Total Secure Export handles customs clearance in Equatorial Guinea from the first document check to delivery on site. We prepare the import paperwork, clear your goods at the ports and airports of Malabo and Bata, pay duties and taxes locally and deliver the shipment anywhere on Bioko or the mainland. Our own team in Malabo runs every clearance.
We clear and deliver goods for companies that import into Equatorial Guinea in their own name and for those that have no company in the country.
Importing in their own name. You stay the consignee, we act as your clearing agent in Malabo or Bata.
Delivering to customers in Equatorial Guinea, with or without a local company.
Bringing in equipment, tools and materials for a project site.
Importing goods for a mission, programme or facility, including under a duty exemption.
One team covers every step between your supplier’s dispatch and the signed delivery note on site.
We check the invoice, packing list and transport documents against each other before the goods leave origin.
Every sea shipment to Equatorial Guinea needs an ECTN. We arrange it with your supplier or forwarder at the port of loading.
We file the customs declaration, attend the inspection and get the goods released at the port or airport of Malabo or Bata.
We pay duties, taxes and port charges in Equatorial Guinea and include them in your quote, so you know the full cost before the goods ship.
If your site is not ready, we hold the cleared goods in storage in Malabo until you need them delivered.
After release, the goods go to your site, warehouse or office on Bioko or the mainland, with a signed delivery note on hand-over.
Most clearance delays in Equatorial Guinea start with paperwork. We check every document against the others before shipping. If the invoice, packing list and bill of lading do not match, we ask the supplier to correct them before the goods are loaded.
You send the supplier invoice, packing list, route and delivery site. We confirm the documents, the expected duties and the price to site.
We review the paperwork before loading, arrange the ECTN for sea freight and flag any permit the goods need.
When the goods arrive in Malabo or Bata, we file the customs declaration.
If customs inspects the shipment, our team attends and answers queries on the spot.
We pay duties, taxes and port charges locally and collect the release from customs.
The goods go straight to your site or into storage in Malabo, and are handed over against a signed delivery note.
| Shipment | Typical clearance time |
|---|---|
| Air freight | 2 to 3 days from arrival |
| Sea freight | 7 to 10 days from arrival |
Times apply when the documents are complete and correct.
Equatorial Guinea applies the CEMAC common external tariff, so import duty depends on the HS code of each item. VAT and local charges are added on top. Because the code drives the cost, we confirm the classification with you at the quote stage and estimate duties and taxes before anything ships.
You can pay duties yourself on arrival or let us pay them locally and include them in one delivered price.
Embassies, and many NGO and donor-funded projects, can import free of duty under their agreements with the government. We prepare the exemption paperwork with you and clear the goods under it.
Equipment that comes in for a project and leaves after it can be cleared under temporary import, so you do not pay full duty on it. We handle the entry and the re-export at the end of the project.
Customs needs a local importer named on the declaration. If you do not have one, our registered company in Malabo can import the goods in its name as your importer of record.
Buyers in Equatorial Guinea can also pay us in local currency (XAF). We pay your suppliers abroad in USD or EUR, then ship, clear and deliver the goods.
Your shipment is cleared by our staff in Equatorial Guinea, so you deal directly with the people doing the work.
We clear sea and air freight at both entry points and deliver on Bioko and the mainland.
Errors are corrected at origin, before the goods reach port and storage charges start.
Clearance, duties, taxes, storage and delivery in one quote, agreed before the goods ship.
Usually 2 to 3 days for air freight and 7 to 10 days for sea freight after arrival. The main condition is complete, matching documents.
A commercial invoice, a packing list, a bill of lading or air waybill and, for sea freight, an ECTN. Regulated goods also need an import permit or licence, and some shipments need a certificate of origin.
Yes. We arrange the ECTN with your supplier or forwarder at the port of loading. Without it, clearance in Malabo or Bata is delayed and penalties may apply.
Yes. You stay the importer and consignee, and we act as your clearing agent: documents, declaration, duties and delivery.
Yes. Your forwarder handles the transport, and we take over the clearance and delivery once the goods reach Malabo or Bata.
Duty depends on the HS code under the CEMAC common external tariff, with VAT and local charges added. We estimate the full amount at the quote stage.
Yes. We can hold cleared goods in storage in Malabo and deliver them when your site is ready.
Yes. We deliver anywhere on Bioko and across the mainland, from Bata.
We work from offices in the UAE and in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Send us the invoice, packing list and delivery site. We check the documents and come back with the clearance time, estimated duties and a price to site.