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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/YEM/11/Rev.1 
11 July 2007 
 
 (07-2956) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Yemen Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF YEMEN 
 
List of Fees and Charges for Services Rendered on Imports and Exports  
 
Revision  
  
 The following submission, dated 27 June 2007, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Yemen. 
 
 
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S/N HS Code Description Fee Purpose Legal Reference 
1  
    Products covered in Chapter 02.00    
01.02 
 01.04 Products covered in chapter 04.07-08 01.06.39 03.01.10  23.09.10 A. feedstuff inputs for animal health 
 - Ingredients for feedstuff (cereals, soya, etc.).  - concentrations and additives of feedstuff  - drugs, vaccines, antiseptics, etc.    B. Meat of animal and poultry   - chilled meat  - frozen meat  C. live animals, edible eggs and eggs for hatching 
 - bovine animals and camels 
   - sheep and goats  - chicken one day old for breeding   - chicken one day old for hatching  - eggs for hatching  - eggs  - ornamental fish and birds put up for trading    - dog or cat food  
- YRLS 30 per ton - YRLS 50 per ton - 1% of the value of the 
invoice 
 - YRLS 400 per ton - YRLS 500 per ton   
- YRLS 120 for each 
animal 
- YRLS 70 for each animal - YRLS 3 for each chicken - YRLS 5 for each chicken - YRLS 1 per egg - YRLS 2 per egg - 2% of the value of the 
invoice 
- 1% of the value of the 
invoice Fees for quarantine services 
including the collection and transfer of samples to accredited laboratory  Law No. 17/2004 on 
Protection and Regulation of Animal Resources. 
2 Products covered in 
Chapter 06.00 Plant consignment  -  YRLS 2,000  
-  YRLS 2,000     -  YRLS 3,000      -  YRLS 3,000    
 
-  YRLS 50  -  YRLS 100 - Import permit fee 
-  Fees for a form of the 
procedures related to the plant quarantine of each consignment  
-  Lab examination costs for 
each type or variety of consignment of seeds, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes seedlings, corms. 
-  Lab examination costs for 
each type or variety of consignment of manufactured organic 
fertilizers or artificial soil 
-  For each 20 seedlings or 
suckers 
-  For each bunch of 
cuttings (not more than 50 cuttings). -  Law No. 32/1999 
on Plant Quarantine  
-  Ministerial 
Decree No. 29/2002 on determining the fees to be charged on plant consignments which are subject to the provisions of the Law on plant quarantine 
and the 
conditions for exemption from such fees.     
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3 36.01-04 Explosives and Fireworks 2% of the value of importation Fees for import permit  Law No. 40/1992 on 
Regulation of Possession of Weapons and Ammunitions and 
Trading thereof  
4 38.08 Pesticides  (2/1000) two per 1,000 of the 
importation value Fees for import permit Law No. 25/1999 on 
Regulation of Pesticides Circulation  
5 Chapter 31 Fertilizers  - YRLS 3,000 for each 
permit 
- Determined according to 
the cost of each item  - Fees for import permit 
 
- Fees for lab. exam Decision of the 
Minister of 
Agriculture No. 43/2005 on Fees for Services of Registration and Examination of Seeds and Agricultural Fertilizers  
6 Included in chapter 12 Seeds - YRLS 3,000 for each 
permit 
- YRLS 3,000 - Fees for import permit 
 
- Fees for lab. exams Decision of the 
Minister of 
Agriculture No. 43/2005 on Fees for Services of Registration and Examination of Seeds and Agricultural Fertilizers 
7 Included in chapter 49 
 
Included in chapter 37 
 Included in chapter 85 Artistic and literary works  
 - YRLS 5,000 
 
