Legal metrology requirement: importers and exporters must declare measurements in approved metric units on customs documents. The amendment substitutes the Standards of Weights & Measures Act, 1976 with the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 effective 1 August 2011 and requires importers, exporters and Customs House Agents to declare measurements (weight, volume, length or area) in Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills only in units approved under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009; earlier public notices referring to the previous Act stand amended as applicable.
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Legal metrology requirement: importers and exporters must declare measurements in approved metric units on customs documents.
The amendment substitutes the Standards of Weights & Measures Act, 1976 with the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 effective 1 August 2011 and requires importers, exporters and Customs House Agents to declare measurements (weight, volume, length or area) in Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills only in units approved under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009; earlier public notices referring to the previous Act stand amended as applicable.
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