Customs procedure for ICTT, Vallarpadom, Cochin Port.

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.... IGM/EGM for vessels arriving at ICTT, Vallarpadom should be filed at Custom House, Willingdon Island, Cochin as per procedure outlined in Public Notice/Trade Facility already issued by Custom House, Cochin. 2. Boarding of vessels and grant of Entry Inwards/Entry Outwards under Section 37, 31 and 39 of the Customs Act, 1962. On arrival of the vessel, the shipping line will approach the Inspector (Preventive Officer) of Customs at the ICTT for boarding of the vessel under Section 37 of the Customs Act, 1962, for granting entry inwards to unload imported goods at approved places as envisaged under Section 31 & 33 and entry outwards to load export of Cargo under Section 39 of the Customs Act, 1962. Unloading and loading of cargo shall be subject to the provisions of Section 34 of the Customs Act, 1962.Before making the application, the shipping line would make payment of the Light House dues at Custom House, Willingdon Island, Cochin. The present procedure being followed at Cochin Port will be continued at ICTT also. As per the provision of Section 37 of the Customs Act, 1962, the vessels berthed at ICTT will remain under the Preventive control of Section Officers, posted at ICT....

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....If the CFS Movement Approval Order is through the EDI system, CFS Movement Approval Order will be verified in the system by the ICTT Customs Gate Officer who will enter the 'out time' in the system. On landing, containers with seals tampered, absent or incorrect will be handed over to the Customs. Following the general guidelines laid down by the Bombay High Court in Shaw Wallace & Co. Ltd. v. Assistant Collector of Customs (in Writ Petition Nos.1236/1981 and 1354/1984), in case where the container seal is found broken, the survey report will be prepared of the contents of such container in the presence of Customs Officer and this survey should be carried out within 72 hours after the container is unloaded and seal is found broken. The Customs Officer and M/s IGTPL should ensure that the container is re-sealed after completion of the survey. Any shortage noticed in such survey report will have to be accounted for by the carrier and the liability for such shortage will be solely of the carrier. 5. International transhipment of containers International transshipment (ITP) containers of Full/Less than Container Load (FCL/LCL) cargo can be handled at ICTT, Vallarpadom. Custodi....

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....g Officer/Examining Officer shall give "Let Export" order in the EDI System and endorse copies of the Shipping Bills as also on both the additional/transference copies. The Transferance copy will be suitably endorsed/stamped by the Customs Officials (A.O./E.O) to the effect that the goods will be transhipped at the ICTT /gateway port mentioned on the Shipping Bill for their destination outside India. The E.P. copy will be finally endorsed only after receipt of endorsed transference copy evidencing the transhipment of goods from the ICTT / Gateway Port as the case may be. The Inspector (Preventive Officer) of Customs at the ICTT will examine the 'Let Export' order and allow shipment on the relavent copies of Shipping Bill and both the additional/transference copies. After the contents are received on board and endorsed by the Master of the Vessel on relevent copy of the S/B and both the transference copies will be handed over to the Superintendent, ICTT. Superintendent, ICTT assigned the work of transhipment under this Public Notice, shall maintain a separate register (in Annexure 'A') for such cargo and note the details of the Shipping Bills vessel-wise. He will ensure that t....

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.... shipping bills, after examining the container, in the following manner- (1) Inspected and found containers bearing the marks and numbers as per the transference copy of the Shipping Bill. (2) The Customs Seals on the above-mentioned containers are found intact. (3) All the containers mentioned above have been shipped under my supervision on the vessel. If seals of the containers are found broken at the Gateway Port or anything is suspected suggesting tampering etc., Superintendent (Preventive) may make necessary arrangement to examine the goods and make suitable endorsement on the transference copies of the Shipping Bills. The arrangement for examination would be made by steamer agents who will also produce necessary documents like copy of Shipping Bills, invoice etc. As regard short shipment/shut out cargo from Gateway Port, suitable endorsement in transference copies will be made by the Preventive Officer concerned. The exporter has to file a short shipment notice as per law and obtain necessary endorsements for the shut out cargo and subsequent shipments at the gateway port for the shipment of remainder of such cargo on another vessel. Immediately after shipme....

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.... import containers destined to ICDs by road or rail, the transhipment will be permitted by AC/DC(I&B), Custom House, Cochin and thereafter transhipment permitted. 9. Grant of Let Export Order Let Export order will be granted by the Officers of Customs under Section 51 of the Customs Act, 1962. (i) ICD and CFS containers For ICD and CFS containers, as per existing practise, the granting of LEO shall continue to be from the respective ICDs and CFSs before forwarding to ICTT. (ii) Factory stuffed /House stuffed/ Self Stuffed containers Factory/ House stuffed/ Self Stuffed containers shall be presented in any of the approved CFSs / Pre-Processing Area for for documentation, examination and grant of LEO and onward transmission to ICTT. 10. Grant of Allow Loading Allow loading shall be granted by the Inspector (Preventive Officer) of Customs posted at the Gate, ICTT after verification of seal and the shipping documents. In the case of containers from ICDs, after the inclusion of vessel name, Allow Loading will be granted by the officer posted to monitor container movements. 11. Amendments Amendment to IGM/ EGM/ Shipping Bills / Bills of Entry shall be govern....

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....ond for moving the unaccompanied baggage container from ICTT to Cochin Port, Willingdon Island. AC/DC, ICTT will give the Container Movement permission. The Inspector (Preventive Officer) of Customs posted at the Gate, ICTT will issue gate pass and endorse the container seal number and 'out time.' The sealed container will be permitted entry to Ernakulam Wharf, Cochin Port, Willingdon Island after verification of seal and endorsement of "in time" by the Customs Gate Officer there. Transit time for movement from ICTT to Ernakulam Wharf, Cochin Port, Willingdon Island will be specified after the schedule of Ro-Ro operations are announced by the Cochin Port Trust. 16.  Clearance of ship's crew and their baggage The ship's crew who sign off/ sign on vessels will be cleared by the Inspector(Preventive Officer)/ Superintendent (Preventive) at ICTT, Vallarpadom. The visadex clearance of the crew will continue to be done at SIIB, Custom House, Willingdon Island, Cochin. Crew who are issued shore passes will be allowed to go out of the port after clearance by the Inspector(Preventive Officer) posted at the gate. 17. Clearance of ship stores, fittings etc Ship fittings for r....