TMI BlogTranshipment through India of containerized export cargo of Bangladesh destined for third countries using Riverine and Land routesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... xport cargo to third countries via India. The said Circular provides that export goods of Bangladesh may enter India from specified Land Customs Stations and travel by road/rail in closed containers or closed bodied trucks up to specified airport/seaports from where the goods shall be exported to third countries. 2. Representations have now been received from trade for providing similar transhipment facility to Bangladesh's export cargo through India using a combination of waterways and land routes. It has been suggested to allow export goods of Bangladesh to enter India through the riverine Land Customs Station of Hemnagar. move up to Kolkata or Haldia port using waterways, and thereafter cross through the Indian territory by rail up to Nhava Sheva or Mundra port, from where the goods would be exported to third countries by sea route. 3.1. With a view to facilitating the trade and leveraging the potential of inland waterways for enhancing trade and transit, it has been decided to allow the transhipment of containerized export goods of Bangladesh through India using riverine and rail routes, entailing two legs of movements as follows: a) the first leg involves entry of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ep a record of the intimation and shall also forward it promptly to LCS Hemnagar for making necessary arrangements. 3.5. Before arrival in India, the goods shall be stuffed in containers and each container must have been securely sealed with a tamper-proof OTL having unique serial number. Affixing the OTLs on containers may not be feasible upon arrival of cargo at LCS Hemnagar because some containers may be inaccessible due to their nature of stacking in the hold of the Barge/Vessel. 3.6. The authorized carrier shall prepare loading / placement plan, clearly describing the details of placement, container wise and hold wise, along with a schematic diagram showing the containers that are placed at each level on the Barge/Vessel. The loading / placement plan should ensure that the OTL side, to the extent possible, is kept accessible for the purpose of checking of the OTLs at LCS Hemnagar by Customs. 3.7. Steps at LCS Hemnagar: (i) On arrival at Hemnagar, the authorized carrier shall present to the Customs officer a Bill of Transhipment (BoT), in quadruplicate (as specified in Annexure-B) for the Bangladesh export goods intended to be transhipped through India for export to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ata/Haldia) on ECTS web portal. In the eventuality of the Barge/Vessel not reaching the destination within the estimated time, the Customs officer of LCS Hemnagar shall initiate necessary action with respect to authorized carrier for safeguarding revenue, in addition to any other action required to be taken under the Customs Act 1962 and other relevant laws. 3.8. Steps at Kolkata / Haldia Port: (i) Upon arrival of goods at the sea port of Kolkata / Haldia. the Master of Barge/Vessel shall present the sealed cover containing the BoT copies (Duplicate and Triplicate) to the Customs officer, who shall check the genuineness of the said copies with the scanned copy received over NIC e-office from LCS Hemnagar. (ii) The Customs officer shall verify integrity of the RFID seals and the ECTS seal, put on the tarpaulin, with the e-seal reader (for RFID seals) and web portal (for ECTS seal). He shall also verify the serial numbers of e-seals with the details available in the BoT. If the e-seals are found intact and no alert was received of unauthorized unsealing of the ECTS seal, he shall allow unloading of containers from the Barge/Vessel. If any tampering of e-seals or any alert ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ata / Haldia to Nhava Sheva / Mundra Port, the Customs officer at the Kolkata / Haldia Port shall monitor the movement on ECTS web portal. If an alert of unauthorized unsealing, tampering etc. is received, the Customs officer shall immediately inform the designated officer at Nhava Sheva / Mundra Customs in respect of the affected containers. Where appropriate, the Customs officer shall also inform the Customs formation nearest to the container location for any possible preventive action. 3.9. Steps at Nhava Sheva / Mundra Port: (i) Upon arrival at the Nhava Sheva / Mundra Port, the person-in-charge of the railway train shall submit the BoT (Triplicate copy) in sealed cover to the Customs officer, who shall check the ECTS web application for seal integrity of each ECTS seal. If there is no alert regarding unauthorized unsealing, tampering etc.. and the e-seal is visually intact, the ECTS seal shall be removed and returned to the person-in-charge of the train or specified representative of authorized carrier. (ii) Where any alert of unauthorized unsealing, tampering etc. is noticed, or where e-seal is visually found not intact, such container shall be subjected to open and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... odule within a specified timeframe to aid this transhipment. 7. On full implementation of SCMTR 2018 . relevant aspects, if any, prescribed under the SCMTR. that then have applicability to the movements dealt in this Circular shall apply, and the above procedure may undergo appropriate modification for that purpose. 8. Suitable Public Notice(s) shall be issued by the Kolkata, Mumbai-II and Ahmedabad Customs Zones. These shall also describe the more detailed procedural aspects including those related to reconciling the movement details and documents, local logistics of unloading, holding at the Port and loading etc. These Zones shall consult amongst themselves for effective and smooth implementation of this transhipment procedure. The Zones shall also issue Standing Order for its officers to follow, including for maintaining safety of the cargo during open examination, if any. 9. In the implementation of this Circular, improvements, if any. should be brought to the notice of the Board. Hindi version follows. (Bullo Mamu) Under Secretary (LC) Annexure-A INTIMATION OF ARRIVAL AT HEMNAGAR FOR TRANSHIPMENT Name and a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Date of arrival at the Land Customs Station Name and contact number of Barge Operator Customs station of transit (Kolkata / Haldia Port) Customs station of final exit from India (Nhava Sheva / Mundra) Overseas port of final discharge Transhipment Bond No. Details of Goods (Please enclose self-attested copy of commercial invoice(s) to support the declaration in this Table) Container identity marks and number One Time Lock no. (applied on the container in Bangladesh) ECTS seal no. (to be applied at Kolkata / Haldia Port) Name address of exporter in Bangladesh Name and country of overseas consignee Description of goods H S Code Quantity (in pcs or weight as relevant) CIF Value in lNR ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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