Customs Convention on Containers

Description - Customs Convention on Containers (CCC).

The Customs Convention on Containers (CCC) was adopted by the United Nations (UN) Conference on Container Traffic, held in Geneva from November 13 to December 2, 1972.

The main objective of the Customs Convention on Containers is to facilitate the temporary admission of goods in a country.

Under the Customs Convention on Containers is understood as temporary admission, the temporary importation with tax and import duties exemption.

Taxes and import duties are understood to be all those Customs, taxes, or any other type of tax applied by the customs when the merchandise is imported.

Under the Customs Convention on Containers (CCC), temporary admission is granted to the containers, whether or not they are loaded with products.

Contracting Parties to the Customs Convention on Containers (CCC): Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan.

Related subjects:

1. International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
2. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
3. TIR Convention
4. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
5. International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
6. International Union of Railways (UIC)
7. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
8. International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Source: International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport