Liberia Container Tracking Note

Shortly about Liberia: Neighbours Sierra Leone from the northwest, from North Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire to East and closest to the Atlantic Ocean.
The capital city is Monrovia and population nearly around 1.1M people. Liberia has 5 Million total population.

Mostly cities closest to the sea and this country has huge ports.

You can find all of the questions and answer about Liberia Cargo Tracking Note in this post.

We frankly want to share with you for this notice, Container Tracking Note mostly passing as Cargo Tracking Note. We recommend using Cargo Tracking Note as a CTN abbreviation, for your information.

What is Liberia CTN?

Liberia CTN is an application for custom clearance. CTN is an abbreviation of the Cargo Tracking Note. It helps to track your ships from destination to destination also Custom Clearance without any consultant or agency.

It’s an obligatory document for trading to Liberia. You need to obtain this certificate for your cargo.

When did Liberia start to Use Container Tracking Note?

Was February 1st, Liberian Port Authority shared a piece of information on their website for all Importers and Exporters This information has belonged toContainer Tracking Note.

The public notice:

“Container Tracking Note is mandatory for all shipments bound to Liberia or in transit through Liberia and it is under Shipper’s responsibility. Each B/L must be covered by a valid unique CTN number which will also be inserted on the Cargo Manifest. Shipments not covered by a valid CTN number will not be loaded and fines may apply.”

It’s been applied as mandatory for all shipments.

NOTE: Shipment not covered by a CTN will not be loaded. Shipment without a valid CTN number will not be discharged in Liberia. Fines will apply in accordance with the NPA regulation on top of additional costs.

Liberia’s Export and Import Capacity

As we mentioned in the intro, this land is totally port country. Economy, handling mostly with sea trades. We can share with you if you interest the numbers,

$774.8 Million Exports in 2012 on Wikipedia source

$2.275 Billion Imports in 2012 as Wikipedia mentioned.

What Items Mostly Import to Liberia?

Libera Import’s years in years mostly Health area, Machinery, and Goods. We make a list to make it simple.

• Machinery
• Transportation Equipment
• Fuel
• Chemicals
• Manufactured Goods
• Food
• Foreign Aid

Import Partners of Liberia

• South Korea
• China
• Singapore
• Japan
• Hong Kong

Import values via country;

South Korea: %26.4
China: %24.1
Singapore: %23.0
Japan: %15.9
Hong Kong: 10.1

This information was shared on ’12.

Liberia Export Details And Information

Liberia is richly endowed with resources of minerals also mostly engaged in agriculture. But it’s ironically weird, Liberia still listed on the poorest countries in the world. Export rates in 2006 estimates of the Factbook: 1.197 Billion US Dollars, 2012 estimates rates are: 774.8 Million US Dollars. Export items mostly;

• Iron
• Diamonds
• Timber
• Rubber
• Cocoa
• Coffee

Export Partners of Liberia

1. China
2. United States
3. Spain
4. Thailand
5. Ivory Coast
6. Malaysia
7. Canada

Export rate list via country;

China: %24.2
United States: %15.4
Spain: %11.1
Thailand: %4.5
Ivory Coast: %4.4
Malaysia: %4.1
Canada: %3.7

Note: This report was published in 2012, end of the year.

Sources:

Wikipedia

Economy Watch