TMI BlogSetting up of ICDs/CFSsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ontainers carried under Customs transit by any applicable mode of transport placed under Customs control. All the activities related to clearance of goods for home use, warehousing, temporary admissions, re-export, temporary storage for onward transit and outright export, transshipment, take place from such stations. 1.3 An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) under the chairmanship of the Additional Secretary (Infrastructure), Ministry of Commerce comprising representatives of various concerned Ministries/Departments including Department of Revenue considers the proposals for setting up of new ICDs/CFSs at different centres in the country and monitors their progress. 2. Distinction between ICD CFS: 2.1 An ICD is a 'self con ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h the said CFS is attached. In the case of Customs Stations having facility of automated processing of documents, terminals are provided at such CFSs for recording the result of examination, etc. In some CFSs, extension Service Centers are available for filing documents, amendments etc. However, the assessment of the documents etc. is carried out centrally. 2.3 An ICD may also have a number of CFSs attached to it within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Customs just as in the case of a port. [Refer Circular No.18/2009-Cus., dated 8-6-2009] 2.4 A standalone Customs clearance facility in an inland Commissionerate cannot be approved by the Commissioner as a CFS, if there is no ICD/port within its jurisdiction to which the sa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to local movement from a Customs area of the Customs station to another Customs area of the same station, covered by local procedure evolved by the Commissioner of Customs and covered by bonds, bank guarantee, etc. Further, the person undertaking the transshipment would be required to follow the prescribed procedure. 2.6 Goods intended for transshipment from the Customs station of first arrival shall be allowed to be unloaded/loaded in a Customs area, approved by the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs, within the same Customs station. Movement of goods directly from a Customs station to a CFS of another Customs station shall not be permitted, since manifest is required to be filed only at a Customs station. In exceptional cases, suc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the infrastructure within one year from the date of approval, but the Department of Commerce may grant an extension of 6 months. Thereafter, IMC may consider a final extension for a further period of 6 months or withdraw the approval granted. The applicant, after receipt of approval, shall send quarterly/annual progress report to Ministry of Commerce, as per prescribed format through electronic mode as well as through hard copy. 3.5 After the applicant has put up the required infrastructure, met the security standards of the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs and provided a bond backed by bank guarantee to the Customs, final clearance and Customs notification will be issued. The approval will be subject to cancellation in the event o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t it is 7 (1 Assistant/Deputy Commissioner, 1 Appraiser, 1 Inspector, 1 UDC, 1 LDC, 2 Sepoys). 4.4 In the initial stages of operations of an ICD/CFS, due to less volume of trade, full strength of the officers may not be required. In such a situation, if the custodian requests, the Commissioner of Customs may, after due consideration post less than the sanctioned strength of officers. Gradually, when the business picks up at the ICD, the full contingent of staff may be posted. The Commissioner of Customs would accept the deposit of advance cost recovery charges for 3 months for the number of staff actually posted in an ICD/CFS. [Refer Circulars No. 52/97-Cus dated 17-10-1997, No.80/98-Cus., dated 26-10-1998, No.27/2004-Cus., dated 6- ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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