Abolition of Mate receipt - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 3/2017

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, KANDLA-370 210 F, No. S/20-249/4G/2016-17 Dated: 10/01/2017 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 3/2017 SUB: Abolition of Mate receipt -regarding, Attention of all Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and members of Trade is invited to the CBECs Circular No. 56/2016-Customs dated 24.11.2016 on the above cited subject. 2. It is observed that the Mate's receipt used to serve multifarious purposes mainly to ensure that the export container is loaded on the vessel. It also provides the date of sailing. However, since the advent of automation of Customs procedures, message exchange system, the manual issuance of mate receipt in the case of containerized cargo has become redundant. Moreover, disbursal of drawback is done only after the EGM has been filed at the gateway port, In view of the changed business workflow, need for issuance of Mate's receipt is no more there, 3, Board has therefore, decided that customs Houses should no more insist for issuance of Mate's receipt in the case of containerized cargo. However, in respect of non-containerized export cargo like bulk cargo etc., the practice of issuing Mate's receipt would continue. 4. If any difficulty is foreseen or arises out of the implementation of this notice, the same may be brought to the notice of the Pr. Commissioner of Customs, Kandla, (P. V. R. Reddy), Principal Commissioner, Custom House, Kandla