Movement of FCL Export Containers at Prestage area- Procedure – Reg.
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.... Gandhi International Terminal of Cochin Port, has informed that at present many export containers which are stuffed and sealed outside the docks area are brought to the Terminal gate without required documents. This, coupled with time taken for further documentation at entry gate results in long queues of the export containers at docks gate, causing inconvenience to the exporters in general and t....
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....ntainers entering and moving out of the Pre-stage area. 1. The pre-staging area will deal only with FCL export containers stuffed and sealed outside the docks either in the presence of proper officer of Customs/Central Excise, self-sealed or stuffed at CFS. 2. On arrival of the containers at pre-staging area the exporter/ authorized representative of the exporter will present all required docume....
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....n or self sealed containers not having Customs seal will be sealed with Customs One Time Seal (OTS) either by the P.O or the E.O posted at the area and the same will be endorsed on the documents. Containers already having Customs seal need not be re-sealed. 5. Containers which are given LEO can proceed to enter the Docks area. At the time of the exit of the containers from the pre-staging area th....
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.... and LEO has been granted, the gate officer will endorse 'Allowed loading after obtaining Entry Outwards under Sec 39 of Customs Act' and allow the containers into the docks. The rest of the procedures regarding loading the containers under the supervision of section officer, obtaining endorsement from master of the vessel etc., will remain same as existing. 8. The containers which have taken mor....