Simplification of Customs procedures for shipping

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..... and Members of the trade is invited to Board's Circular No. 02/15-Customs dated 15.01.2015 (issued from File F No 450/221/2014-Cus IV) wherein recommendations of Committee set up by Ministry of Shipping for simplification of shipping related Customs procedures has been examined. Accordingly, the Board has taken following decisions to streamline the extant f procedures at various ports:- (i .....

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..... OC for immigration, Port Health Certificates etc. At present, the port clearance is given on the strength of a bond and a guarantee which are given each time a vessel enters. As a measure of simplification, Board has decided to give an option to the steamer agent to (a) give a continuity bond and (b) merge the guarantee with the continuity bond. This would reduce the number of required documents f .....

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..... be dispensed with since the carrier has already executed a bond for safe carriage of the goods to the destination port / ICD. With a view to boost inter- modal transportation of transshipped cargo and simply procedure, Board has decided that henceforth no separate permission is required from jurisdictional customs in case of change of mode of transshipment under the Goods Imported (Conditions of .....

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