Simplification of Shipping Customs procedure to make a uniformity across all ports / customs stations.

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....bject: Simplification of Customs procedure for Shipping -reg. It has been observed that there is no uniformity regarding Customs procedure adopted  at some  ports/ Customs stations  which  increases transaction cost and  time of clearance. This also results in major constraints in making Indian ports international transhipment hubs.  The Committee was setup by M....

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....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  copies  of  IGM  required  to  be  submitted  by  shipping lines / steamer agents at a Customs House shall be restricted to 2 (two) only. (ii) ....

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....p; 2  (two)  to  1  (one)  and  periodicity  (of submission)  would also get reduced drastically. (iii) At  present,  in  case  of  transhipped  cargo,shipping  lines  send  multiple  hard  copies  of "Sub Manifest Transhipment Permit" (SMTP) to the destination ICD despite the same also  bei....

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....with  since the carrier  has  already  executed  a  bond  for  safe carriage of the goods to the destination port / ICD.  With a view to boost inter-modal transportation  of  transhipped  cargo  and  simplify  the  procedure,  Board  has decided that  henceforth  no  separate  permission&n....