RFCV
RFCV – Final Classification and Value Report
All goods with a FOB value of one (1) million F CFA or more must obtain a Final Classification and Value Report (FCVR) from the GUCE. This Certificate of Classification and Value is one of the mandatory documents to validate a Customs Declaration.
The list of products exempted from this formality is available on the Customs websites.
Once your goods have been shipped and you have the final documents in your possession (Bill of Lading, Final Invoice, etc.), the following final steps must be taken to obtain the RFCV required to make your Customs Declaration:
All goods with a FOB value of one (1) million F CFA or more must obtain a Final Classification and Value Report (FCVR) from the GUCE. This certificate of value will be required to make the Customs Declaration.
- Procedures
- Claim Form
- Request for Modification
STEP 1 – Complete the Notice of Issue (NOI) online
STEP 2 – Upload the following final documents to the GUCE platform:
- Final Commercial Invoice.
- Bill of Lading (B/L) or Air Waybill (LTA/AWB) or Road Waybill (Consignment note).
- Packing list.
- Freight invoice.
- A copy of the FDI.
- All other available certificates [1].
Within 5 working days of the submission of the above documents, Risk Analysis, Intelligence and Value Division (DARRV) will send the Final Classification and Value Report (RFCV ) to the receiver or forwarder by e-mail.
The RFCV will mention the assessment made by the DARRV of the customs value of the goods as well as the HS codes of the imported goods.
If a request for amendment is made, the Dispute Form should be used.
The request must be accompanied by all certificates or documents justifying its validity. Webb Fontaine will inform the applicant of the decision on the application for variation as soon as it is available. The notice of decision will be available at the Ruling Center upon presentation of the copy of the RFCV or FDI. If the application is found to be valid, a new RFCV certificate will be issued and transmitted.
The decision is subject to appeal to the Comité d’Arbitrage de la Valeur (CAV), BP V 25 Abidjan, Tel: (+225) 20 25 15 00 / ext. 562, after referral.
Are not sutbject to RFCV procedures :
- goods with a FOB value of less than one (1) million CFA francs,
- or which are exempted from Import Value Control (see list below), are exempted from the RFCV procedure.
List of products
These goods and commodities are nevertheless subject to the obligation to obtain an FDI:
- Precious stones.
- Works of art.
- Recovered metals.
- Weapons and ammunition, and other materials for the Army and the Police.
- Live animals.
- Fresh or chilled fish, vegetables and fruit (not frozen or deep-frozen).
- Plants and floriculture products.
- Printed and developed motion picture films.
- Current newspapers and magazines, postal and revenue stamps, stamped paper, banknotes and chequebooks, passports.
- Donations made by foreign governments or international organisations to the State, charities, foundations and philanthropic organisations recognised as being of public utility in Côte d’Ivoire.
- Supplies to diplomatic and consular missions, or international organisations, imported for their own needs.
- Imports covered by diplomatic and similar privileges.
- Imports under the privileges of military cooperation.
- Research and mining.
- Oil exploration and exploitation.
- Imports exempted by state conventions.
- Imports carried out in the framework of projects financed by external support.
- Accounting declarations and simplified declarations relating to goods or merchandise with a FOB value of less than or equal to 500,000. F CFA
- Goods imported, of non-commercial value and non-repetitive, for personal use and whose value does not exceed three (3) million F CFA
- Personal objects and used household items.
- Personal gifts.
- Postal parcels.
- Petroleum products, excluding mineral oils and solid fats.
- Commercial samples.
- Used vehicles of chapter 8701, 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705, 8706 & 8716 as referred to in the Circular of the General Direction of Customs n°1681 of 20 August 2014 [C2014.1681].
A Decree of December 2017 reduces the maximum age of used trucks admitted for import into Côte d’Ivoire to 10 years. This decree limits the maximum age of minivans and pick-up trucks to 7 years, and the maximum age of passenger cars admitted for import to 5 years.
[1] For example Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Analysis for chemical products or foodstuffs, Attestation for steel products etc.
[2] For example Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Analysis for chemical products or foodstuffs, Attestation for steel products.