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Procedure Name

Registration of Sole-Proprietor or Partnership companies & Personal Imports

Description

Category

Registration

Responsible Agency

Customs Department

Address: Sri Lanka Customs, No. 40, Main Street, Colombo 11, Sri Lanka.

Phone: +94 11 222 1333

Email: enquiries@customs.gov

Legal base of the Procedure

Customs Ordinance

Required Documentations

No.	Type	Notes
1.	Application form
2.	National Identity Card/Passport of two partners/applicants & photocopies of the NICs/Passports of all partners.
3.	VAT certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department
4.	TIN certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department
5.	Commercial invoice and Bill of Lading (BL)/Airway Bill	Required only for the registrations as an Importer
6.	Business Registration Certificate ((Not applicable for personal Imports)
7.	Deed or Lease agreement	Of the business premises relevant to the address in the TIN certificate
8	Billing Proof relevant to the address in the TIN Certificate	Water Bill/Electricity Bill/Sri Lanka Telecom Bill
9.	SMS application	If necessary

Process Steps

Step 1	Hand over Company details and photos of all directors to the customs house agent
Step 2	Uploading the Company details and photos of all directors to Sri Lanka Customs ASYCUDA system
Step 3	Submit original documents with photocopies to Customs for the registration as an Importer or an Exporter

Category

Import/Export

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date	Issued By
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application form for registration of Importers and Exporters with customs	This is a form for the Registration of Importers & Exporters in Terms of Section 115A of the Customs Ordinance	03-01-2018	21-06-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Registration of Sole-Proprietor or Partnership companies with Customs	Registration Requirement		A Sole-Proprietor or Partnership company may register with Customs as an Importer or an Exporter	The original documents with photocopies should be submitted for the registration.Company/Personal details and the photos of all partners/individuals should be uploaded to Sri Lanka Customs ASYCUDA system through a Custom House Agent before submitting documents for processing	Customs Ordinance	31-12-9999	Good