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Action Plan for Customs Revenue, 1997- 98
Circular No.
35 dated 13th September 1997
In the meeting
held with Secretary (Rev.) today, the following action plan for Customs Revenue
has been decided:
(I)
Finalization of Adjudication Cases
All pending
Customs cases as on 1.8.1997 involving duty amounts of Rs. 10 lakh and more
shall be adjudicated by December, 1997. It is estimated that the total Customs
duty involved in these cases is approximately Rs. 500 crones. The objective
should be to ensure immediate recovery on completion of adjudication.
Wherever appeals are being filed by the importers or their agents, the efforts
should be insisting on pre-deposit of the amounts confirmed before the appeals
are entertained. It must be ensured that the concerned Joint CDRs and SDRs in
CEGAT are properly briefed to take care of these requirements.
(II)
Disposal of time expired bonds:
It is
estimated that the duty involved in time expired bonds is approximately Rs. 400
crores. It is targeted that we must realize at least Rs. 300 crores by way of
disposal of these bonds. You are requested to ensure that immediate Action Plan
is drawn-up to have these bonds disposed of by taking them over or by permitting
CWC who are Custodians in the public bonded warehouses.
(III)
Disposal of Current Bonds:
Every effort
must be made to ensure that all current bonds, which involve substantial duty
and where warehousing period is expiring during the current year, are cleared on
payment of duty. It is estimated that the duty involved in these bonds is
approximately Rs. 150 crores and we should be able to realize at least Rs. 100
crores during the current financial year.
(IV)
Disposal of uncleared Cargo in Ports, ICDs and CFS:
We have laid down
simplified procedure for disposal of uncleared cargo by Port and Airport
authorities. It is proposed to extend this procedure to ICDs and CFS also. It is
estimated that approximately Rs. 100 crores should be realised as Customs duty
as a result of these changes. You are requested to ensure that the disposal is
monitored at your personal level and you remain in touch with AAI, the
respective Port authorities, CWC and CONCOR for this purpose.
(V)
Disposal of Provisional Assessment cases:
It is estimated
that by disposal of approximately 48, 000 cases of Provisional assessments which
are pending in Customs Houses and in the Customs formations in the Central
Excise Commissionerate, we should be able to realize approximately Rs. 70- 100
crores of Customs revenue. You are requested to ensure that these cases are
taken up in a time bound manner and finalized during the current year.
(VI)
Disposal of confiscated goods:
Separate
targets have been assigned by the Anti-Smuggling Wing of the Board in this
respect. It is estimated that we should be able to realize approximately Rs. 400
crores as a result of disposal of confiscated goods in the current year. You are
requested to ensure that all confiscated goods whether they are lying in your
custody or in the custody of respective Custodian of Cargo are taken over by you
for disposal and at least 2 to 3 auctions are organised every month to ensure
that the entire accumulated goods (except those where disposal has been stayed
by competent authority) are taken up for expeditious disposal.
I would like
you to pay your personal attention to the aforesaid areas of Action Plan and
designate senior officers to personally monitor each of the above areas
separately so that concerted action is taken to realize maximum amount of
revenue involved in these cases. I would also like you to send me a report on
the progress achieved in each of these areas clearly indicating the amount of
duty realized as a result of action taken in each of the above areas. Your first
report should reach me by name in the last week of December 1997 and the final
report in the last week of March 1998.
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