No Common user facility for consolidation of cargo by freight forwarders/ steamer agents

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.... to this Department's letter of even number dated the 16th March, 1994(copy enclosed) conveying Board's decision that consolidation facility by Freight For warders/ Steamer Agents may be allowed by the Customs, if it is carried out at common user area. These common user facilities could be provided by agencies such as Central Warehousing Corporation, Public Sector Undertakings, Airlines or....

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....ises of the Freight Forwarders. 2. The proposal has been examined in detail and it has not been found possible to extend the facility by way of general permission for carrying out the consolidation activity at the premises of individual Freight Forwarders / Container Agents, Steamer Agents or a consortium of such agents. However, the proposal has some merits in reducing the freight costs and assi....

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....de facilitation, the availability of staff, their agree ability to bear the cost of Customs staff required to man such places for the purpose of customs examination and stuffing of cargo. Collectors should also ensure before extending the facility that the infrastructural requirements for handling such work, is adequately provided, e.g., ventilation, storage, lighting, handling equipment's, sp....