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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Room No. 227-B, North Block,
Circular No. 42/2016-Customs
Dated 31st August, 2016
To,
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs
(Preventive),
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central
Excise,
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive),
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise
Sir/Madam,
Subject- Courier bond executed CCSPs -Regarding
Kind attention is drawn to the Board's
Circular no. 32/2013-Customs dated
16.08.2013, wherein, with regard to Regulation 5(1)(iii) of the Handling of
Cargo in Customs Area Regulations, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as HCCAR), it
was laid down that the amount of insurance to be provided by Customs Cargo
Service Provider (CCSPs) should be equal to the average value of goods likely to
be stored in the Customs area for a period of 30 days (based on projected
capacity) and for an amount as Commissioner of Customs may specify having regard
to the goods that are already insured by the importers or exporters.
2. It has been represented to the Board that for calculation of insurance amount
and Bond amount under HCCAR, dwell time for clearance of imported goods and
transit time for export goods should be taken in to account. It has been brought
to the notice of the Board that CCSPs are being asked to give bond and insurance
for an amount equal to the average value of goods likely to be stored, in 30
days, in the Customs area based on the projected capacity. It is further
informed that the dwell time for imported goods is 10 days and transit time for
export container is less than 24 hours.
3. The matter has been examined. Board is of the view that for calculating
average value of goods likely to be stored in Customs area, under Regulation
5(1)(iii) of HCCAR, average time taken for clearance of goods should be a
relevant factor in deciding amount of insurance. As a measure of ease of doing
business, it has been decided to partially modify the earlier
Circular No.
32/2013-Customs dated 16.08.2013 with regard to Regulation 5(1)(iii) of HCCAR,
to lay down that the amount of insurance to be provided by CCSPs should be equal
to the average value of goods likely to be stored in the Customs area for a
period of 10 days (based on projected capacity) and for an amount as
Commissioner of Customs may specify having regard to the goods that are already
insured by the importers or exporters. Changes have also been carried out in
HCCAR, 2009 vide
notification No.115-Customs (N.T.) dated 26.8.2016 to reduce
the value of bond being furnished in respect of imported/export goods to the
extent of 10 days storage from the current 30 days.
4. Suitable Public Notices may be issued by the jurisdictional Chief
Commissioners.
5. Difficulty faced in this regard, if any, may be brought to the notice of
the Board.
Yours faithfully
(Zubair Riaz)
Director (Customs)
F. No. 450/114/2015-Cus IV
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