Tariffs and Customs Terms S.1.114

Question 1

structures attached underneath frames, boxes or packages to facilitate their lifting and stacking by fork lifts, slings or other moving equipment.

Answer 1

skids

Question 2

the deck officer in command of a vessel

Answer 2

skipper

Question 3

chain, wire, rope or synthetic fiber used for cargo handling

Answer 3

sling

Question 4

adjustable chassis

Answer 4

sliders

Question 5

similar to a pallet, it is made of cardboard or plastic and is used to facilitate movement of unitized loads

Answer 5

slip sheet

Question 6

the space in a ship measured in terms of one 20-foot equivalent unit per space

Answer 6

slot

Question 7

a voyage charter wherein the ship owner agrees to place certain container slots of the vessel at the disposal of the charterer.

Answer 7

slot charter

Question 8

dry commodities transformed into liquid by adding water or fluids, to permit movement through pipeline

Answer 8

slurry

Question 9

a person who exports or imports goods contrary to law

Answer 9

smuggler

Question 9

small volume orders for goods

Answer 9

small basket

Question 9

cockroaches, maggots, and other insects that destroy cargoes.

Answer 9

smaller vermin lice

Question 10

any act that involves fraudulent importation or exportation; providing assistance to smuggling; and receiving, concealing, buying selling or facilitating the transportation, concealment or sale of a smuggled article, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law.

Answer 10

smuggling

Question 10

an agent with sole agency in a particular area

Answer 10

sole agent

Question 11

a term coined by the Department of Finance, to refer to an imported vehicle without battery and tires, but with detached bumpers, hoods and doors painted at the port of origin

Answer 11

soft CKD

Question 11

a container with a removable waterproof “tilt”. Also Known as a top lower or open top

Answer 11

soft top container

Question 11

a Swiss surveying and inspection firm contracted by most countries to inspect shipments at the port of supply to determine the nature, quantity, tariff classification, value of goods.

Answer 11

Societe Generale de Surveillnace (SGS)

Question 11

a term which describes the system design and programming that the computer requires

Answer 11

software

Question 12

a regional trade arrangement forged in 1992 to create a free trade area and foster cooperation among South African economies

Answer 12

South African Development Community

Question 13

it promotes economic, technical, scientific and social cooperation among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, through the South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement.

Answer 13

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Question 13

a regional trade arrangement among Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland, signed in 1910

Answer 13

Southern African Customs Union

Question 14

a regional arrangement established in 1971 to promote cooperation and development among Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Answer 14

South Pacific Forum

Question 15

shall mean usual components of machinery and/or equipment which are subject to wear and tear arising from normal use, utilization and operation

Answer 15

spare parts

Question 15

a voyage charter wherein the ship-owner agrees to put part of the vessel’s carrying capacity at the disposal of the charterer.

Answer 15

space charter

Question 15

an agent authorized to act in a particular transaction, but nor under a continuous contract of service; an agent deputized by a Customs official to examine, apprehend, monitor and safeguard shipments

Answer 15

special agent

Question 16

a World Trade Organization principle that provides less developed economies equal access to markets of advanced economies and enables the former to receive appropriate treatment based on their trade, financial and development needs.

Answer 16

Special and Differential Treatment