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Implementation of Module for Transshipment of Cargo from Air Cargo, Cochin to Air Freight Station (ICD) and Air Cargo Complexes in other Customs Station in ICES

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..... orters/ Custom Brokers and the trade. The following types of transshipments are covered in this Public Notice:- (a) From Air Site to Air Site (by Air) (b) From Air Site to Air Site (by Road) (c) From Air Site to ICD Site (by Road) 2. In the transshipment procedure, various processes are to be carried out at the service centre at the Gateway Air Site as well as Primary at the Gateway Air Site. The following processes have to be carried out in the location of service centre at Gateway Air Site: * Filing of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) request by airline or consol agent * Request for cancellation of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) by airline or consol agent * Filing of Transshipment Permit (TP) request by Transshipment Agency (TA) * The following processes have to be carried out in the location of the Primary at Gateway Air Site: * Approval of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) by Customs, * Approval of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) cancellation by Customs * Approval of Transshipment Permit (TP) by Customs * Approval of Transshipment Permit (TP) cancellation by Customs, * Post-Transshipment Permit (TP) cargo loading and sealing and gating process at destination. .....

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..... need not be specified. There will be an option in the form to indicate this. However, if only a subset of the Houses under a particular Master Airway Bill is to be transshipped, then the House Airway Bill Numbers are to be individually specified. 4.3 After data entry at the Service Centre, the service centre operator will provide a checklist and after confirmation, the request will be submitted. On submission, the system validates the furnished data with the IGM/Consol data already submitted by the importing Airline. In case of invalid or inconsistent IGM/MAWB/HAWB information or any other code mismatch, the CTM request will be rejected in full and a negative acknowledgement will be sent back to the Service Centre. In case of successful submission, a positive acknowledgement will be sent. After submission of CTM, system will disallow submission of Bill of Entry against the specific lines of the IGM mentioned in the CTM. 5. Cargo Transfer manifest (CTM) approval in ICES: 5.1 The submitted CTM request shall move to AC Transshipment (Role: ACT) for approval. After the approval of CTM, the system generates the CTM No. The approval shall be given only after the inward entry for the .....

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..... es six processing steps, such as, importing airline are the Original Cargo Transfer Manifest filing agency will file Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) Cancellation request at the service centre of the concerned gateway air site, in the cancellation request form, the Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) number and date information is to be furnished, a check list will be generated and after confirmation, the request will be submitted in the service centre. On submission, system validates the furnished data with the Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) data in the ICES primary and if a matching report is found and necessary pre-requisites are met, the cancellation request is accepted by the system and the admitted Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) request will show as pending in the queue of the AC/DC Transshipment. 7. Approval of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) cancellation request in ICES: 7.1 Proper Officer, i.e., AC/DC Transshipment may select the request for cancellation and approve Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) Cancellation request. On approval of the request, the Cargo Transfer Manifest stands cancelled. 7.2 Four pre-requisites must be in existence for approval of Cargo Transfer Manifest Cancell .....

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..... d) The Transshipment Agency has registered a running PLA account for payment of TP fee. 8.2 Transshipment Agency shall file TP request for transshipment at the Service Center of this Commissionerate with the details on the letter head of Transshipment Agency as annexed in Annexure II to this PN. Processing Steps: 1. Transshipment Agency will file request for transshipment at the Service Center of the concerned Gateway Air Site. 2. In the Data Entry form, the following information will be captured: a. Type and Code of the Transshipment Agency (as stated in previous section) b. Destination Site Code: This is the 6-char UNLOCODE of the destination Air or ICD to which the cargo is marked (Eg. INBLR4, INWFD6) c. Gateway Custodian Agency Code: This is the 10-char Custodian Agency Code registered with Customs. It refers to the custodian which is the current custodian of cargo at the Gateway site d. Transportation Details: i) Mode of Transport (A-Air, R-Road) ii) Transporter Code: If Mode of Transport is 'Air', then 2-char IATA Code of the domestic airline is to be specified. If Mode of Transport is 'Road', then 10-char Agency Code of the Transporter is to be .....

