Customs Regulation
We would like to inform you that as of June 2007 The Customs Department made it mandatory that Supplier Invoice be attested by Chamber of Commerce at origin along with Certificate of Origin issued by Chamber of Commerce (not by supplier) in order to be able to clear cargo from Customs, otherwise penalty will be charged (minimum Qrs 500.00 of 1% against Invoice value whichever is higher) and the penalty amount should be deposited at any branch of:

Qatar National Bank
Customs and Ports General Authority
A/C No 078 6745555 002
A copy of deposit receipt must be surrendered to Customs in order to release the cargo.

Mandatory Documents
As per Qatar Customs Regulation All Import Shipment to Doha must have Original Suppliers Documents and it must be attested by Chamber of Commerce at Origin (Original Invoice + Certificate of Origin) otherwise customs will charge penalty of Min USD 150.00 or 1% whichever is higher against declared value in Commercial Invoice.
Following Documents are Required.

  1. Original MAWB & HAWB
  2. Original Invoice (should contain...)
    2.1. Invoice (Has to be Consigned to a Doha Address)
    2.2. Invoice number
    2.3. Incoterm (C&F, CIF, etc..)
    2.4. Currency (USD, EURO, ect...)
    2.5. No of Packages
    2.6. Gross / Net Weight.
    2.7. Shippers Signature / Company Rubber Stamp
    2.8. Country of Origin
    2.9. Invoice should be attested by Chamber of Commerce at Origin
  3. Certificate of Origin should contain...
    3.1. The Certificate of Origin should be attested by Chamber of Commerce at Origin
    3.2. No of Packages
    3.3. Gross / Net Weight
    3.4. Country of Origin
    3.5. Invoice Number
  4. Packing List should contain...
    4.1. No of packages
    4.2. Gross / Net Weight
    4.3. Shippers Signature / Company Rubber Stamp
    4.4. Invoice Number

Following not acceptable at Qatar Customs (i.e. Will attract heavy penalty) 

  1. Printing an invoice in A4 Sheet (without company letter head), hard copies
  2. Non Original Invoice
  3. Not signed invoices
  4. Invoice not having company rubber stamp

If any of the above Document or Content is missing will force delay in Customs clearance. Hence, storage charges will be applicable (USD 0.60 per Kg per Day). 5 Days free period allowed from date of arrival including weekend.

All Original Documents to be accompanied with Shipment.

Customs Clearance Procedure at Seaport
We would like to bring to your notice that the New Clearance Procedure in the Seaport is going to be implemented from 15-May-2007. Customs Inspection of the imported cargo will take place only after loading containers on trailers, so Consignee must keep trailers ready and available by the time we start Clearance Process, Inspection will start right afterwards.

Therefore consignee should collect below documents from the Shipping Line.

  1. Delivery Order
  2. Container Release
  3. Manifest Copy

No partial delivery is allowed, i.e. all containers within the same Bill of Lading must be cleared and collected from the seaport at the same time.