Deferred duty payment: intimation to AEO Programme Manager with required copies enables importers to avail the deferred payment facility. An eligible importer must intimate intention to avail deferred duty payment to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs for the port of clearance; Circular No. 52/2016 provides that an intimation addressed to the AEO Programme Manager, with a copy to the Principal Commissioner(s)/Commissioner(s) of Customs having jurisdiction, shall be considered as the required intimation, and such submission with copies to the Deputy Commissioner (Import Shed) is sufficient to avail the deferred payment facility.