Direct Port Delivery eligibility: AEO or compliant high-volume importers may access DPD subject to operational conditions and disclosures. Guidelines set eligibility for Direct Port Delivery (DPD): AEO Tier I-III holders or importers with a clear compliance record and specified container import volume qualify, with Chief Commissioner discretion to relax volume benchmarks for deserving cases. Exclusions cover recent mis-declaration or diversion cases, prosecutions under the Customs Act, consignments under mandatory full examination, and predominant LCL importers. Conditions require consignments to be fully facilitated or not examined, importers to open PD accounts and arrange their own transport, and compliance with zone-prescribed procedures. Annexure-A prescribes application details and undertakings including 24-hour clearance, advance bill filing and duty payment, cooperation with scanning and declaration of no adverse five-year compliance history.
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Direct Port Delivery eligibility: AEO or compliant high-volume importers may access DPD subject to operational conditions and disclosures.
Guidelines set eligibility for Direct Port Delivery (DPD): AEO Tier I-III holders or importers with a clear compliance record and specified container import volume qualify, with Chief Commissioner discretion to relax volume benchmarks for deserving cases. Exclusions cover recent mis-declaration or diversion cases, prosecutions under the Customs Act, consignments under mandatory full examination, and predominant LCL importers. Conditions require consignments to be fully facilitated or not examined, importers to open PD accounts and arrange their own transport, and compliance with zone-prescribed procedures. Annexure-A prescribes application details and undertakings including 24-hour clearance, advance bill filing and duty payment, cooperation with scanning and declaration of no adverse five-year compliance history.
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