Procedure in respect of discharge and clearance of Liquid Cargo in Bulk for Home Consumption / Warehousing in bonded warehouse -reg. - Customs - Public Notice No. 90 / 2023

OFFICE OF THE PR, COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.(NS - I), APPRAISING MAIN (IMPORT), JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, NHAVA: SHEVA, TAL-URAN, RAIGAD-400707 MAHARASHTRA (e-mall : [email protected]; Telephone No. 022-27244979) F.No. S/22-GEN-402/2017-18/AM(I) Pt. l DIN No. : 20231078NW0000424241 Date: 10.10.2023 Public Notice No. 90/2023 Subject :- Procedure in respect of discharge and clearance of Liquid Cargo in Bulk for Home Consumption / Warehousing in bonded warehouse -reg. ************************* Attention is invited to Public Notice 155/2016 dated 25.11.2016 issued by JNCH which deals with procedure of discharge and clearance of liquid cargo in bulk through pipelines/ tank lorries for home consumption / warehousing in a bonded warehouse. Grievances have been received from trade dealing with the import of liquid bulk cargo highlighting the delay in clearance of the consignment of liquid bulk cargo where there are multiple tankers standing for removal of the goods out of Customs Area. 2. To overcome the delay and to avoid the congestion at the port, the following procedure in respect of the clearance of the liquid bulk cargo shall be followed:- The Bills of Entry for clearance of liquid bulk cargo are filed as per Public Notice 155/2016 dated 25.11.2016, however when multiple tankers are required for removal of the goods out of Customs Area, delay in clearance and congestion in port area has been noticed. In such scenario, on the request of the Importer/ Custom Broker, manual out of charge may be given on physical copy of the assessed Bill of Entry provided the entire duty is paid. Surveyor appointed by consignee should prepare gate pass on the basis of such manual out of charge. Gate Customs officer should collect Gate Pass and make entry of vehicle no. and the quantity loaded in tanker in physical copy of Bill of Entry submitted to him. However, manual.-cut of charge shall not be given for the last 10% of the goods until out of charge for entire quantity has been granted in the ICES system by the Boarding officer. Boarding officer may ensure that out of charge in the system is given before the clearance of the last 10% of the consignment. In any exceptional case, if out of charge is given manually for 100% consignment due to unforeseen reasons, Boarding officer has to ensure that out of charge in the ICES system is given on the next working day without fail. 3. Difficulty, if any, faced in implementation of this Public Notice may be brought to the notice of Additional Commissioner of Customs, Gr.1 1A, NS-I, through email at [email protected]. (Pashupati Nath Pandey) Pr. Commissioner of Customs, NS-I, JNCH, Nhava Sheva