Eligibility Criteria for availing of DPD Scheme by Importers - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 16/2019

प्रधान आयुक्त का कार्यालय, सीमा शुक्ल अहमदाबाद सीमा शुक्ल भवन , पहली मंजिल, पुराने हाई कोर्ट के सामने नवरंगपुरा अहमदाबाद- 380 009 F. No. VIII/09-03/CUs/T/2019-20 Date: 18.12.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 16/2019 Subject: Eligibility Criteria for availing of DPD Scheme by Importers-reg. Attention of the Exporters. Customs Brokers. Members of the Trade and Industry Association and Customs Officers and other is invited to Board's Circular No. 29/2019-Customs dated 05.09.2019 issued from F. NO. 450/10/2016-CusIV on the subject Eligibility Criteria for availing of DPD Scheme by Importers. Also. attention is drawn to Public Notice No. 07/2019-20 dated 25.04.2019 issued by this Office with regard to extension of facility of Direct Port Delivery (DPD) at Adani Hazira Port, Sural to major manufacturer importers. 2. Taking all the factors into consideration. following guidelines are being prescribed for implementation or DPD across all the formations under Ahmedabad Customs Commissioner-ate: (i) Inclusions: The following categories of importers may opt for facility of DPD: (a) importers who have already been accorded either AEO Tier I, II or III status: (b) importers with a clear track record of compliance and an import volume of 25 Full Container Load (FCL) TEUs through a particular port or otherwise in the preceding financial year; Importers falling under the said categories shall furnish information prescribed in application format i.e. Annexure-A (copy enclosed). WhiIe the criterion at (b) is desirable- Pr. Chief Commissioner / Chief Commissioner may. however- in deserving cases of importers. relax the TEU benchmark. Such importers could be the ones whose imports have enjoyed a consistent pattern or customs risk facilitation / who provide an assurance that they would be in a position to pick up containers directly from the terminal. This dispensation may be particularly considered for the MSME sector. (ii) Exclusions: The following categories or importers however would be excluded from facility of DPD (a) importers against whom a case of mis-declaration or description of goods or of concealment /diversion of imported goods / evasion of duty has been made in the preceding five years: (b) importers racing prosecution proceedings in a mutter under the Customs Act. 1962: (c) those importing goods that are subjected to 100% examination in terms of extant policy: (d) importers importing mostly LCL consignments. (iii) Conditions: The facility of DPD shall be extended only to such consignments (a) which have either been fully facilitated or not subjected to examination; (b) importers open a PD account with the terminals and arrange for their own transport to take delivery or containers from the terminal: and (c) any other procedural formality prescribed by this Commissionerate or Gujarat Customs Zone and/or Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) for better administration of DPD scheme. 3. Difficulties raced, if any. in implementation or the Circular may be immediately brought to the notice of the Additional/ Joint Commissioner of Customs. Customs Commissioner-ate. Ahmedabad. (Kumar Santosh) Principal Commissioner Customs. Ahmedabad