Information Guide

Required documents

There are three (3) types of export provided for by Djiboutian customs law:

at. Final export (EX1 declaration)

b. temporary export (EX2 declaration)

vs. Re-export (EX3 declaration)

The export procedure

  1. Submission of the declaration (EX2)
  2. Admissibility of the declaration
  3. Physical inspection of goods
  4. Sealing the container (if applicable)
  5. Entry / registration of the declaration in Sydonia (deadline requested by the sender) and signature of the order to be collected
  6. Establishment of T1 (road)

EXPORT INFORMATION

Djibouti's economy is very open to foreign trade. The Republic of Djibouti has enjoyed a free trade regime with COMESA member countries since joining the COMESA Free Trade Area in 2000. Products eligible for the COMESA rules of origin criteria obtain the certificate of origin issued by the Directorate of Foreign Trade and Regional Integration within the Ministry of Commerce.

Djibouti has free zones, special economic zones and an International Free Trade Zone which are infrastructures to increase Djibouti's international trade.

Djibouti exports trade in services to COMESA countries and mainly re-exports livestock to the Gulf States and is the main gateway for products imported and exported from Ethiopia .

Required documents

A number of procedures and documents are required to export from Djibouti and depend on the type of export to be declared and the country to which the exports are destined. The goods can only be exported after completing the customs declaration with the stamp (EX). These forms can be downloaded from the Djibouti customs website or can be collected from the customs office at the Port of Djibouti.

There are three (3) types of export provided for by Djiboutian customs law

at. Final export (EX1 declaration)

  • This operation is materialized by the signed declaration (EX1)
  • This is the operation that consists of permanently removing goods from the national territory.
  • No duties and taxes to be collected

b. temporary export (EX2 declaration)

  • The temporary export is a symmetrical operation to the temporary admission operation.
  • This scheme is not guaranteed: it is used, mainly, for repairs abroad of defective devices or machines. The return of these devices or machines to the national territory gives rise to taxation on the capital gain acquired as a result of the repair operation undergone abroad (declaration n°1)

  • The temporary export authorization is granted, at the request of the interested party, by the Director General of Customs and Excise, who sets the period of validity taking into account the nature and circumstances of the operation.

vs. Re-export (EX3 declaration)

  • It is the operation which consists in bringing out of the territory a previously imported merchandise.
  • The re-export could have been subject to the following customs procedures:

- Temporary admission;

- Entry into warehouse

The export procedure

  1. Submission of the declaration (EX2)
  2. Admissibility of the declaration
  3. Physical inspection of goods
  4. Sealing the container (if applicable)
  5. Entry / registration of the declaration in Sydonia (deadline requested by the sender) and signature of the order to be collected
  6. Establishment of T1 (road)

Declaration templates

Codes Description of the declaration model

EX 1 Definitive export

EX 2 Temporary Export

EX 3 Re-export

EX 8 International Transit

IM 4 Release for consumption

IM 5 Admission and Temporary Importation

IM 6 Re-import

IM 7 Warehouse Entrance

IM 8 Transit

IM 9 Other procedures

VN 1 Export Auction

NV 4 Auction for local consumption

Source: General Directorate of Customs Indirect Duties (DGDDI)

www.customs.dj