goods in temporary storage warehouses after the conclusion of a special document, which would reflect the following information:

• sending country (receiving country);
• name with the address of the Russian sender (recipient) of goods;
• carrier and vehicle information;
• details of transport documentation and cargo.

Permitted cargo operations

The owner of goods that are in temporary storage can carry out the following operations:

• normal warehouse operations that are necessary to ensure the safety of goods (moving goods in the warehouse to ensure rational distribution, ventilation, cleaning, maintaining the optimum room temperature, corrosion protection, and inventory);



• measurement and inspection;
• if the packaging is damaged, put it in order;
• takesamples and samples;
• preparation of goods for sale and transportation.

Conclusion

Thus, having understood in this article why temporary storage warehouses are needed, it should be noted that these premises or tanks are simply necessary to save imported goods until all the necessary documents are processed in the customs authorities.