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Customs - Implementing Electronic Sealing for Containers by exporters under self-sealing procedure prescribed vide circular 26/2017-Customs dated 1st July, 2017

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..... her stake holders is invited to Board's Circular Nos. 36/2017-Customs dated 28.08.2017 regarding - Implementation of Electronic Sealing for Containers by exporters under self-sealing procedure prescribed vide circular 26/2017-Customs dated 1st July, 2017. 2. In continuation of the Board's circular 26/2017-Customs dated 01.07.2017 regarding self-sealing of containers by exporters using electronics seals, the Board has approved the following procedure which shall be adhered to by exporters opting for self-sealing. 3. Procedure a) The exporters who were availing sealing at their factory premises under the system of supervised factory stuffing, will be automatically entitled for self-sealing procedure. All exporters AEOs will .....

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..... seeks to enhance integrity of transportation of goods, the exporters will be required to obtain the seals directly. They shall provide details such as IEC etc. at the time of purchase for identification as well as for using the standard web application necessary to support an RFID self-sealing ecosystem. f) In case, the RFID seals of the containers are found to be tampered with, then mandatory examination would be carried out by the Customs authorities. 4 Standard Specification of the Seal: a) The electronic seal referred to in para 9 (vii) of the Circular No. 26/2017-Customs dated 01.07.2017 shall be an RFID tamper proof one-time-bolt seal, each bearing a unique serial number. The exporters shall be responsible for procuring t .....

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..... n' to be provided by the vendor of the RFID seals. Data once uploaded by the exporters should not be capable of being overwritten or edited. b) All vendors will be required to transmit information in para (a) above to RMD and the respective destination ports/ ICDs of export declared by the exporter. The arrangements for transmission of data will be worked out in consultation with the RMD and nodal Customs officer at each ICD/Port c) All vendors shall be required to make arrangements for reading/scanning of RFID one- time-bolt-seal at the Customs Port/lCD at their own cost, whether through handheld readers or fixed readers. d) The integrity of the RFID seal would be verified by the Custom Officer at the port/ICD by using the rea .....

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