Carriage of coastal cargo from one Indian port to another port in vessels carrying out coastal runs

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....stoms & Central Excise Subject: Carriage of coastal cargo from one Indian port to another port in vessels carrying out coastal runs- reg. Government vide notification No. 43/97-cus dated 11.9.97 has exempted vessels carrying exclusively coastal goods from the provisions of section 92, section 93, section 94, section 97 and sub-section (1) of the section 98 of the said Act. Further vide notification No. 15/98-Cus dated 27.2.98 vessels carrying exclusively coastal goods have been exempted from the delivery of the advice book on arrival at each port of call to the proper officer. 2. Further vide Circular No. 40/97-Cus dated 19.9.97, Board had clarified that the relaxations are applicable to the vessels which exclusively carry coastal ....

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....arry out further simplification as under: a. All Coastal Vessels carrying exclusively coastal goods and operating from coastal or EXIM berths shall be exempted from the provisions of Section 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 and sub-section (1) of section 98 of the Customs Act, 1962. The exemption from the provisions of Section 95 was not available earlier. A new notification No. 56/2016-Cus (N.T.) dated the 27th April 2016 has been issued in this regard. b. (i) In the case of coastal vessels loading or unloading coastal goods at EXIM berths, provisions of sections 30 & 41 of the Customs Act, 1962 have been made applicable. A new format for filing a coastal manifest in respect of such vessels has been notified vide notification No. 57/2016-Cus (N.T.....