Sealing of Export Goods: electronic sealing facility - CBEC's Customs Manual 2023 - Customs

29. Sealing of Export Goods: electronic sealing facility 29.1 Board has laid down a simplified procedure for stuffing and sealing of export goods by introducing self-sealing subject to certain conditions. 29.2 Exporter shall inform the details of the premises whether a factory or a warehouse or any other place where container stuffing is to be carried out to the jurisdictional officer at least 15 days before first planned movement of a consignment from his factory premises for consideration of grant of permission by the jurisdictional Commissioner. 29.3 Customs formation granting the self sealing permission shall circulate the permission along with GSTIN of the exporter to all Customs Houses/Station concerned. Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners would also communicate to RMD the IEC of the exporters newly granted permission for self-sealing; exporters already operating under self-sealing procedure, exporters permitted factory stuffing facility, AEOs. 29.4 Exporter shall seal container with tamper-proof electronic seal of standard specification before leaving the premises. The physical serial number of the electronic seal shall be declared by the exporter at the time of filing integrated online Shipping Bill. Prior to sealing the container, exporter shall feed data such as name of exporter, IEC, GSTIN, description of goods, tax invoice number, name of authorized signatory (for affixing the e-seal) and Shipping number in the electronic seal. 29.5 Exporter shall procure the RFID seals from vendors conforming to the standards specified by the Board. 29.6 All consignments in self-seal containers shall be subject to risk-based criteria and intelligence, if any, for inspection/ examination at the port of export. At the port/ ICD, Customs officers would verify the integrity of the seals to check for any sign of tampering enroute. [Refer Circular no. 26/2017- Customs dated 01.07.2017 , Circular no. 36/2017- Customs dated 28.08.2017 , Circular no. 37/2017- Customs dated 20.09.2017 , Circular no. 41/2017- Customs dated 30.10.2017 , Circular no. 44/2017- Customs dated 18.11.2017 , Circular no. 51/2017- Customs dated 21.12.2017 ]