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Electronic sealing Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs bonded Warehouses under RFID tamper proof one time seal

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..... #39;s Circular No.19/2018-Customs dated 18/06/2018 issued in F.No.484/3/2015- LC (Vol. II) regarding RFID sealing which is to be extended to transport of goods for deposit in a warehouse as well as removal of goods from the Warehouse. 2. The Board has prescribed RFID self-sealing for export of containerized cargo. Circulars 36/2017, 37/2017 and 41/2017 - Customs prescribe the use of RFID tamper proof one-time-bolt seal and providing of readers / procedure for its use by Customs. It has now been decided by the Board vide Circular No. 19/2018-Customs dated 18.06.2018 vide F.No.484/3/2015-LC(Vol II) that RFID sealing shall be extended to transport of goods for deposit in a warehouse as well as removal therefrom. Therefore, whereever the .....

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..... ISO standard ISO 17712:2013 namely, clauses 4, 5 and 6 S(as applicable to cable-wire seals) 4. Before commencement of sales, the vendor shall submit self-certified copies of the above certifications to the Risk Management Division (RMD). 3.3 Readers The specification of Readers to be deployed shall be as prescribed under circular 41/2017 Customs dated 30.10.2017. 3.4 Software Application (a) The data elements to be captured in the web-application in the case of removal goods from a customs station to a bonded warehouse shall be as follows: i. IEC (importer Exporter Code) ii. Bill of Entry Number. iii. D ate iv. RFID OTL number v. Date of sealing vi. Time of sealing vii. Container Number (where .....

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..... or more vendors. c) The vendors shall be required to provide Readers to Customs locations. Readers already deployed by vendors to Ports and ICDs for RFID sealing can also be used for this procedure. Air Cargo Complexes, CFS and LCSs are also covered under this procedure for transport of bonded goods. d) Any importer permitted to remove goods for deposit in a warehouse shall obtain an RFID seal from the Warehouse where the goods are to be deposited. e) Vendors shall ensure that the TID number is captured in their data base and warehouse code of the licencee is linked to the same at the time of sale of seals. f) Vendors shall ensure that data can be uploaded from internet enabled Readers as well as desktops. g) Circular No 191 .....

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..... goods is required to pay full duties along with interest, fine and penalty. With the introduction of the procedure contained in this circular, the trip report generated by scanning the RFID OIL at the destination customs station or warehouse, shall be printed and retained for records by the customs station, bond officer and licencee. This will enable discharge of the requirement of acknowledgement enjoined under the regulation (5). However, this is notwithstanding the obligation cast on the licencee under Warehouse (Custody Handling) Regulations 2016 for accountal of goods [Regulation (5) and (7) refer]. l) For the purposes of risk management, if there is any inordinate delay in the due arrival of goods, the bond officer may be alert .....

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