The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), under Department of
Revenue, India’s Ministry of Finance, has issued a circular announcing
extension of 24x7 Customs clearance facility at 13 more airports in
respect of all export goods and at 14 more sea ports in respect of
specified import and export goods.
“Board has
decided that with effect from 31.12.2014 the facility of 24x7 Customs
clearance for specified imports viz goods covered by ‘facilitated’ Bills
of Entry and specified exports viz factory stuffed containers and goods
exported under free Shipping Bills will be made available, at 18 sea
ports,” CBEC said in its circular.
The sea ports
are: Chennai, Cochin, Ennore, Gopalpur, JNPT, Kakinada, Kandla,
Kolkata, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Marmagoa, Mundra, Okha, Paradeep,
Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin, and Vishakapatnam.
“Board has also decided that with effect from 31.12.2014 the facility of
24x7 Customs clearance for specified imports viz goods covered by
facilitated Bills of Entry and all exports viz goods covered by all
Shipping Bills will be made available, at 17 air cargo complexes,” the
circular said.
The 17 complexes are: Ahmedabad,
Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin, Calicut, Delhi, Goa,
Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nashik, Thiruanantapuram,
and Vishakapatnam.
CBEC said related issues such
as availability of required personnel, keeping open the delivery gates
24x7 at air cargo complexes etc have been resolved.
“It is expected that an effective 24x7 Customs clearance facility will
greatly facilitate trade and reduce transaction cost,” the circular
said.
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