https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=55581 Detention should be exceptional; importers must be offered written notice and the option to shift goods to a bonded warehouse under section 49 or obtain provisional clearance by furnishing a bond with a bank guarantee (not exceeding twice the duty). If goods are detained over twenty days, senior officers must record reasons and actions taken; where bond/guarantee cannot be furnished, goods should be destuffed into port or departmental warehouses and containers released. Warehousing, demurrage and container detention charges are the importer's/exporter's liability if they do not avail bonding or provisional-clearance options, and this liability must be communicated in writing. en-us Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=55581 Detention should be exceptional; importers must be offered written notice and the option to shift goods to a bonded warehouse under section 49 or obtain provisional clearance by furnishing a bond with a bank guarantee (not exceeding twice the duty). If goods are detained over twenty days, senior officers must record reasons and actions taken; where bond/guarantee cannot be furnished, goods should be destuffed into port or departmental warehouses and containers released. Warehousing, demurrage and container detention charges are the importer's/exporter's liability if they do not avail bonding or provisional-clearance options, and this liability must be communicated in writing. Circulars Customs Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=55581