Our next reefer (refrigerated container) will load at London City Bond bound for Cape Town in August of 2011. It is THE way to transport your precious wine from a European or UK source to South Africa under controlled conditions.
WE OFFER
* Space in this reefer to ship wine in full sealed cases either in-bond or duty-paid to our cellar in Observatory. We regret we cannot accept loose bottles or mixed cases.
* Professional assistance with every aspect from buying your wine and/or getting it to LCB for the shipment through to either your collection from our Observatory, Cape Town cellar on delivery to any address in South Africa.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS
* The wine travels in cool and secure conditions: the reefer temperature is set at 12.5º centigrade and recorded every half-hour by an independent monitor. The container is sealed on departure from London City Bond and only opened again by us on arrival at our cellar.
WHAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO DO
* You, as a private individual and members of your immediate family, are entitled to import up to 180 litres (20 x 12-bottle cases) per person per calendar year for your own consumption (with not more than 24 litres of the same wine).
* You can import more than 180 litres (and more than 24 litres of the same wine) by getting permission to do so and on payment of a R19/litre levy on the excess to the Department of Agriculture.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
* Book your space – tell us how many cases you want to ship - and pay for the reefer rate (currently £16/case for your own wine); to book space e-mail janine@winecellar.co.za
* Give us a detailed list of the wine you want to ship (and/or ask us to get wine for you) and a valuation (do not undervalue), we will get the necessary EU Origin Certificate (to avoid SA import duty of 25% of the value if the wine is of European origin). Get the necessary Import Exemption from the Department of Agriculture – we can do this for you (see below).
* Get the wine to be shipped moved into our account at LCB before mid-September 2009. Cases of wine (whether in-bond or duty-paid) need to have the correct documentation and must be clearly marked for account VH009. Correct documentation consist of: In-bond from France, Germany, etc. - AAD document + copy of invoice + marked for VH009; In-bond from another bond - AAD + copy of invoice + W8 (warrant) + marked for VH009 ; Duty-paid - document showing duty has been paid, delivery note for account VH009.
WHAT IT WILL COST
* £16 per 12-bottle case (or £11 per 6-bottle case) of your own wine, reefer seafreight only from LCB to Cape Town (subject to change).
* £1.60 per case bond receiving & £0.16 per case per week bond storage charges and £25 for the EUR1 per shipment (the crucial certificate necessary to avoid SA import duty of 25% of the value if the wine is of European origin).
* ± R5 per litre + VAT Cape Town landing cost (wharfage, terminal handling, delivery to our cellar and import agency cost). May go up as we learn about cost increases.
* R2.35, R4.24 & R7.06 per litre SA excise & customs duty for unfortified, fortified & sparkling wine of EU origin (the current duties post the 2009 budget). For wines of non-EU origin there is the SA excise duty (currently R1.98, R3.72 & R6.16 per litre respectively) to pay plus an import duty of 25% of the invoiced value.
* 14% VAT on 110% of the invoiced value of the wine plus excise, customs & import duties applicable on the wine, with the exchange rate fixed by SARS on the container vessel sailing date from a UK port.
* R200 + VAT for each Import Exemption Certificate if we get this (or these) for you from the Department of Agriculture (you can arrange your own, but it needs to have been done before shipment arrival)
* Marine insurance at about 0.5% on the landed cost plus 15% of the value.
* A 5% handling levy + VAT on all the Rand denominated costs above for the extensive administration involved.
If you purchase wine through us, then we will ship it for you at average seafreight cost that could be as low as £6 per 12-bottle case plus those other landing, clearing and delivery costs plus the 5% service fee. We have been doing this successfully for our clients for a number of years now. So if you are looking for wine to purchase and ship then ask us and/or select from the offers that we send out from time to time.
COLLECTION OR ON-DELIVERY
* Wine can be collected in the UK by London City Bond for delivery into our VH009 account; charges depend upon the collection postal code.
* Wine can be collected from our cellar once all shipping, landing and clearing charges have been paid.
* Or we can on-deliver quickly (overnight to major centres if required) to any address in South Africa.
* Alternatively you can store in our temperature controlled cellars until you are ready to collect or take delivery.