Routing export goods from CFSs of Chennai Sea Port through L& T, Kattupalli Minor Port -Reg. - Customs - 08/2015

GOVT. OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS COMMISSIONERATE-II, CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI - 600 001 F.No.: S.Misc. 31/2014 -Sys Unit Dated: 16.01.2015 Public Notice No. 08/2015 Sub: Routing export goods from CFSs of Chennai Sea Port through L T, Kattupalli Minor Port -Reg. Many representations have been received from various stakeholders including trade, requesting for permitting port to port transshipment of export goods from the Chennai Sea Port to L T, Kattupalli Minor Port (hereinafter called as L T Port ). 2. The DG system is entrusted with the work of development of module in the ICES 1.5, for port to port transshipment. As this may still take some time, a temporary procedure as follows is being instituted to permit such movements. 3. The CHA/exporter Exporters who want to route their goods through L T Port shall file checklist for shipping Bill for the purpose of assessment at Chennai Custom House with INKATI as port code. The Assessment of Shipping Bill for exports through Katupalli Port is already done at Chennai Custom House by the EDC Section. This practice shall continue. 4. The export goods, which are to be routed through L T Port, have to be brought to the designated CFS's which are attached to INMAAI for examination and stuffing in the presence of the Customs officer. The officers present at the concerned CFS would be given the login for INKATI for the purpose of examination. The Customs officers posted to the CFSs where the goods brought for examination shall register the goods with L T CFS as warehouse code. 5. The goods will be examined and the examination report will be submitted on ICES 1.5 under the INKATI site using the Warehouse Code pertaining to L T CFS. In the departmental comments, the officer shall specifically mention the CFS at which examination is being done. The exact text of the same is listed in the Table 1.0 of this notice. Let Export Order (LEO) will be given by the concerned officer at the same CFS. The container will be sealed in the presence of the Customs Officer and stuffing report will be entered. 6. Subsequent to stuffing, the containers shall be pasted with preprinted labels of size not less than 30 CM x 30 CM, bearing the marks L T Port in red color on white background and shall also be pasted with preprinted labels of size not less than 30 CM x 30 CM bearing the name of the CFS in short form as given in the Table 1.0 of this notice. Then these containers will be allowed to move to L T Port, after generating the gate passes and other procedures as usual. 7. The list of export goods with Shipping Bill Number, Container Number, Seal Number, Gate Out time, CFS Name, Gate Pass Number, trailer number, driver name, licence details and any other details required by Customs shall be submitted by the Custodians of respective CFSs to the AC (CFS) and AC/DC (Docks-Admin) in soft form on daily basis. 8. Upon reaching the L T Port, the Preventive Officers posted on gate therein shall verify the container number, seal number, intactness of container, intactness of seal, any signs of tampering of seal as well as containers and shall permit entry of the same inside the Port and shall sign allowed for shipment on the shipping bill. L T Port shall maintain the record of all these containers including Shipping Bill Number, Container Number, Seal Number, Gate Out time, CFS Name, Gate Pass Number, trailer number, driver name, licence details, Gate in time at L T Port and any other details required by Customs in electronic form and submit the same to the AC (Port) and AC/DC (Docks-Admin) on daily basis, which will be considered as Landing Certificate. The said record will be tallied with the list received from the CFSs and any discrepancy noticed would be taken up further action as appropriate. 9. The containers will then be loaded onto the vessel for the purpose of export as per the normal procedure at Kattupalli Port (INKATI). EGM will be filed for Kattupalli port. The drawback will be processed and EP copy will be generated as usual at Chennai Custom House. 10. The Custodians of the CFSs willing to avail of this facility shall apply for the same to Enquiry Section of the Custom House. After the completion of inspection of those CFSs for demarcation of separate areas for cargo meant for L T Port, those Custodians of CFSs shall submit necessary bond and Bank Guarantee (BG) for export goods as required under Regulation 5(4) of the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, to the Enquiry Section, Custom House. The qualifying Custodians can also opt for amending the bond and BG submitted already, instead of executing fresh bond and BG. It is also reiterated that the Customs Cargo Service Providers including Custodians are also responsible for the safe and secure transit of goods as per Regulation 6(1)(k) of the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009. 11. The Custodians of CFSs shall also execute an indemnity bond undertaking to indemnify the Commissioner of Customs from any liability arising on account of damages caused or loss suffered on export goods, due to accident, damage, deterioration, destruction or any other unnatural cause during their receipt, storage, dispatch, transit from CFS to Port, or otherwise handling of such goods as per Regulation 5(4) of the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 , if not executed already. 12. This notice is issued with immediate effect. 13. If any difficulty is foreseen or arises out of the implementation of this Notice, the same may be brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Customs (Chennai Il). 14. This notice shall stand rescinded upon the issue of the Public Notice or Board Circular permitting the port to port transshipment in ICES 1.5. Table 1.0 Sl. No. Name of the CFS Short Form 1 Vishrutha Logistics Ltd. Vishrutha 2 APM Terminals Inland Services APM 3 Sattva Conware Pvt. Ltd., Ponneri Sattva3 4 Chandra CFS and Terminal Operators Pvt. Ltd. Chandra 5 Ennore Cargo Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. ECCT 6 D.R. Logistics Pvt. Ltd. DRL 7 Sical Multimodal And Transport Ltd. Sical 8 German Express Shipping Agency (India) Pvt. Ltd. GESA 9 Triway Container Freight Station Pvt. Ltd. Triway 10 Sattva CFS and Logistics Private Limited Container Freight Station, Vichoor Sattva2 11 Kailash Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd. Kailash 12 Gateway Distriparks (South) Pvt. LTD. GDL 13 Sattva Hi-Tech and Conware Private Limited Sattva1 14 Indian Corporate Business Centre Ltd. ICBC 15 Sanco Container Freight Station Sanco 16 Allcargo Logistics Container Freight Station AGL 17 Balmer Lawrie Balmer 18 Continental Warehousing Corporation (Nhava Seva) Ltd., Madhavaram Cont I 19 Sun Global Logistics Private Limited SGL 20 Glovis India Pvt. Ltd. GIL 21 Thiru Rani Logistic Pvt. Ltd. TRL 22 Viking Warehousing Container Freight Station Viking 23 Calyx Container Terminals Private Limited Calyx 24 Continental Warehousing Corporation Ltd., Red Hills Cont II 25 A.S.Shipping Agencies Private Ltd., Numbal Numbal 26 Central Warehousing Corporation, Madhavaram CWCM 27 Central Warehousing Corporation, Virugambakkam CWCV (MAYANK KUMAR) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS COMMISSIONERATE-II