Certificate of Origin

For all non - document shipments, the country or territory of origin of the items sent must be written on the invoice, no matter how much the shipment's total value is.

Commercial shipments, mainly animal products or food, depending on the Harmonized Tariff Code and country or territory of origin, may require a Certificate of Origin. Please check with your local Chamber of Commerce before shipping.

The Certificate of Origin must meet the following Customs stipulations:

• Must be an original
• Must contain the shipper's original signature in ink
• Must be issued by the Chamber of Commerce
• Must contain a seal or watermark in the paper
• Must provide a detailed description of the goods. General descriptions of goods, such as "clothes" or "garments," will not be accepted.

MSDS-NON DG

Goods under IATA Special Provisions A67 require a MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet).

It is not required for all, however shipments can be held by local authority in United Arab Emirates after screening due to lack of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) or NON DG (Dangerous Goods) declaration letter from the shipper resulting to misconnections and impacting end-to-end service.

It would be advisable for all shipments originating, transiting and terminating for UAE to have MSDS or NON DG declaration from shipper enclosed in the shipment and copies to be uploaded in IDIS.

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Customs Clearance Process

Shipments, with a value of 300 GEL or more, and/or with total actual weight of 30 kgs or more, and/or is of special category are subject to customs clearance according to Georgian Legislation.

If the consignee is an unknown customer to the UPS ASC in Georgi, they need to come to the office, submit an ID card copy and after this, clearance and delivery is possible.If consignee is a regular customer and no problem in documentation, customs clearance is mostly done by electronic method without customer having to attend service centre. to be transferred to local Customs for clearance.

Customs Clearance Subjected Shipments

Shipment, with value 300 GEL or more, or/and with total actual weight 30kgs or more, or/and is of special category, subject to customs clearance according to Georgian Legislation.

Main Documentation For customs Clearance in Import regime

For the customs clearance,required following main documentation:

• AWB, that should be issued on the correct consignees name
• All permits, all certificates (if applicable)
• If total goods value is equal to or exceeds 10000 GEL, Revenue Service fee: fixed 300 GEL applies, that should be paid on the same declaration date and after payment the consignee should submit payment confirmation documents. Regarding VAT, for such shipments, the consignee should make payment within 5 days.
• If consignee is company - company representative needs to have POA (made and signed by the company director), if customs clearance is performed by the director require his/her ID card.
• If consignee is private person - required his/her ID card.
• If consignee is foreigner, who doesn't have Georgian ID card, he/she should provide Temporary Tax Payer Certificate, which should be taken into any Georgian Revenue Service office.

The invoice should have the following information:

• Tracking number. If there is more than one package, this should be the lead tracking number
• Shipper's information (All shipper information including contact name, company name, address, city, state, postal code, country or territory, telephone number)
• Consignee's information (All consignee (receiver) information including contact name, company name, address, city, state, postal code, country or territory, telephone number)
• Each kind of goods description
• Each kind of goods quantity
• Each kind of goods value
• Total goods value
• Currency
• Shippers signature and stamp
• Invoice number assigned by the shipper if applicable

Consignee's obligation

For customs clearance subjected shipments, the consignee is obliged to provide all correct documentation and perform all required procedures.

Duty and Taxes

Please note that not only the value(s) of the commodity/commodities have to be considered when calculating duty and tax, but also the freight charge and other fees. If consignee is unknown customer needs to visit UPS ASC office, submit ID card copy and after this clearance and delivery is possible. If consignee is a regular customer and there isn't any problem in documentation, in this case, customs clearance is mostly done with electronic method without requiring customer to visit service center.

Duty and Taxes

Please note that not only the value(s) of the commodity/commodities have to be considered when calculating duty and tax, but also the freight charge and other fees.

Post Office Boxes

UPS cannot deliver to a P.O. Box address. All packages require a consignee's contact name and complete street address including apartment, suite or unit number if applicable. The consignee's telephone number should be provided if known.

Service is provided to and from certain cities.

Packages addressed for non-directly served areas must have a consignee phone number and can be picked up from a UPS center.

UPS cannot deliver to a P.O. Box address. All packages require a consignee's contact name and complete street address including apartment, suite or unit number if applicable. The consignee's telephone number should be provided if known.

Rest Days:

Saturday, Sunday, and official holidays.

GMT:

Spring +0400/ Fall +0300

Language:

Georgian

Currency:

Lari(GEL)

Shipping Charges

• Shipping charges can be billed to the shipper, receiver or a third party.
• When billing the receiver, either the shipper or receiver's account number is required.
• When billing a third party, the third party's name, country or territory and account number are required.

Duties and Taxes

• Duties and taxes can be billed to the shipper, receiver or a third party.
• When billing a third party, the third party's name, country or territory and account number are required.
• If the duties and taxes are billed to an account outside of the destination country or territory, a "Duty and Tax Forwarding" surcharge will be applied.

Third-Party Billing

• Please note the following third party billing exceptions:
  • Shipments to and from the same country or territory (domestic shipments) cannot be billed to third party payors in other countries or territories. For example, shipments from Mexico to Mexico or Canada to Canada cannot be billed to a third party payor in the U.S. This rule does not apply to UPS domestic services in European Union countries or territories. For example, shipments from Germany to Germany can be billed to a third party payor in the U.S. (as long as the payor is a business and has a VAT or Tax/EIN ID on file with UPS).

