Angola

The Loading Certificate (LC) is a document requested by Angola authorities to track and trace sea shipments (FCL/LCL/RO-RO/BULK). Generally, is also called CNCA (Conselho Nacioanal de Carregadores de Angola) or ARCCLA (Agência Reguladora de Certificação de Carga e Logística de Angola).

Documento Unico is Angola’s import license. It is issued by the Costum Agent of the Importer through the MINDICOM – Ministro da Indústria e Comércio.
It is emitted on the basis of the commercial invoice and has a validity of 120 days from the date of issuance (on the document, under 25E, it has to state the expiration date).
The DU number is composed as follows: 202XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (18 numbers – not to be confused with “Pedido n°”).
It is allowed a maximim of 5% of discrepancy between commercial invoice and the DU in terms of: value and weight.

Yes, there are a number of cases, the most common ones are the following:

• Commercial invoices with a total value under 5000,00 USD
• Temporary goods

Yes, here below you can find a summary:

USED VEHICLES

• Light vehicle older than 5 years
• Heavy vehicle older than 5 years for exclusive use of passenger transport
• Heavy vehicle older than 8 years
• Motorcycles older than 3 years
• Vehicle with right side drive

GOODS

• Used batteries
• Used tires
• Used engines
• Spare parts from used vehicles

EXCEPTIONS

• Used vehicles destinate to Diplomats or to International organizations accredited in Angola
• Used vehicles for collection or exhibition
• Used vehicles imported for cultural purposes older than 30 years
• Used vehicles donated to no profit institutions duly accredited in Angola
• Used vehicles owned by Angolan citizen resident abroad and back live to Angola
• Used vehicles or special equipment for public works, maintenance, agricultural and forestry purposes

Yes, it is possible. However, there are different procedures depending on the change requested.
If you need to change general information, such as gross weight/freight value/etc, you need to submit the following updated documents:

• BL
• Invoice
• ARCCLA Form

If you need to change the DU, you need to request the authorization to MINDICOM. Once approved, you need to submit the following updated documents:

• BL
• Invoice
• ARCCLA Form
• DU

Your shipment will be blocked at the POD and subject to fines by the local authorities.