Benefits of an AEO Certificate - CBEC's Customs Manual 2023 - Customs

..... ed high level of facilitation in imports and export of their consignments, thereby ensuring shorter cargo release time. ii. Facility of Direct Port Delivery (DPD) of their import Containers and/ or Direct Port Entry (DPE) of their Export Containers would be available to them (depending on the volume of their Import/ Export trade in terms of number of containers). iii. ID cards to be granted to authorized personnel for hassle free entry to Custom Houses, CFSs and ICDs. iv. Wherever feasible, they will get separate space earmarked in Custodian’s premises. v. In case they are required to furnish a Bank Guarantee, the quantum of the Bank Guarantee would be 50% of that required to be furnished by an importer/ exporter who is not an AEO Cer .....

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..... s dated 29.05.2017). 4.2 Benefits for AEO-T2: The following benefits would be provided over and above the benefits offered in T1: i. They shall be accorded higher level of facilitation (as compared to AEO-T1 in imports and export of their consignments. ii. For Importers/Exporters not opting for DPD/DPE, seal verification/scrutiny of documents by Custom officers would be waived. Consignments would be given out of charge or let export order, as the case may be, without any scrutiny by the officers. iii. The containers selected for scanning will be scanned on priority, by giving front line of treatment. iv. Facility of deferred payment of duty will be provided, from a date to be notified v. Faster disbursal of drawback amount within 72 hours o .....

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..... teraction with them. The CRM would act as voice of the AEO within Customs in relation to legitimate concerns and issues of AEO and would assist in getting procedural and operational issues resolved by coordinating with different sections within Customs as well as other stakeholders. xv. The refund/Rebate of Customs/Central Excise duty and Service Tax would be granted within 45 days of the submission of complete documents. xvi. They will get trade facilitation by a foreign Customs administration with whom India enters into a Mutual Recognition Agreement/Arrangement. 4.3 Additional Benefit for AEO T1 & AEO T2 (for MSME): i. The benefit of relaxation in furnishing of Bank Guarantee for AEOs has been further relaxed to 25% from 50% and 10% .....

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..... T1, AEO-T2 (including MSMEs) and AEO-T3 are summarized in Table 34.1 below: Table 34.1: Comparable benefits available to AEO-T1, AEO-T2 (including MSMEs) and AEO-T3 S. No. Facility to be provided Benefits for AEO-T1 Benefits for AEO-T2 Benefits for AEO-T3 1 Accorded facilitation in import and export Consignments ensuring shorter cargo release time High Higher Highest 2 Facility of DPD/ DPE Available depending on volume Available Available 3 ID cards for hassle free entry to Custom Houses, CFSs and ICDs Yes Yes Yes 4 Separate space earmarked in Custodians premises Yes Yes Yes 5 BG required to be furnished 50% (25% for MSME) 25% (10% for MSME) NIL 6 Investigations to be completed In 6-9 months In 6-9 months In months 6-9 7 Dispute resolution .....

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..... agencies / departments - Yes 28 Onsite inspection / examination - On request available 4.5 Benefits for AEO-LO: The benefits available to different entities eligible to be qualified as AEO-LO are summarized in Table 34.2 below: Table 34.2: Benefits available to different entities eligible to be qualified as AEO-LO Sr. No. Entity Facilities to be provided 1 Logistic Service Providers Waiver of bank Guarantee in case of trans-shipment of goods under Goods imported (Condition of Trans-shipment) Regulations, 1995. Facility of Execution of running bond. Exemption from permission on case to case basis in case of transit of goods. In case of international transshipped cargo (Foreign to Foreign), for the pre-sorted containers wherein Cargo does no .....

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