Sea Cargo Manifest compliance drives a full SCMTR rollout, ending legacy manifest filings and tightening amendment procedures. Pan-India rollout of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 is effective from 30.06.2026, with stakeholders directed to migrate fully to the SCMTR framework and discontinue reliance on the Supplementary IGM/EGM mechanism. The notice requires timely electronic declarations, prescribed registrations, system readiness, API connectivity and staff training, and warns that non-compliance may cause cargo-processing delays and may attract action under the Customs Act, 1962 and SCMTR, 2018. Amendment requests for legacy IGM/EGM filings continue for entries made on or before 30.06.2026, while authorised SCMTR officers handle arrival or departure manifest amendments from 01.07.2026.
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Sea Cargo Manifest compliance drives a full SCMTR rollout, ending legacy manifest filings and tightening amendment procedures.
Pan-India rollout of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 is effective from 30.06.2026, with stakeholders directed to migrate fully to the SCMTR framework and discontinue reliance on the Supplementary IGM/EGM mechanism. The notice requires timely electronic declarations, prescribed registrations, system readiness, API connectivity and staff training, and warns that non-compliance may cause cargo-processing delays and may attract action under the Customs Act, 1962 and SCMTR, 2018. Amendment requests for legacy IGM/EGM filings continue for entries made on or before 30.06.2026, while authorised SCMTR officers handle arrival or departure manifest amendments from 01.07.2026.
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