 
 -  YRLS 10,000   -  YRLS 10,000   -  YRLS 5,000 -  Fees for import permit for 
publications, stationery, 
newspapers and 
magazines.  
-  Fees for import permit of 
cinema films and their distribution 
-  Fees for import permit for 
video films and cassettes and their distribution 
-  Fees for import permit for 
audio recording tapes and CDs and their distribution  - The Press and 
Publications Law 
No. 25 of 1990 
and its regulation 
- Decision of the 
Minister of Culture and Tourism No. 76/1994 on the Issue of Permit Fees for Printing and Publishing Houses, Cinema, and Stores of Publications Display   
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8  Animal wealth  YRLS 1,000 for each permit Fees for import permit Law No. 17/2004 on 
Regulation and Protection of Animal Resources 
9  Drugs and medical appliances 1% for each importation 
application Fees for import permit Republican Decree 
No. 44/1971 on the Establishment of the Supreme Board of Drugs and Medical Appliances 
10  Goods in warehouses 3% of the value of warehoused 
goods Fees for warehouse supervision - Customs Law 
No. 14/1990. 
-  Decision of 
Vice- Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, No. 399/2002 on Standardization of Supervision fees Specified for Private and Real Warehouses 
11 This item will be 
cancelled according to 1-Second of the Cabinet Decree No. 410/2006.  Goods subject to accredited standards  One per 1,000 of the value of 
consignment (minimum YRLS 10,000- maximum YRLS 200,000) Fees to issue assessment 
certificates Decision of the 
Minister of Industry and Trade No. 2/2003 on the Regulations of Conformity Assessment of Goods and Enterprises to Accredited Standards  
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12  -  customs declarations (all forms) 
 -  overtime form -  customs declaration for vehicles -  YRLS 60 for each 
customs declaration   
-  YRLS 60 for each form -  YRLS 500 for each 
customs declaration Publication fees  - Customs Law 
No. 14/1990 
-  Decision of the 
Minister of Finance 
No.
 182/1994 on 
Amendment to 
Decision 
No. 302/1990 
concerning the determination of the value of certain prints related to customs paper process and procedures of their collection   
13  A.  parcels placed in warehouses and stores 
 1.  parcel weighing 50kg or less    2.  parcel weighing more than 50kg  B.  parcels placed in yards of customs and free zones 
as follows: 
 1.  parcel weighing 50kg or less   2.  parcel weighing more than 50kg    C.  fees of storing, porti ng, insuring the parcels placed 
on customs yards and free zone yards per ton or 
less than a ton 
 **  The goods pointed out previously are 
exempted from fees of storing, porting and insuring for the first week of their arrival.  
 **  These fees are doubled starting from the third 
week onward provided that the fees do not exceed half the value of the goods when they are released from customs.  
- YRLS 15 per parcel a 
week or less than a week 
- YRLS 20 per parcel a 
week or less than a week 
  - YRLS 5 per parcel a 
week or less than a week 
- YRLS 10 per ton or part 
of ton a week or less than a week  
 YRLS 100 per parcel a week or less than a week Service fees 
 -  Customs Law 
No. 14/1990 
-  Decision of the 
Minister of Finance No. 347/1990 on determination of services fees on goods placed in yards, warehouses, stores, and free zones managed by the Customs Authority 
  
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  D.  fees of wrapping, packing and sealing of parcels as 
follows: 
 - Lead-sealing a parcel  - Lead-sealing pallets  - Lead-sealing a car  
  YRLS 10 per parcel YRLS 50 per pallet 
YRLS 200 per car   
14  *  Seaports (upon a request from the party concerned) 
 -  loading or unloading goods onto/off ships 
outside working hours except for wheat.  
 -  clearing goods after 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm.    -  clearing goods after 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm.    -  clearing goods after 10:00 pm until 8:00 am   
 - goods sent out of the dock not within the 
working hours. 
 *  Airports (clearing goods not within working hours 
upon the request of the party concerned) 
 -  1-300 cartons  -  300-400 cartons  -  400 cartons or more  -  per special flight (charter)  -  per cleared common flight (passengers + 
goods)  
 * Land ports and transportation points (clearing 
goods not within working hours, upon the request 
of the party concerned) 
 -  vehicles (trailers)  -  heavy trucks  -  big trucks  -  pick-up trucks  -  trucks loaded with goods of government 
tenders  
- YRLS 100 per ton  - YRLS 200 per hour/ for 
each employee 
- YRLS 250 per hour/ for 
each employee 
- YRLS 300 per hour/ for 
each employee 
- YRLS 100 per truck  
    - YRLS 1,500 - YRLS 2,000 - YRLS 2,500 - YRLS 5,000 - YRLS 2,500     
 
