International Cargo Bulletin

No.775 Jul. 07, 2000
 

IATA CARGO TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE
- GENEVA MAY,2000


The IATA Cargo Tariff Coordinating Conference was held in Geneva 15-17 May 2000.
The Followings are the summary of changes in rules, rates and charges concerning the traffic Japan Airlines may be involved with.
The intended effectiveness dates of the agreements are August 1st and October 1st ,2000, depending on the agreements.

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A. Effective from August 1st, 2000
 
1.   Rules
  (a) Sources of exchange rate
    The source of exchange rate for the listed countries and area is amended as follows;
Austria/Belgium/Finland/France & French territories/Germany/
Ireland/Italy/Luxembourg/Netherlands/Portugal/Spain

The bankers rate means the rate established by the European Central Bank (ECB) and published by IATA each Tuesday. This rate will be applicable from Wednesday of each week up to and including Tuesday of the following week.

  (b) Charges in relation to value
    "USD20" is replaced by "SDR17" accordingly, Resolution 503 is amended as follows;
Paragraph2) for goods having a declared value for carriage of SDR17 per kg or less, charges for carriage shall be solely on a weight or volume basis.
Paragraph3) for goods having a declared value for carriage of more than SDR17 per kg, charges for carriage shall be on a weight or volume basis plus the valuation charge specified in Paragraph4) to be assessed on the amount by which the value for carriage exceeds SDR17 per kg
Paragraph4) the charge for such excess value shall be not less than 0.50 percentum of that part of the shipper's declared value for carriage which is in excess of SDR17 per kg. Paragraph8) notwithstanding the amount in Special Drawing Rights(SDR) specified in Paragraph 2),3) and 4), the amounts shown in Attachment-A shall apply in the countries listed therein.

2.   Rate and charge
  (a) GCRs
    DEL to FUK/NGO/OSA/TYO is amended. (Unit INR/kg)
      N     126.00
  +45kg   110.00
  +100kg   94.00
  +300kg   76.00

  (b) SCRs
    (i) SCR1401/1420/1429 from Thailand
 From BKK to those points SCR items 1420 or 1429 is available, Item No. is amended to 1401 ; except where both SCR 1401 and 1429 currently exist, item 1429 is deleted.
(ii) Item No. And Description guide
 When "Soft Shell Turtles" is shipped live, it is not needed to be considered as subject to the live animal rate and may be classified under the appropriate foodstuffs or seafood item.

  (c) Fees
    (i) Charges Collect Fee in Thailand
A minimum fee for charges collect service in Thailand in local currency is established as follows;
  Currency   Min.
  THB   400
(ii) Disbursement Fee in Thailand
A minimum disbursement fee of USD 20 and a disbursement amount of USD100 are established in local currency for Thailand, as follows;
  Currency   USD100   USD20
  THB   4,000   800

  (d) Add-on
     USA add-on amounts are introduced for construction with GCRs to/from TC3 except South West Pacific. The details are shown in the Attachment-B.

B. Effective from October 1st,2000
 
1.   Rules
  (a) All references in Resolution text to "EC Member States" is amended to "ECAA".

  (b) The definition for ECAA is as follows;
  Term   Definition
  ECAA   European Common Aviation Area
Austria/ Belgium/ Denmark/ Finland/ France/ Germany/ Greece/ Iceland/ Ireland/ Italy/ Liechtenstein/ Luxembourg/ Netherlands/ Norway/ Portugal/ Spain/ Sweden/ United

  (c) The definition for US Territories and USA is changed, the new definition is as follows;
  Term   Definition
  US territories   the overseas Territories of the United States of America, including but not limited to; American Samoa, Baker Is., Guam, Howland is., Javis Is., Johnson Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Is., Northern Mariana Is., Saipan, Swains Is., Palmyra Is., Wake Is.
  USA   the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Is.

