Goods Imported under ATA Carnet are Exempted from Payment of Duty - Customs - 101/2010

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) APPRAISING MAIN, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE NHAVA SHEVA, TALUKA URAN, DISTRICT RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA-400707 F.NO. S/22-GEN-194/2010 AM(IMP) DATE: 08.10.2010 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 101/2010 Goods Imported under ATA Carnet are Exempted from Payment of Duty The goods imported under ATA Carnet are exempted from payment of duty as specified in Notification No. 157/1990 dated 28.03.1990-Cus. In this regard, Public Notice No. 39/1990 dated 02.05.1990 has been issued by New Custom House, Mumbai, prescribing the procedure to be followed for clearances under ATA Carnet, and the same was adopted in this Custom House. 2. At present, the clearances under ATA Carnet are being done at various CFSs wherein the goods are presented for examination. To have a proper central mechanism to monitor the clearances and to ensure that the goods imported under ATA Carnet are exported within the prescribed time limit, it has been decided that henceforth details of all imports under ATA Carnet shall be entered in the register to be maintained in the Office of DC/Docks (Admn.). The format of the register to be maintained is as given below. Sr. No. Name of the Importer Carnet B/E No. Date Description of the goods Value 1 2 3 4 5 Supplier/Country of Origin Name of the Organizing Agency/Place of Exhibition Ref. File No. and Date of ITPO Certificate/Approval Letter Signature and Name of the Officer Authorizing Clearnace Actual Date of Exportation 6 7 8 9 10 Port from which Exported Exportation Voucher/Shipping Bill No. Date Details of Demands issued, if not exported/sold Details of Recovery, If Any Remarks 11 12 13 14 15 3. The examination of the consignments under ATA Carnet shall be carried out in the respective CFS where the goods have been presented only after ensuring that the relevant data is entered in the centralized register. The Serial Number of the Entry Register shall be indicated on the copy of the Carnet BE retained in the CFS and the same shall be forwarded by the respective officer to the Office of DC/Docks(Admn.). DC/Docks(Admn.) shall monitor the closure of such Bs/E within the time limit as specified in Notification No. 157/1990-Cus. 4. The members of the trade/importers under ATA Carnet are accordingly informed that the proof of re-export should be submitted in the time limit specified in the said notification. In case the proof of re-export is not submitted within the specified time limit of six months from the date of import, then steps to recover customs duty leviable as on the date of import shall be taken as per Notification No. 157/1990. 5. Any difficulty noticed in implementing this Public Notice may be brought to the notice of undersigned. Sd/- (MALA SRIVASTAV ) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS(IMPORT) JNCH, SHEVA.