Payment Methods

• When paying by credit card, check, or cash, only the shipper can be billed the shipping charges

There are special stipulations on the following commodities when shipping to Georgia. If you plan to ship one of the commodities listed below, be sure to adhere to the following stipulations in order to avoid delays and holds at customs.

Drugs (also see Medicine)

Shipments of medicine and pharmaceuticals require an import license from the Ministry of Health.

Event Tickets

Tickets for events like stage performances, football matches or concerts must be sent as non-doc shipments. The invoice must show the ticket price of the event. The ticket price of the event is base of the customs value.

Intercompany Data on CD-Rom/Disk

Data shipments to Georgia require an invoice with the value of the CD-ROM or disk only.

Medicine (also see Drugs)

Shipments of medicine and pharmaceuticals require an import license from the Ministry of Health.

Military Equipment

Any item intended for military use (uniforms, radio or electronic equipment, parachutes and spares) require an Import License.

Radios and Radio Equipment

An Import License is required for all transmitting equipment for radio-phone, radio cable, communication including spares, radio equipment including radio locations and radio navigations.

Smoked Salmon

Smoked salmon shipments up to 1 kg will be cleared without needing import permission. Shipments of smoked salmon exceeding 1 kg, will require the consignee to obtain an Import License from the Georgian authorities.

Import Licenses are issued either by local sanitary, veterinary control authorities, or the standardization body.enses are issued either by local sanitary, veterinary control authorities, or the standardization body.

USB Sticks

Data shipments require an invoice with the character of the USB stick (storing intercompany data) and the value of the USB Stick.

Shipment value amount:

0.00 Lari GEL

Shipment type:

no gift exemption

Exemption rule:

no gift exemption

Invoice

Non-document shipments to Georgia must include 1 original and 2 copies of an invoice.

For Customs Clearance, the Invoice should contain all the following information:

Shippers information (All shipper information including contact name, company name, address, city, state, postal code, country or territory, telephone number)

Consignees information (All consignee (receiver) information including contact name, company name, address, city, state, postal code, country or territory, telephone number)

Each kind of goods description

Each kind of goods quantity

Each kind of goods value

Total goods value

Transportation charge separately ( or if this charge is included in goods total value, in this case, there should be written appropriate IncoTerm)

Currency

Shippers signature and stamp

Invoice number assigned by the shipper if applicable.

Shipments of documents do not require an invoice.

Paperless Invoice - Exports

UPS Paperless Invoice is available for small package exports from this country or territory.

Paperless Invoice - Imports

UPS Paperless Invoice is available for small package imports to this country or territory.

The destination country or territory considers the following items document shipments. If criteria are listed, the shipment must meet the criteria to be considered a document shipment.

Airline Tickets

Annual Reports

Blueprints

Brochures

Checks

Blank checks are classified as documents.

Computer Print-Outs

Diplomas

Generally, diplomas, can be imported as a document shipment. An Invoice will be required if the shipment contains a large quantity of diplomas with total gross weight 30 kg or more

Drawings

Drivers License

Envelopes (Blank)

Forms (Blank)

Greeting Cards, Invitations

Intercompany Mail

Maps

Negotiable Bonds, Drafts

Newsletters (Company)

Newspapers

Pamphlets

Passports

Periodicals

Photographs

Price Lists

Proposals

Publications

Traveler's Checks

Visa Applications

UPS can recommend which forms you need based on a few simple criteria. Forms can be completed online or printed. See which forms you need.

In addition to the prohibited commodities listed here, it is prohibited to ship the following commodities to Georgia.

Jewelry

An Import License is required for jewelry.

Personal Effects

Personal effects cannot be shipped between these countries or territories.

Saturday Delivery Available: No

Always check Calculate Time and Cost for details of service availability and guarantee information within a country or territory. All Service Levels may not be available to or from every address within a country or territory.

Canada to Georgia

• UPS Worldwide Expedited

• UPS Worldwide Express

• UPS Worldwide Express Plus

• UPS Worldwide Express Saver

Other Shipment Types

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous Goods shipments can´t be send consolidated with non-Dangerous Goods shipments to Georgia.

The Dangerous Goods shipment must be sent on a separate UPS Shipment number.

Solid Wood Packing Material

New requirements have been implemented for small package shipments and are based on the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, which is entitled "Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade". ISPM 15 was adopted internationally in 2002, and is gradually being introduced by countries or territories worldwide. Wood or wood products covered by ISPM 15 include items such as packing cases, boxes, crates, drums or similar packing, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars and skids, but exclude such processed woods as orientated strand board, particle board, plywood or veneer, created using glue, heat and pressure or a combinations thereof, and, raw wood which is 6mm or less thick. It is recommended that if a question arises on this issue, please check with the authority that issues the Phytosanitary certificates in your country or territory.

Import value limits to Georgia

Deminimis Value

Private Shipments

Weight limit of 20 kg if the shipment contains one commodity, 50 kg for multiple commodities. In most cases, when the value of the shipment is equal to or less than the Deminimis Value, the shipment may enter the country or territory duty and tax free.

Maximum weight:

70 kg (150 lbs.) per package

Maximum length:

274.00 cm (107.9 in.)  per package

Maximum dimensions:

400.00 cm (157.5 in.)  per package

Length and girth combined

Convert metric quantity for weight, length, and area.