Regulation of Import of Livestock products and Livestock Importation Act, 1898 and Amendments made from time to time – Revised Testing Requirement - Customs - INSTRUCTION NO. 13/2020

INSTRUCTION NO. 13/2020-CUSTOMS F.No.401/21/2020-Cus.III Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs (Single Window Project) Room No. 229, North Block, New Delhi Dated: 20.07.2020 To, All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive) All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs Central Taxes, GST All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive) All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs Central Taxes, GST Subject: Regulation of Import of Livestock products and Livestock Importation Act, 1898 and Amendments made from time to time Revised Testing Requirement Reg. Madam/Sir, Kind attention is drawn to Office Memorandum dated 15.07.2020 issued vide File No. L-110110/1/2020-Trade(E-14819) by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying on the mentioned subject (copy enclosed). The operative part i.e. para 3 of the O.M. is reiterated below: 3. To Facilitate Ease of Doing Business and early clearance of imported consignments of livestock products , no custom sealed sample will be required / collected by AQCS for clearance of imported consignments under No Testing (NT) category . These imported consignments will be granted AQCS clearance on the Single Window System (SWS) based on Veterinary Health Certificate uploaded on the SWS along with other relevant documents while filing Bill of Entry by the importer. 2. Suitable instructions may be issued for mandatory compliance by the departmental officers and the trade. 3. Any issued faced in implementation of this instruction may be brought to the notice of the Board. Encl: As above. (Babu Lal Meena) Deputy Commissioner, Single Window Project, Cus.III