TMI BlogEnabling export of Bangladesh goods to India by rail in closed containersX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n the Board from various Ministries and trade to allow movement of containerized cargo from Bangladesh into India by rail. A request has also been received from the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in New Delhi in which it has been informed that containers going from India to Bangladesh by rail are returning empty after delivering India's export goods there and that Bangladesh companies have expressed interest to use such empty containers to export their products to India. 2. The above request from Bangladesh entails using empty containers returning from Bangladesh after delivering Indian export goods. The carrier will be trains of Indian Railways plying between India and Bangladesh carrying India's containerized export goods to B ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s covered under Section 53 of the Customs Act . For allowing such movement, the said Section requires that the goods are not prohibited for import in terms of Section 11 of the Act and the goods are meant for transit on the same conveyance. Further, Section 55 of the Act provides that import clearance of the goods so transited shall take place at the destination customs station. 6. In view of above, the following procedure is prescribed for movement and clearance of goods imported in containers on trains returning from Bangladesh: i) CONCOR shall execute a running bond with the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), West Bengal undertaking that - (a) the goods are for transit to an ICD in India and will move on the same trai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , the Customs officer at the LCS shall regularly monitor the movement on ECTS web portal. The ECTS seals generate alerts if there is any activity of unauthorized un-sealing, tampering etc. These alerts are transmitted to the Customs officer through SMS on mobile phone and also on email. If the Customs officer at LCS receives any such alert, he shall immediately inform the destination ICD in respect of the affected containers. Where appropriate, he shall also inform the Customs formation nearest to the container location for any possible preventive action. v) At the destination ICD, containers shall be unloaded by the Custodian of the ICD. The Custodian shall check seal integrity and electronically file the Cargo Arrival Report in ICEGATE ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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