Tariffs and Customs Terms S.1.110

Question 1

a timetable of arrivals and departure of ocean-going vessels, feeder ships, and aircrafts. It also refers to ports in a particular ocean voyage

Answer 1

schedule

Question 2

an airline flying a regular route between two countries pursuant to an agreement

Answer 2

scheduled airline

Question 3

refers to the Customs convention on the temporary importation of scientific equipment (Brussels, Belgium, June 11, 1968), which took effect September 5, 1969

Answer 3

scientific equipment convention

Question 4

generally, an unusable material (usually metal) with no market value. But in the Philippines, scrap metal is sold by the kilo and recycle as alloy steel.

Answer 4

scrap material

Question 5

the amount specified in the covering bill of lading but in one on case lower than 70% of the gross conference rate.

Answer 5

sea freight

Question 6

embrace articles, especially foodstuff, for use or consumption only for the passengers and crew of the ship upon its voyage

Answer 6

sea stores

Question 7

fit for a voyage properly equipped.

Answer 7

sea worthy

Question 8

a device attached on a container door, trucks, lorries, to indicate that they were closed curing transport and serves as proof that the cargo has not been tampered with, pilfered, or switched

Answer 8

seal

Question 9

refers to the Customs convention concerning welfare material for seafarers.

Answer 9

seafarers convention

Question 10

a condition wherein the equipment has been sealed according to operational and government requirements

Answer 10

sealed equipment

Question 10

a condition wherein a seal, put by a pre-shipment inspection/surveying firm (eg. the Societe Genrale de Surveillance) on a container door, has not been tampered with, broken, or destroyed

Answer 10

sealed intact

Question 11

a document that records seal numbers

Answer 11

seal log

Question 12

examination, scrutiny, or inspection of warehouse, storage area, residence, other premises, cargo, baggage, by a Customs official or officer the law

Answer 12

Search

Question 13

a written order issued by a judicial authority to conduct a search of certain premises, especially a dwelling house

Answer 13

search warrant

Question 14

supplies, food stuff, devices, articles, and requirement for the use or consumption only of the ship’s passengers and crew during sea voyage

Answer 14

sea stores

Question 15

a clause in a charter contract which stipulates that if the charterer has the option to unload at two or more ports, and fails to exercise any, the charterer pays the cost for shifting, discharge, or reloading cargo to put the vessel in seaworthy trim for discharge at the first port or passage to another.

Answer 15

seaworthy trim clause

Question 16

expenses incurred in shipping operations, like loading and discharge, trimming, pre- and onward-carriage; depreciation of equipment; bunker, port, canal transit, container, cargo, dispatch, demurrage, etc.

Answer 16

sea transport cost for the ship-owner

Question 17

the second copy of a draft or bill of exchange, if in duplicate.

Answer 17

second of exchange

Question 18

a group of related imported items with corresponding tariff heading, description, product classification code, harmonized system code, and rate of duty; a group, of examiners or appraisers assigned to examine import goods and assess applicable duties and taxes

Answer 18

section

Question 19

the means used to ensure that an importer’s obligation to Customs is satisfied. This may take the form of a bond, guarantee, or a negotiable instrument; the means used to safeguard goods in warehouses, storage areas, or other premises

Answer 19

security

Question 20

a system that safeguards access to computer data, through passwords, codes, special badges, or other methods

Answer 20

security of data

Question 21

a customs warehouse for highly-dutiable, confiscated, or abandoned goods

Answer 21

security warehouse

Question 22

a code that identifies the particular section of an electronic data interchange

Answer 22

segment IDA

Question 23

the required distance between dangerous goods and bulk cargo

Answer 23

segregation

Question 24

to take possession

Answer 24

seize