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Detention of imported cargo needs removal of to Customs warehouse - containers need not be detained

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..... tention of imported cargo at ports - Instruction regarding I am directed to say that the matter of long detention of cargo including containerised cargo at various ports by the Customs authorities leading to port congestion as well as hold up of containers has been represented at various forums. This issue has also come up for discussion in the last Scope Shipping meeting recently h .....

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..... go no doubt blocks valuable space in the already congested ports. This is not also desirable. 3. Having regard to the legal necessity of detention of imported cargo and at the same time taking into account the difficulties created by such detention, as detailed above, it has been decided by the Board that long detentions of imported cargo including containerised cargo at the ports is to be a .....

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..... he Commissioners of customs/ DGRI may monitor all containers detained for investigation so as to ensure that unnecessary detention of import cargo for long time periods and beyond the required time art not resorted. A report of the review undertaken in the regard may be sent by 30.9.95 indicating only cases where such containers are required to be detained beyond 6 months with justification there .....

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