SARS CUSTOMS REGISTRATIONS, DONE FOR YOU
Your import/export licence. Sorted.
Fixed price. Submitted to SARS within 24 hours of receiving your documents. Handled end to end by a customs expert with 35 years in the system.
CustomsDirect is a private consultancy and is not affiliated with SARS.
FIXED PRICES. NO QUOTES. NO SURPRISES.
What do you need done?
Import and Export Licence
Register as an importer, exporter or both with SARS. The licence you need before goods can move.
SARS Registered Representative Activation
Also called appointing your public officer. Until it is active, nobody can transact for your company on SARS eFiling.
Licence Amendment or Trade Agreement Registration
Add trade agreements or amend an existing customs registration.
APN Setup on eFiling
Advance Payment Notification setup on eFiling, plus same-day APN codes when you pay overseas suppliers.
ITAC Import Permit
Importing used goods, waste, scrap or controlled goods? The ITAC permit you need before they ship.
Clearing Agent Registration
Clearing agent licensing and annual renewals, handled before the 31 December deadline.
Bond Store Licence (Bonded Warehouse)
Store goods under bond and delay duty until they clear. For warehouses and distributors.
Rebate Store Licence (Schedule 3 Industrial Rebates)
Schedule 3 industrial rebates: manufacturers import qualifying materials at reduced or zero duty.
Rebate Store Licence (Schedule 4 General Rebates)
Schedule 4 general rebates: goods imported under specific circumstances at reduced or zero duty.
SARS Letter of Intent: Review and Response
SARS sent a letter of intent? Expert review and response within 48 hours.
NRCS Letters of Authority
Regulated products (tyres, electrical, electronics) need an LOA before they can be sold. Priced per product.
How it works
- 01
Pay online
Card or instant EFT. You see the full document list before you pay a cent.
- 02
Check your email for your upload link
We email you a secure upload link the moment you pay. Company address proof, contact person ID and their proof of address. That is it.
- 03
We submit. You get licensed.
Submitted to SARS within 24 hours of your documents arriving. We chase it until it is approved.
YOUR TURNAROUND CLOCK STARTS THE MOMENT WE RECEIVE YOUR DOCUMENTS.
WHEN IT GOES WRONG
SARS letter of intent? Goods detained? Bad tariff ruling?
This is the work Mark built his name on. Appeals, tariff determinations and dispute resolution, argued by someone who spent 10 years inside SARS customs and 8 more at a maritime law firm. One recent appeal saved a client R6 million in duty.
FOR MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
You are probably paying SARS too much duty.
Misclassified goods, missed rebates and unused trade agreements quietly cost importers hundreds of thousands of Rand. Mark reviews your imports and finds the money. If he finds no savings, you pay nothing.
Straight answers
Do I actually need an import/export licence?
If you import or export for business you must be registered with SARS customs. In practice the pressure point arrives at more than three shipments a year, over R150,000 of cargo a year, or any advance payment of R50,000 or more.
How fast is it really?
We submit to SARS within 24 hours of receiving your complete documents. SARS itself typically takes a few working days. We chase it until it is approved and keep you posted on WhatsApp.
What documents do I need?
Proof of company address, the contact person's ID number and proof of address, and proof of contact details for both the company and the contact person. A recent phone account works as proof of contact details, or a simple affidavit if you don't have one. We show you this list before you pay, and around 90% of applications go through first time.
Can I not just do this myself for free?
You can. SARS does not charge for the registration. You are paying for it to be done right the first time, fast, by someone who worked inside SARS for 10 years, with a refund if it is not approved.
Is the licence valid for life?
Your importer/exporter registration does not expire. If it sits unused for a year or more SARS can mark it inactive, and we can reactivate it for you.
What happens if SARS rejects my application?
We fix it and resubmit at no charge. If we cannot get you approved, you get 100% of your money back. That is the whole policy.
Ready to get licensed?
Fixed price. Document list up front. Submitted within 24 hours. Approved or 100% refunded.