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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department or Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
227B, North Block
Dated the 7th September, 2016
To,
All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs /Customs
(Preventive)
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central
Excise
Principal Director General/ Director General, DRI
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Preventive)
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise
Subject: Entry of factory stuffed (including self sealed) export
containers into port terminals prior to LEO-reg.
Sir/Madam,
Under the current practice at JNPT, following category of export containers
are allowed direct entry into the port terminal prior to granting LEO.
a) Refrigerated Containers.
b) Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC).
c) Motor Vehicles.
d) Perishable non-refrigerated cargo: Containers stuffed under the supervision
of the Central Excise/Customs officers, containing perishable non-refrigerated
cargo like onion, garlic etc.
e) Factory Stuffed Cargo of Exporters having Status Certificate, 100% EOUs and
units of SEZs
(2) In addition to the above, facilitation measures CBEC has vide Circular
No. 33/2016-Cus allowed Direct Port Entry to all AEO Tier-I/ II/III status
holders.
(3) Recently, Niti Aayog while examining the inter-ministerial issues
relating to Port Eco-System efficiency parameters has recommended that all
manufacturing firms should be allowed Direct Port entry (DPE) for which
necessary orders will be issued by CBEC. Terminals / Port should provide
requisite facilities for processing of export documents by Customs. This
suggestion has been examined in the Board and found to be acceptable. It is,
therefore, advised that all Customs Houses may issue suitable trade notices
allowing factory stuffed export containers of all manufacturing entities after
discussing the matter with the Port authorities about measures to handle the
additional inflow of the export containers.
(4) Difficulties, if any, faced in the implementation of this Circular may he
brought to the notice of the Board.
Yours faithfully,
(Zubair Riaz)
Director (Customs)
F. No. 450/25/2009-Cus IV
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