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30-08-2018
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| Notification No: |
Circular No. 28 /2018-Customs
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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| Type: |
Circular
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| File No: |
F. No. 401/243/2016-Cus-III |
| Subject: |
Forwarding of samples for testing to the Outside Laboratories
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Circular No. 28 /2018-Customs
North Block, New Delhi,
30th August 2018
To
All Pr. Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive)
All Pr. Chief Commissioners /Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Taxes
All Pr. Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive)
All Pr. Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs and Central Taxes
Madam / Sir,
Subject: Forwarding of samples for testing to the Outside Laboratories- reg.
Please refer Board
Circular nos. 43/2017- Customs dated 16.11.2017
and
11/2018- Customs dated 17.05.2018
on the subject above.
2. It is clarified that in the aforementioned Circulars, it was very categorically indicated that upgradation
of the Revenue Laboratories is an on-going process. Therefore laboratories earlier not
equipped with testing facility for a specific item have since acquired the testing facilities consequent
to up-gradation.
3. Field formations may therefore first ensure with their respective laboratories that the testing
facilities for any particular items listed in the said Circulars are not available with them before
forwarding such samples to outside Laboratory(s) listed therein.
4. In case the jurisdictional laboratory does not have testing facility for a given sample, it would
be open to the field formations to send such samples to one of the other revenue laboratories which
have the facility to test the given sample, instead of availing services of an outside Government
laboratory. CRCL should also continuously update the list of testing facilities available on its
webpage or on the web link of each laboratory so that there are no delays in testing merely on
account of ascertaining as to which of the labs has the relevant testing facility.
5. Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs are requested to issue suitable Public
notice to bring the same to notice of all concerned.
F. No. 401/243/2016-Cus-III
Yours faithfully,
(B. Konthoujam)
Under Secretary
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