TMI BlogExport Procedure Sealing of Containerized CargoX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ling of containers. At present, there are three categories of containers which arrive at the port/ICD: a. Containers stuffed at factory premises or warehouse under self-sealing procedure. b. Containers stuffed/sealed at factory premises or warehouse under supervision of Central Excise officer. c. Containers stuffed and sealed at Container Freight Stations/ Inland Container Depot 2. For the sake of uniformity and ease of doing business, Board has decided to simplify the procedure relating to factory stuffing hitherto carried out under the supervision of the Central Excise officers. It is the endeavor of the Board to create a trust based environment where compliance in accordance with the extant laws is ensured by strengthening Ris ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Exporter will submit copies of ownership documents of the premises /factory or rental /leave agreement where stuffing of the export goods into containers is to be done. 4. The Intimation along with its enclosure will be received by Officer at Division Office, and a duly acknowledged copy would be returned to the exporter. The Superintendent/inspector shall inspect the premises with regard to the viability of stuffing of containers in the premises and submit a report to the Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Division Office) within 48 hours. 5. The Deputy/Assistant, Division Office shall forward the proposal to the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs, who would consider granting permission of self sealing of export co ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ners shall be subject to risk based criteria and intelligence, if any, for examination/inspection at the port of export. At the port/ICD as the case may be, the customs officer would verify the integrity of the electronic seals to check for tampering if any enroute. The Risk Management System (RMS) is being suitably revamped to improvise the interdiction/ examination norms. However, random or intelligence based selection of such containers for examination/scanning would continue. 12. The Exporter are herby informed to contact at following offices in respect of their self sealing request based on their factory address to the Customs office having Jurisdiction over his/her factory detailed as under in specified Annexure annexed to this Publ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... EOs will also be eligible for self- sealing. It is clarified that all those exporters who are already operating under the self sealing procedure need not approach the jurisdiction Customs Authorities for the self-sealing permission. 2(b) The permission to self seal the export goods from a particular premise, under the revised procedure, once granted shall be valid unless withdrawn by the jurisdictional Principal commissioner or Commissioner of Customs if non-compliance to law, rules & regulations is noticed. In case the exporter makes a request for a change in the approved premise(s), then the procedure prescribed in circular 26/201 7-Cus shall be followed & a fresh permission granted before commencement of self -sealing at the new premi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bolt seal bearing a unique serial number and brand of the vendor in the format ABCD XXXX XXXX where ABCD stands for the brand of the vendor and X(8 digit) is a numerical digit from 0-9. 3 (c ) The RFD seal shall confirm to ISO 17712.2013 (H) and ISO/IEC 18000-6 Class 1 Gen 2 which is globally accepted in industrial applications and can be read with the use of UHF (i.e 860 MHz to 960 MHz) Reader Scanners. 3(d) The manufacturer or vendor , as the case may be , shall be in possession of certification required for conformance of the ISO standard 17712:2013 (h) namely clause 4,5 & 6. Before commencement of sales the vendor shall submit self certified copies of the above certifications to Risk Management Division (RMD) and all the ICD/Ports ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... al would be verified by the Customs officer at the port/ICD by using the reader-scanners which are connected to Data Retrieval System of vendor. 4(e) since all ICDs /ports where containerized cargo is handled would require reader scanners Principal Commissioner or commissioner exercising administrative control over such ports. 4(f) the Transaction history of the self sealing should be visible to the exporters for their reference. 4(g) the vendor shall also undertake to integrate the information stored on the data retrieval server ICEGATE at his own cost as specified by DG Systems. Any deviation from the procedure laid out in this Facility Notice or nay violation under Customs Act, 1962 & rules & regulations made there under or any ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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