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..... ll and a negative acknowledgement will be send back to the Service Center. In case of successful submission, a positive acknowledgement will be sent. 9.2 The pre-requisites for filing Transshipment Permit (TP) are as follows: * Transshipment Permit Request (TPR) filed already in service centre and successfully submitted to ICES. * Transshipment Permit requests is consistent with the corresponding IGM and CTM details. * Inward entry has already been granted by IFO. * Transshipment Agency (TA) must have Transshipment Permit (TP) with sufficient Bond and Bank Guarantee value to cover the current Transshipment request. * Transshipment Agency also has to open a PLA account to pay for the Transshipment Permit (TP) Fee to Customs. 9.3 System will find the registered Bond and PLA Account of the Applicant Agencies as registered with the system. System will calculate Bond/Bank Guarantee value to debited for the given request as per extant rules. The Bond/Bank Guarantee value will be either the consignment value given in Transshipment Permit Request or calculated on notional value of the cargo based on weight and specified rate. As per the existing practice and Internatio .....

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..... it (TP) is already approved by Customs, and Transshipment Permit No.(TP) already generated; secondly that corresponding lines not yet processed in the destination site and lastly that AC/DC Transshipment (ACT) has allowed the cancellation request of the plain paper application. 10.3 Various processing steps have to be followed while considering the request for cancellation of Transshipment Permit (TP). The Transshipment Agency (TA), (which had earlier applied for the TP) can file Transshipment Permit Cancellation Request (TP) at the service centre of the concerned Gateway Air Site. In the cancellation request Form, the Transshipment Permit number and date information are to be furnished. A check list will be generated and after confirmation, the request will be submitted. There will be direct submission of the request from service centre to primary. On submission, system will validate the furnished data with the Transshipment Permit (TP) data in the ICES primary and with a matching record is found and necessary pre-requisites are met, the cancellation request is accepted by the system. The submitted Cancellation of Transshipment Permit (TP) request will show as pending in the qu .....

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..... s process is carried out in the ICES system by the Preventive Officer (PO) based on Transshipment Permit (TP) already approved by the AC/DC Transshipment (ACT). This facility will be made available through terminals provided at the premise of the Gateway custodian/ Exit Gate of Customs where bonded trucks are loaded and sealed. This process is applicable only for the cargo being transported by truck or by Air. 12.2 The pre-requisites for Post Transshipment Permit (PTP) cargo loading report at Gateway Site, firstly that Transshipment Permit (TP) has already been granted by ACT at the Gateway Air Site; and Secondly that the Cargo has been physically loaded on bonded truck and sealed in presence of the Customs Preventive Officer at the Gateway Air Site or the Cargo has been loaded on the Air Craft for delivery to the domestic air site. Only the Flight number and date for the domestic carrier need to be recorded. No seal number or truck number is required for Air leg. 12.3 For post Transshipment Permit (TP) cargo loading report at Gateway Site the following processing steps have to be followed: 1. A Customs Preventive Officer having role PO will feed the Loading Report in to t .....

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..... h the arrival list of cargo after necessary segregation of cargo. For Gate-In process at the Destination Air/ICD Site, the following processing steps have to be followed. 1. The local Custodian will approach the Proper Officer assigned for Gate-in entry with a signed Cargo Arrival Report (which may contain cargo for one or multiple TPs). 2. The following parameters will be provided (as per ANNEXURE III): a. Gateway Site Code b. TP No. and Date c. Mode of Transport (Air/Road) d. Truck No. and Seal No. (in case of Road Transport)/ Flight No. and date of arrival for air. e. Line No. (MAWB/HAWB No.) (List of lines) f. No. of packets received for each line g. Condition of packets received (Intact/Damaged) for each line 3. A form will be provided to the Customs Gate-in Officer to feed the information (in both Air and ICD sites). 4. On furnishing the TP Number and Date, system will show the list of lines along with no. of packets and other information. The Gate-in Officer will simply accept or disallow the line-wise number of packet arrived and condition thereof. 5. When the number of packets received for a line match with the number of packets transs .....

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