2.   Rates and Charges
  (a) Minimum charge
    (i) From Russia
  Destination   Origin   Charge
  TC3 except China(including Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR) Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan   Russia(Asia)
Russia(Europe)
  USD90.00
USD75.00
(ii) From South Africa
  Destination   Origin   Charge
  Japan/Korea, South East Asia, South Asia Subcontinent, South West Pacific   South Africa   ZAR250

  (b) GCRs
    From Yugoslavia, N and +45kg rates amended
  Destination   Weight Break   Action
  Japan, Korea   N, +45kg   10%

  (c) SCRs
    The wording for SCR series 8000-8999 which includes several SCR item numbers and descriptions covering musical instruments and accessories, is amended as follows;
8000-8999 Scientific, Professional and Precision instruments, Apparatus and Supplies, Musical Instruments and accessories


ATTACHMENT 'A'

The following amounts shall apply in the countries listed below, in respect of Paragraphs 2), 3) and 4).

    Code   Amount
Austria   EUR   29.80
cyprus   CYP   10
Egypt   EGP   70
Eritrea   USD   16
Ethiopia   USD   16
Germany   EUR   27.35
Iceland   USD   20
Iran   USD   20
Ireland   USD   20
Japan   USD   20
Namibia   NAD   41
Netherlands   EUR   22.69
Poland   USD   20
Portugal   EUR   14.96
Russia   USD   20
Saudi Arabia   SAR   75
South Africa   ZAR   100.50
Syria   USD   20
Thailand   USD   20


ATTACHMENT 'B'

USA add-on amoounts in Attachment A introduced for construction with GCRs to/from TC3 except South West Pacific.

ADD-ON CITY GATEWAY ZONE RATE AMOUNT
FAJ ANC 315 N 0.30
ASE/ ATW/ AUW/ AZO/ BMI/ CAK/ CID/ CLE/ CMH/ CMI/ COS/ CVG/ DAY/ DBQ/ DEN/ DLH/ DSM/ DTT/ EVV/ FAR/ FNT/ FWA/ GRB/ GRR/ ICT/ IND/ LAF/ LAN/ LEX/ LNK/ LSE/ MBS/ MKC/ MKE/ MLI/ MSN/ MSP/ OMA/ PLA/ RFD/ RST/ SBN/ SDF/ SGF/ SPI/ STL/ TOL/ TVC CHI     0.30
HOU DFW     0.00
ABI/ ABQ/ ACT/ AMA/ AUS/ BPT/ BRO/ CLL/ CRP/ ELP/ FSM/ FYV/ GGG/ HRL/ ILE/ LAW/ LBB/ LIT/ LRD/ MAF/ MFE/ OKC/ SAT/ SJT/ SPS/ TUL/ TXK/ TYR DFW     0.30
SEA/ SFO/ SIC/ PDX LAX     0.00
BUR/ ONT/ SNA/ FAT/ MRY/ OAK/ PSP/ SAC/ SAN LAX     0.30
BFL/ BIL/ BOI/ CSL/ EUG/ IDA/ LAS/ MFR/ MRY/ PHX/ RNO/ SBA/ SLC/ TUS LAX     0.55
KOA/ LIH/ OGG HNL     0.30
FLL MIA     0.00
MAZ/ PSE/ SIU/ STT/ STX MIA     0.60
AEX/ AGS/ APF/ ATL/ BHM/ BNA/ BTR/ CAE/ CHA/ CHS/ CLT/ CSG/ DAB/ EYW/ FMY/ GNV/ GPT/ GSO/ GSP/ HSV/ ILM/ JAN/ JAX/ LCH/ LFT/ MEM/ MGM/ MLB/ MOB/ MSY/ MTH/ ORL/ PBI/ PNS/ RDU/ SHV/ SRQ/ TCL/ TLH/ TPA/ TRI/ TUP/ TYS MIA     0.30
ABE/ ALB/ BGM/ BGR/ BOS/ BTV/ BUF/ BWI/ HAR/ HFD/ MHT/ ORF/ ORH/ PHF/ PHL/ PIT/ PVD/ PWM/ RIC/ POC/ SWF/ SYR NYC     0.30
WAS NYC     0.00