TMI BlogCustoms - Electronic Sealing - Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses - Certain guidelines / instructionsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... odians/Customs Cargo Service Providers, Trade Associations / Chamber of Commerce, Members of the RAC / PGC / CCFC is invited to the Board's Circular No.19/2018-Customs, dated 18.06.2018 issued from F. No.484/3/2015-LC(Vol.II) on guidelines prescribing the procedure on deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses. The procedure prescribed is as below: 1. The Warehouse (Custody Handling of Goods) Regulations, 2016, the Special Warehouse (Custody Handling of Goods) Regulations, 2016, Warehoused Goods (Removal) Regulations 2016 and circular 17/2016-Cus prescribe the affixation of a one-time-lock for transport of goods to be deposited in a warehouse or removed therefrom. 2. The regulations require that goods arriv ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rehouse as well as removal therefrom. Therefore, wherever the Warehousing Regulations (referred in para 1 above) prescribe affixing of a One Time Lock , the importer or owner of the goods shall use RFID anti-tamper one- time-locks (hereinafter referred as RFID OTL ). 4. The RFIDOTLs shall be sourced from the vendors whose names appear on the list placed on the website of the CBIC (please see weblink alongside to Circular 36 37/2017 on www.cbic.gov.in). 4.1 Considering the fact that goods may be removed through a variety of vehicles, different types of RFID OTLs, such as bolt seals (already specified by circular 36/2017-Cus) or wire - cable seal shall be used. The specifications, data elements and procedure to be used under the Reg ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng (vi) Time of sealing (vii) Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) (viii) Registration number of vehicle (ix) Warehouse code (x) Customs location code (b) The data elements to be captured in the web-application in the case of removal goods from a warehouse t a customs station for export shall be as follows: (i) IEC (Importer Exporter Code) (ii) Shipping Bill Number. (iii) Date (iv) RFID OTL number (v) Date of sealing (vi) Time of sealing (vii) Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) (viii) Registration number of vehicle (ix) Customs location code (x) Warehouse code (c) The data elements to be captured in the web-application in the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ata can be uploaded from internet enabled Readers as well as desktops. g) Circular No. 19/2016-Cus dated 20th May, 2016 prescribes that the importer shall declare the warehouse code in the Bill of Entry for warehousing. The Out of Charge Officer releasing the cargo for deposit in a warehouse is advised to match the warehouse code declared in the bill of entry with that linked to the seal. This procedure shall dispense the need for securing any space availability certificates by importers. h) The exporter of warehoused goods will be obligated to declare the physical serial number of the RFID OTL at the time of filing the online integrated shipping bill or in the case of manual shipping bill, before the container or cargo is dispatched ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... if there is any inordinate delay in the due arrival of goods, the bond officer may alerted by the customs station or vice versa. m) Where any procedure requires that goods removed from a warehouse shall move under physical escort by customs (eg. As prescribed by circular 32/2016 regarding Duty Free Shops), the use of RFID OTL shall not apply. 5. The Principal Commissioner of Customs / Commissioner of customs is duly empowered to permit movement of goods without affixation of RFID OTLs, where the nature of goods or their manner of transport so warrant (e.g. Liquid Bulk Cargo transported through Pipe Lines and Over Dimensional Cargo). 6. The above procedure shall come into force with effect from 1 st August, 2018. 7. Action to b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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