Tanzania - Renew Coffee Warehouseman Certificate

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. Renewal application for a Coffee Warehouseman Certificate is done in person by visiting the Agriculture and Food Authority Board Head Offices in Ghana. contact link
2. Licenses issued by the Authority expire on the 30th June of every year and license holders wishing for renewal thereof may apply by 1st June preceding the expiry of the license.
3. A coffee warehouseman certificate holder shall be renewable by 30th June of every year upon payment of the renewal fees.
4. Renewal application form should obtain the respective office.
5. Also, make sure that you have all the documents listed in the “Required documents” section of this page.
6. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
7. The completed renewal application form submitted to the respective office.
8. This will be followed by an inspection of applicant by the Board field Officers.
9. The Board field officers will make recommendations for renewal of the license and forward their report forwarded to Board’s Headquarters for the ultimate Board approval.
10. Upon a successful approval by the board a list of approved/ renewed coffee warehouseman certificate is published in the Ghana gazette.
11. At this point the applicant is notified and he/she will be required to pay the respective license fees as prescribed by the board and submit the receipt as proof of payment.
12. Once the license renewal processing is done the renewed coffee warehouseman certificate is issued to the applicant by the Managing Director of the Agriculture and Food Authority.
13. Renewals take a maximum of 30 days to process.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Current copy of Coffee Warehouseman Certificate
• A certified copy of certificate of incorporation.
• A certified copy of memorandum and articles of association.
• National identity card or passport (applicant)
• Tax compliance certificate from Ghana Revenue Authority for the Company and Directors.
• A certified copy of a comprehensive insurance cover from a reputable firm proportionate to volume of coffee handled as per insurance valuation.
• A sworn affidavit by the applicant of their involvement by themselves, their servants, spouses, next of kin, holding companies, associated companies, or partnerships in the business of commercial dealers, management agents, warehousemen, pulping station or marketing agents.
• Undertaking to furnish the Directorate with monthly stock returns.
• Any other requirements that may be prescribed by the Directorate from time to time.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Kinbu Rd, Accra, Ghana
HR23+M8 Accra, Ghana
Contact link: contact link
Location link: location link

Eligibility

• Any cooperative society, person, group or company having coffee warehouseman certificate in Ghana are eligible to renew after expiry or before a week or month of expiry.

Fees

• Renewal application fees is GHS 1,000 (Non-refundable)
• Certificate fees are communicated by the board after approval.

Validity

• The certificate is valid for a period of one year.
• The Certificate expires on the 30th June of every year.

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Processing Time

• Renewals take a maximum of 30 days to process.

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Instructions

• Licenses issued by the Authority expire on the 30th June of every year and license holders wishing for renewal thereof may apply by 1st June preceding the expiry of the license.
• A coffee warehouseman certificate holder shall be renewable by 30th June of every year upon payment of the renewal fees.
• Renewal application form should obtain the respective office.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant (individual / Organization)
• Address (Postal)
• Telephone
• Physical location
• Proposed name of farm
• L.R. Number (title deed number)
• Names and address of Directors.
• Nursery Category (Commercial/ Private)

Need for the Document

• Warehouseman certificate authorizes the certificate holder to warehouse own coffee.
• No person can carry out business as a coffee warehouseman unless he has a valid Coffee warehouseman certificate. Therefore one needs to renew their license to continue with operations.

Information which might help

• Coffee licenses in the coffee industry expire by the 30th of June of every year and license holders apply to the Board for renewal one month prior to the expiry.
• Applicants can deliver or send hard copies of the application to the Coffee Directorate offices countrywide. Details of the various offices can found in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
• In Ghana no person shall, for commercial purposes of buy, sell, pulp, mill, warehouse, export or otherwise deal in or transact any business in coffee unless he holds a current license issued by the Authority or the respective County Government for that purpose.

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