About applying for a certificate to remove imported liquor

If you want to remove your imported liquor from the port of entry, you must apply for a certificate to remove imported liquor at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Extended Detention division at the port of entry so that it can be moved to where you want to sell it in South Africa.

Once the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Extended Detention division approves your application for a certificate to remove imported liquor, they will send your liquor to a bonded Agriculture warehouse in a container and notify the inspector at the warehouse.

You must go to the warehouse where your liquor will be delivered to give the inspector the certificate of removal and to unpack your liquor products from the container while being supervised by the inspector.

You will not be able to move your liquor from the port of entry to a place of sale in South Africa without the certificate to remove liquor.

What you should do

1. Go to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Extended Detention division at the port of entry and fill in the Application for an certificate of removal form or download it under Forms to Complete, fill it in and submit it to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Extended Detention division at the port of entry.
2. If your application is successful, your liquor products will be delivered to a bonded Agriculture warehouse in a container and you must go to that warehouse to give the inspector your removal certificate and to unpack the liquor from the container.
3. You will fill in a separate application form for each liquor product that has a different bottle size, shape, trade name and label. The application forms must be accompanied by the following: 

• a 750 millilitre sample which the inspector will draw from the delivered products
• import certificate.
  

How long does it take

There is no set time for this service.

How much does it cost

R88 plus R3,70 per hl (100 litres).

Forms to complete

(Forms are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Application for an certificate of removal

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