Petroleum clearance
where the excise
accounting is done right.
Bonded tank farm procedures. Excise deferral for SADC transit volumes. ADR/IMDG documentation. NamRA excise records maintained every cycle. Specialist Chapter 27 clearance — not a general agent treating fuel like furniture.
What we handle
Three petroleum operations. Each with a specific customs requirement.
Bulk fuel trader — import and distribute
Tanker vessel arrives at Walvis Bay with 10 million litres of diesel destined for both the Namibian market and onward to Zambia. Bonded tank entry defers excise. As volumes are drawn down, clearance-from-bond entries separate Namibian home-use (excise payable) from transit volumes (excise exempt).
Wrong: clearing all volumes as home-use on arrival. You pay excise on fuel you're going to transit. The bonded facility is the mechanism — but only if it's used correctly from the moment the product hits the shore.
Petroleum transit — Walvis Bay to SADC
Tanker trucks departing Walvis Bay for Lusaka, Harare, or Gaborone under T1 transit entries. Transit bond covers the excise liability in transit. Border exit confirmation releases the bond. No Namibian excise attaches to product that doesn't enter the Namibian consumption market.
Wrong: departing without correct ADR placarding and TREMCARD documentation. The truck will be stopped at the Namibia–Zambia border. Correcting ADR compliance from 1,100 km away is not a documentation exercise.
Energy company — regular tanker programme
Weekly or fortnightly tanker arrivals require a cleared operational programme: consistent product specifications on file with NamRA, standing bonded facility accounts, and an excise accounting system that reconciles volumes in, out, and in transit for every NamRA audit cycle.
Wrong: treating each tanker arrival as a standalone event. For high-frequency petroleum operations, the clearing agent's excise accounting records are part of your regulatory infrastructure — errors compound quickly.
Scope of service
The full petroleum
clearance stack —
customs to excise.
From vessel arrival to bonded tank entry, home-use drawdown, transit exemption, and NamRA excise accounting. For high-frequency tanker operations, the clearing agent's excise records are part of your regulatory infrastructure — we maintain them correctly on every arrival.
Discuss your operationTechnical guides
Know the regime before your first tanker.
Excise Duty and Bonded Facilities for Petroleum Imports at Walvis Bay
The full layered assessment structure — customs duty, excise, fuel levies, VAT — and how bonded tank farms manage the liability.
Read guideCustoms Valuation Disputes at NamRA: How the Process Works
When NamRA challenges your declared product value — what the CVA hierarchy allows and how to defend your position.
Read guideShipping to Zambia via Walvis Bay
The Walvis Bay–Lusaka corridor: transit documentation, border procedure, and cost comparison with Durban.
Read guideShipping to Zimbabwe via Walvis Bay
The Walvis Bay–Harare corridor: ZIMRA transit, Forbes–Mutare border, fuel transit specifics.
Read guideCustoms Compliance Audits in Namibia
How NamRA's post-clearance audit examines bonded facility records — and what an excise stock reconciliation audit looks like.
Read guideGet in touch
Tell us about your operation.
Volume, product type, corridors. We'll scope the clearance programme and respond within one business day.