Customs Convention on Containers
The Customs Convention on Containers is a United Nations and
duty-
and tax-free.
The original Convention was concluded in
International Container Bureau
was instrumental in the creation of the revised 1972 Convention.
The Convention allows for shipping containers to be brought from a ratifying state into a ratifying state duty- and tax-free for a period of three months.
The Convention was concluded at the same conference that concluded the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats, and the CMR Convention.
The Convention was somewhat superseded in 1990 by the Istanbul Convention, which combines in one single instrument the various conventions on the temporary admission of specific goods.