Amendment in Public Notice No. 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019 regarding Import Policy of toys - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 02/2020

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CHENNAI-II CUSTOM HOUSE, 60, RAJA.JI SALAI, CHENNAI- 600 001. F.ND. S.Misc. 354/2019-Gr. 6 Dated: 03.01.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 02/2020 Subject: Amendment in Public Notice No. 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019 regarding Import Policy of toys- reg. Attention of the Importers, Custom Brokers and all concerned are invited to the Public Notice No. 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019 issued by the undersigned regarding procedure to be followed after amendment in the policy for Import of toys. 2. Subsequent to representations received from the trade regarding difficulties faced in implementation of the said Public Notice, the issues have been examined and accordingly para 3 of the Public Notice 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019 is replaced as under: 'In view of the above changes, following procedure is prescribed for clearance of toys:- a) Toy Bills shall be assessed on First Check basis with examination order to randomly draw representative samples for testing purpose. The coverage of representative samples drawn for testing may vary as per the antecedents of the importer, but a minimum of 10% of the number of items of the Bill of Entry covering broad category like Electronic ride on toys, other electronic toys, non-electronic pun line toys, soft toys etc shall be drawn for testing. The samples need not be drawn in duplicate unless specified. b) Part A of Test Memo indicating name of NABL laboratory, where samples will be forwarded for testing, will be generated at the time of assessment. The shed officer shall draw representative sample as per procedure prescribed in Public Notice 62/2019 dated 23.8.2019 issued by Commissionerate-IV. The Examining Officer shall enter details like Name, Model number, Serial number of Invoice/Bill of Entry etc in respect of representative sample drawn in Part B of Test Memo. The Shed AO/Superintendent of the CFS shall countersign the Test Memo. Sealed sample along with sealed Test Memo will be handed over to the Importer's representative/Customs Broker for forwarding the same for testing to NABL Laboratory under acknowledgement. c) The importer can opt for warehousing the cargo under Section 49 if they wish. Removal of goods from Section 49 warehouse shall be allowed only after successful testing of samples. d) After testing the samples for standards as per para 2 of the Public Notice 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019, laboratories where sample has been submitted for testing will forward one duplicate Test Report in sealed cover to the Deputy/Asst. Commissioner of Customs, Group VI for record purpose. e) Importers/Customs broker shall produce original test report to Assessment Group for scrutinizing it with respect to import documents. Cases where representative samples are found to match standards as laid down in import policy; such consignments will be allowed clearance. f) AEO clients will be given an option to clear the consignment on provisional basis with No Use bond and undertaking that the product cannot be sold in the market till successful testing of the sample has been conducted. No use bond equivalent to Assessable Value of the consignment shall be submitted at the time of Assessment and after authentication of the same by Group DC/AC it has to be uploaded in e-sanchit. g) For AEO clients after following the procedure described in point (e) above, cargo will be allowed clearance after cancelling No use Bond and returning the same to the Importer/Customs Broker. h) If samples drawn fails test, then representative sample for alt remaining models being imported will be drawn and forwarded for testing to NABL Accredited laboratory. In such cases, only goods which meet BIS standards as laid down in Import Policy will be allowed clearance. Rest of the goods which failed to meet prescribed BIS standards will be re-exported/destroyed as per importers request. The cost of destruction of goods, if importer chooses not to re-export the goods, will be borne by the Importer. 3. All other contents of the Public Notice No. 101/2019 dated 17.12.2019 wilt remain unchanged. (R. SRINIVASA NAIR) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHENNAI-II