- YRLS 2,500 - YRLS 2,000 - YRLS 1,500 - YRLS 300 - YRLS 100 Fees for overtime work -  Customs Law 
No. 14/1990. 
- Decision of the 
Minister of Finance No. 342/ 1991 regarding the determination of overtime value taken from the 
owners of goods.  
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15  Vehicles temporarily entering the country belonging to 
non-residents   200 Saudi Riyals (SR) or 
equivalent in foreign currency and 100 SR for any further renewal Service fees -  Customs Law 
No. 14/1990 
-  Decision of the 
Minister of Finance 
No. 19/2000 
pertaining to Amendment to Decision No. 92/1999 on Payment of Services Fees on Vehicles 
16  Customs Declaration  -  YRLS 2,000 
 
-  YRLS 1,000 -  Fees for each damaged/ 
lost customs declaration 
-  Fees for each clarification 
of a customs declaration -  Customs Law 
No. 14/1990 
-  Decision of the 
Minister of Finance No. 111/1996 on Payment of Services Fees for Obtaining  customs documents for lost or damaged  data (clarification of data for a customs 
declaration) 
Note:  The exchange rate for US$1 is almost equivalent to YRLS 199.00 in May 2007.  
  
  
 
      
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S/N HS Code Description Fee Purpose Legal Reference 
1 Products covered in 
chapters 03.00 and 16.00 -  tails of rocky lobster 
-  rocky lobster in full, frozen -  living lobster -  deep water lobster -  coastal shrimps -  deep water shrimps -  squid -  fresh fish -  frozen fish -  fillets of fresh and frozen fish 
-  fins of shark 
-  trepang -  harica and yareeka fish  -  octopus -  crabs -  dried fish -  mince of fish -  YRLS 49 per kg 
-  YRLS 20 per kg -  YRLS 39 per kg -  YRLS 12 per kg -  YRLS 16 per kg -  YRLS 4 per kg -  YRLS 5 per kg -  YRLS 4 per kg -  YRLS 3 per kg -  YRLS 10 per kg 
-  YRLS 59 per kg 
-  YRLS 59 per kg -  YRLS 5 per kg -  YRLS 5 per kg -  YRLS 3 per kg -  YRLS 2 per kg -  YRLS 1 per kg Fees for services of examining 
and controlling the quality of Yemen's fish products in order to issue health certificate Decision of the 
Minister of Fishery No. 58/2006 on Determination of Fees for the Issue of Health Certificates per each shipment of fish and marine organisms, subject to the Law No.2/2006 on the 
Regulation of Fishing, 
Utilizing and Protecting Marine Life. 
2   38.08 Plant pesticides Two per 1,000 of the value of 
exportation Fees for export permit  Law No. 25/1999 on 
Regulation of Plant Pesticides Circulation  
3  Animal wealth  YRLS 1,000 for each 
certificate Fees for the issue of veterinary 
certificate  Law No. 17/2004 on 
Regulation and Protection of Animal Resources 
4  Goods subject to accredited standards  YRLS 1,000, providing that 
the product must be registered 
at the Yemeni Standardization, Metrology, and Quality Control Organization (YSMO), and the enterprise making such production should have a certificate to practice good manufacturing. Fees for the issuance of 
conformity certificate Decision of the 
Minister of Industry 
and Trade No. 2/2003 on the Regulations of Conformity Assessment of Goods and Enterprises to Accredited Standards  
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5 Items included in 
Chapter 06.00 Plant Consignment -  YRLS 1,500 
   -  YRLS 3,000 
 
   -  YRLS 3,000     -  YRLS 50  -  YRLS 100 -  Fees for issuing a plant 
health certificate for exported or re-exported plant consignments 
-  Lab examination costs for 
each type or variety of 
consignment of seeds, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes seedlings, corms  
-  Lab examination costs for 
each type or variety of consignment of manufactured organic fertilizers or artificial soil 
-  For each 20 seedlings or 
sucker 
-  For each bunch of 
cuttings (not more than 50 cuttings)   -  Law No.32/1999 
on Plant Quarantine  
-  Ministerial 
Decree 
No. 29/2002 on 
determining the fees to be charged on plant consignments which are subject to the provisions of the Law on plant quarantine and the conditions for exemption from such fees.    
6 -  Chapter 12 
-  Chapter 31    -  Seeds  
-  Fertilizers    -  YRLS 3,000 
-  Determined according to 
the cost of each element YRLS 3,000 Lab examination fees Decree by the Minister 
of Agriculture No. 43/2005 on Fees for Services of Registration and Examination of Seeds and Agricultural Fertilizers  
Note:  The exchange rate for US$$1 is almost equivalent to YRLS 199.00 in May 2007.    
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