Review of Public Notice 14/2020 dated 03.04.2020 regarding "Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period — Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 - Customs - Public Notice No. 20/2020

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi - 110020 C. No. VIII/ICD/TKD/Tech./Imp/PN/111/2018 Date: 21-04-2020 Public Notice No. 20/2020 Sub: Review of Public Notice 14/2020 dated 03.04.2020 regarding Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period - Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 - reg. Attention of all the Importers, Custom Brokers, Shipping Lines/Agents, Logistics Service Providers and all other Stakeholders is invited to Board Circulars No. 21/2020-Customs dated 21 04.2020, 17/2020-Customs dated 03.04.2020 and Public Notice No. 14/2020 dated 03.04.2020 issued by this Commissionerate on the subject Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 wherein relaxation was given to accept an undertaking in lieu of bond required during Customs clearance upto 30.04.2020, subject to conditions as underlined in the aforementioned Public Notice. The said public notice was issued in the context of lockdown announced by the Government for the period 25.03.2020 to 14.04.2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2. In the background of the recent announcement by the Government extending the lockdown till 03.05.2020 and taking into consideration that it might take sometime after the end of the lockdown for the situation to normalize, it has been decided to further extend the facility of accepting undertaking in lieu of bond for the period till 15.05.2020. Consequently, the date of submission of proper bond in lieu of which the undertaking is being temporarily accepted is extended till 30.05.2020. This relaxation will be reviewed at the end of the lockdown period. 3. Furthermore, in reference to para 4.3(ii) of the aforementioned Public Notice, the undertaking in lieu of bond is to be submitted by the registered email ID of the IEC holder or their authorized Customs Broker, In addition to this requirement, uploading of the undertaking on e-Sanchit shall also be done. 4. With the exception of the above, all other conditions underlined in Public Notice No. 14/2020 dated 03.042020 stand as they are. 5. All the trade associations/members of Customs Brokers Association are requested to take note and publicize the contents of this Public Notice among their member/constituents. 6. For the departmental officer, this may be treated as Standing Order. 7. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of Additional Commissioner of Customs (Technical), ICD-IMPORT, TKD, New Delhi. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, ICD- Import, Tughlakabad, New Delhi. (RIGVED THAKUR) Deputy Commissioner (Tech.)