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Electronic sealing- Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs bonded Warehouses

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..... s bonded Warehouses. 2. The Warehouse (Custody Handling of Goods) Regulations, 2016, the Special Warehouse (Custody Handling of Goods) Regulations, 2016, Warehoused Goods (Removal) Regulations 2016, Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse (no. 2) Regulations, 2019 and circular 17/2016-Cus prescribe the affixation of a one-time-lock for transport of goods to be deposited in a warehouse or removed therefrom. 3. The regulations require that goods arriving at the warehouse from a customs station shall be affixed with a one-time-lock with its serial number endorsed upon the bill of entry tor warehousing and the transport document. The warehouse keeper or bond officer, as the case may be, is required to inspect the seal and when i .....

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..... FID OTLs shall be sourced from the vendors whose names appear in the list placed on the website of the CBIC (please see weblink alongside to circular 36 372017 on www.cbic.gov.in) 5.1 Considering the fact that goods may be removed through a variety of vehicles, different types of RFD OTLs, such as bolt seals (already specified by circular 36/2017-Cus) or wire - cable seal shall be used. The specifications, data elements and procedure to be used under the Regulations for Warehousing shall be as follows: 5.2 Seals (i) For containers (RFID One-Time-Bolt Seal) As prescribed under circular 362017 Customs dated 28th August 2017 (ii) For closed body vehicles (RFID Wire Cable seal) (a) Each seal shall be a one-time-lock bearing a u .....

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..... house to a customs station for export shall be as follows: i. IEC (Importer Exporter Code) ii. Shipping Bill Number. iii. Date iv. RFID OTL number v. Date of sealing vi. Time of sealing Vii. Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) Viii. Registration number of vehicle ix. Customs location code x. Warehouse code (c) The data elements to be captured in the web-application in the case of removal goods from a warehouse to another warehouse (section 67): i. IEC (Importer Exporter Code) ii. Bill of Entry No. iii. Date iv. Warehouse code (origin) v. Warehouse code (destination) vi. RFID OTL number vii. Date of sealing Viii. Time of sealing ix. Container Number .....

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..... try for warehousing. The Out of Charge officer releasing the cargo for deposit in a warehouse is advised to match the warehouse code declared in the bill of entry with that linked to the seal. This procedure shall dispense the need for securing any space availability certificates by importers. h. The exporter of warehoused goods will be obligated to declare the physical serial number of the RFID OTL at the time of filing the online integrated shipping bill or in the case of manual shipping bill, before the container or cargo is dispatched from the warehouse i. In case the RFID OTL is found to be tampered at the Customs Station at the time of export, then mandatory examination would be carried out by the Customs authorities. j. In c .....

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..... Principal Commissioner of Customs Commissioner of Customs is duly empowered to permit movement of goods without affixation of RFID OTLs, where the nature of goods or their manner of transport so warrant (e.g. Liquid Bulk Cargo transported through Pipe Lines and Over Dimensional Cargo). 7. The above procedure shall come into force with effect from 15th March, 2020. 8. All trade associations/members of Customs Brokers Association are requested to take note and publicize the contents of this Public Notice among their members/constituents. 9. For the departmental officers, this may be treated as Standing Order. 10. Difficulty, if any, may also be brought to the notice of the Additional Commissioner of Customs, ICD PPG Other ICDs, .....

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