HOW IS THE DELIVERY OF AN ITEM TO THE IMPORTER PROVIDED?

Orhan KIRALİ
Chief Deputy General Manager in Charge of Imports and Member of The Executive Board

IMPORT TRANSACTIONS AND PROCESSES

Contrary to its usage among the public, the term import is a broader concept than is known. Importation; covers the definite import of the goods by paying the taxes and subjecting them to trade policy measures, as well as the temporary entry of the goods into the country.

Definite imports can be made within the framework of the system of rules called the "free circulation entry regime" in the customs legislation. For a good to enter free circulation, it is not enough to pay only the taxes collected during importation. The trade policy measures valid for that product must also be implemented correctly and other procedures foreseen for the import of the product must be fulfilled. Temporary import transaction; is the process of sending the goods back abroad after a while after they enter Turkey.

Import transactions can be carried out directly by the owner of the goods on his behalf and account, or by indirect representation on behalf of the importer. However, customs transactions through indirect representation can only be carried out by customs consultants.

Customs declaration can only be made by persons resident in the Turkish Customs Territory, except for transit and temporary import regimes. Therefore, sea, land, and air companies and transport organizations or their representatives can directly follow the transit transactions of the goods they carry.

 For an item to be put into free circulation, the following procedures must be carried out:

• Obtaining documents related to the item
• Presenting the item to the customs administration and unloading it to the temporary storage area
• Submitting a customs declaration regarding the regime to which the item will be subject
• Ensuring that the item is inspected and controlled by the customs administration
• Ensuring that the tax assessment of the item to be imported is carried out and that the taxes are paid or secured
• Removing the item from the temporary storage area and delivering it to the owner of the item when necessary.

IMPORT SERVICES PROVIDED BY ÜNSPED

Ünsped Customs Consultancy, a pioneer and leader in the Customs Consultancy sector, has the experience and know-how to carry out all stages and transactions required for the import of an item completely and as a whole. These procedures include the Registration Certificate, TSE Conformity Letter, Provincial Directorate of Agriculture Permit, Import License, İŞGÜM, etc. that must be obtained for the import of the item. We carry out and follow up on all kinds of preliminary permit applications, obtain permissions, and obtain documents from the relevant institution. We also follow up on every stage of the transaction and create infrastructures where our stakeholders can follow the stages of their transactions.

In addition, we actively prepare reports of all transactions systematically and automatically send them at the desired periods to facilitate our customers' transaction follow-ups. In addition, all transactions you need, from providing the necessary documents of the legislation specific to the products to be imported, to the inspection of the products, from time extension transactions to legal processes, are carried out by us.

With our knowledgeable and talented human resources specialized in sectors, we provide services in almost all sectors, including white goods and small hand tools, floristry and ornamental plants, leather electronics, energy, food and agriculture, aviation, ready-made clothing, fast cargo, pharmaceuticals-medical, chemicals, leasing, logistics-transportation, machinery, furniture and wood, automotive, automotive sub-industry, plastics, petrochemicals, health, defense, technology-automation, textiles, tobacco and sub-industry, and agriculture.

Ünsped Customs Consultancy attaches great importance to the reflection of transparency and honesty principles in company activities during the follow-up of processes. For this reason, our company works with a customer representative system to correctly determine the varying customer needs and to establish better and continuous communication with them. Each of our customer representatives consists of competent and dynamic staff trained with the expertise system. In addition, our expert staff, who know how important speed is in the correct execution of foreign trade and customs transactions, analyze all import processes and encountered sample events within themselves; take the necessary initiatives and manage and conclude the process with a solution-oriented approach correctly together with the relevant departments. In addition, each transaction made is regularly inspected and approved by expert controllers in their field. Throughout this process, the legislation department provides professional support to the operational process.

The reports of all our transactions are actively prepared systematically and these reports are automatically transmitted at the desired periods to facilitate the follow-up of our stakeholders' unique transactions. We also create a special reporting format depending on the requests of our companies.

Ünsped customs consultancy always guarantees that it will meet all the needs of its stakeholders with a single interlocutor.