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Trade Info Trade Palestinian Project Guide. Facilitating Palestinian Global Trade through Jordan and Egypt - English Version is here and Arabic version is here.
Latest Articles & Documents
Trade Obstacles
Facing Palestinian traders with the EURO1 document- By Manal Saad. Establishing
a Palestinian Bonded for Automotive Vehicles & Spare Parts Imports - By Manal Saad. Border's Enforcement against the Palestinian Traders
Report - By Manal Saad. Logistics
Performance Index (LPI) Report Trade Security
- By Majdi Haj Khalil Gaza Crisis 2007 - How long for ? Gaza
importers, this suffering until when ? - PSC Study Trade
Facilitation and the Karni Border Crossing - By Majdi Haj
Khalil The Importer's Practical
Guide
The process of
importing to Palestine/Israel includes a series of measures, which you, as an
importer, should be familiar with before executing an import transaction.
Please click here
for detailed information. Commercial Transactions
Learn more about the
ways commercial transaction with an overseas supplier is executed. Please click here
for more information. INCOTERMS
One of the key
elements of a commercial transaction between a supplier and an importer are
the incoterms according to which the transaction is executed. These terms
must be defined for each transaction. Please click here
for the full report. Also, an introduction to INCOTERMS2000 is available here. Legality of the
Import
The taxes, directives
and laws applying to goods imported to Palestine/Israel are provided in
several laws, orders and custom treaties. Following are some of the main
ones. Import
Taxes
Various import taxes
are levied on some products imported to Palestine/Israel. The taxes on
commercial imports are calculated according to the "transaction
value" at which the goods were purchased. Included in this term is the
import value which is the CIF (Cost Insurance and Freight) price plus port
expenses (stevedores, porters and longshoremen) in Israel. If the contract of
sale was not drawn up according to the CIF price, shipping (marine, overland)
and insurance expenses should be added to the value of the goods stated in
the import documents. Administrative
Requirements
In Palestine and
Israel, a system of administrative requirements and restrictions on imports
is still being imposed. These restrictions are referred to as non-tariff
barriers and are mainly implemented in the following ways. Documents
Numerous standard
documents are required when engaging in foreign trade. Here are some of the
main ones:
Also, here are some sample applications
required by the Palestinian Ministry of National Economy.
Financial
Aspects
Payment methods in
international trade are of major importance, especially given the geographic
distances involved. Over the years, standard methods of payment used by those
engaging in foreign trade have been formulated. The International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) in Paris has published standard rules specifying the
procedures and definitions for handling the numerous components of these
payment methods. The rules are binding upon all the countries subscribing to
them, including Israel. Palestine Trade
Agreements
In recent years, the
State of Palestine has signed a series of trade agreements. The importer of
goods from a country with which Palestine has signed a trade agreement must
verify what are the "origin regulations" - which determine whether
the product made in that country is eligible to enjoy the benefits set forth
in the specific trade agreement, and what are the necessary documents for
obtaining the benefit set forth in the agreement. Please click here to check the available documents.
ATA CARNET - passage of commercial
samples
The international
customs document for commercial samples (ATA Carnet) is a document issued by
the Chambers of Commerce worldwide. The document serves, according to special
conditions determined by an international convention, the temporary import,
or transit, of various goods between the countries which have signed the
convention - where such import does not require any taxes or deposits in the
countries of temporary import. Other Trade-Related
Documents
All the other related documents are available here.
Others
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