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Our team of experts works hard to ensure you have the right certificates for your shipment.
Our team responds to emails within two hours to keep your CTN moving without delays.
We track your shipment daily to ensure your CTN is validated on time.
Gather all required shipping documents, including your Bill of Lading, Commercial Invoice, and Export Declaration, and submit them to AfricaCTN.
Our team will review our documents and generate your draft ECTN and invoice.
Review all details on the draft ECTN carefully, let us know if it is approved or any further changes needed.
Your draft ECTN looks good, the next step it to pay the invoice so validation can begin.
Once all steps are complete, your final validated ECTN will be delivered straight to your inbox, no hard copy required.
Issued by your shipping carrier after booking your shipment.
Provided by you (the exporter). It contains the cost of the goods being shipped.
Issued by your shipping carrier after booking your shipment. It contains the cost of the ocean freight (freight value), not required if noted on the commercial invoice.
Typically prepared by your freight forwarder or shipping carrier, but you’re responsible for ensuring the information matches your invoice and bill of lading.
Provided by you (the exporter). Required when shipping vehicles.
If your goods pass through If your goods pass through Benin before moving to a neighboring country, you must still obtain a BESC. Including shipments discharging in Togo, Nigeria or Ghana. before moving to a neighboring country, you must still obtain a CTN.
Prior to vessel arrival
All required documents must be submitted to AfricaCTN 3-5 business days prior to the deadline. We can issue the draft certificate with only the BL.
There are no goods restrictions
There are no prohibited goods
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We will generate your draft CTN and invoice the same day we receive it. Once we submit it to the authorities for validation it typically takes 24-48 hours for them to release the final validation.
Shipments without a validated CTN may face penalties and delays at port. To avoid this, please apply at least 3-5 business days before the vessel’s estimated arrival date.
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Republic of Congo, Republic of Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Yemen
