Simplification of Customs procedures for shipping – regarding

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....stoms (Preventive) The Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise The Commissioner of Customs/Customs (Preventive) The Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise  Sir/ Madam Subject:  Simplification of Customs procedures for shipping - regarding The avoidable delays on account of non-uniform Customs procedures adopted at some ports/Customs stations not only increa....

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....toms is already receiving the IGM electronically as well. The requirement of large number of hard copies of this document leads to unnecessary escalation of compliance cost. Therefore, taking into account the requirement of Customs as well the fact that an electronic version of IGM is already available, Board has decided that henceforth the number of hard copes of IGM required to be submitted by s....

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....ultiple hard copies of 'Sub Manifest Transhipment Permit' (SMTP) to the destination ICD despite the same also being transmitted electronically. However, there may be situations warranting hard copy of the document such as when amendments have to be made. Recognizing the need for reducing number of copies of SMTP, Board has decided that only 1 (one) copy of SMTP would be sufficient and Customs at I....