EACFFPC Program
EACFFPC stands for East African Customs Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate.
The East African Customs Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate is a course that equips participants with the necessary knowledge to practice freight forwarding within Uganda Revenue Authority jurisdiction.
EACFFPC: EACFFPC is a joint regional training program of the East African Revenue Authorities, National Associations of the Freight Forwarding Industry, the EAC Directorate of Customs and FEAFFA.
It aims at equipping practicing or prospective custom agents and freight forwarders with requisite skills and competencies in customs and freight forwarding.
The next intake will be in January 2024.
The course has two semesters and is 10 months long with final exams at the end of each module. This is an online program with physical exams.
For industry practicing agents, the minimum requirement is O’ Level Certificate and for non-practicing clearing agents, the minimum request is A’ Level Certificate.
Tuition: UGX 1,500,000
Registration Fees: $150
Field Study: UGX 1,000,000
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Customs Module
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Paper 1: Customs Clearance procedures Paper 2: WTO customs valuation Paper 3: Classification of goods and ROOÂ Â |
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Freight Forwarding Module
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Paper 4: Freight forwarding procedures Paper 5: Port clearance Paper 6: Carriage of goods |
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Warehousing module |
Paper 7: Warehousing operations and Warehousing storage |
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Management Module
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Paper 8: Basic Course    Â
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Field Study |
Paper 9: Field study report |
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Customs Management Information Systems (non-examinable) |
Paper 10: Application of customs automated systems (ASYCUDA World) Â |
