Regarding issues relating to Customs clearance at International Airports in India

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....^st July, 2011. To All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev). All Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise. All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev).  All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise. All Directors General under CBEC. Subject:   Issues relating to Customs clearance at International Airports in India - reg. ***** Sir / Ma....

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....rs who are short visitors / frequent visitors or against whom offence cases have been registered in the past. This information is also not systematically utilized in cases where alerts have been issued by DRI, SIIB or other investigating agencies for monitoring and apprehending the targets.  3. Board has taken a serious note of the aforementioned matter and emphasizes the urgent need to pu....

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....Chennai international airport, a customized software namely COPS is being used for maintaining and updating an offender database.  The lack of database has resulted in inadequate compliance of Board's instructions relating to identification of repeat offenders for deciding fitness for arrest and launch of prosecution.  Further, unavailability of ready and easy-to-use database on habitual....

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....nt values at different airports.  This varying practice of assessment has adverse implications for revenue. The remedy lies in developing and maintaining a proper valuation database so that undue variation in assessable value can be curtailed and uniformity in assessment ensured.  Accordingly, Board desires that in this direction the concerned Commissioners at all international airports ....