Customs-Transhipment of procedure between Bangalore International Air Port at Devanahalli, Bangalore to any other Customs Airport-Reg.

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....e Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi, wherein, the procedure for Transhipment of imported cargo facility from one Airport to another Airport are laid down. The import Transhipment facility of cargo imported at BIAL Air Cargo Complex, Bangalore are governed by the provisions of Goods Imported (Conditions of Transhipment) Regulations, 1995 which inter alia provides that imported cargo can be transshipped to any customs station on permission being given by the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs. 2. Several representations have been received from Airlines like Singapore Airlines, Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways, Etihad, who have requested for allowing Transhipment of import cargo on regular basis since there is a busi....

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....ave double locking arrangement, one key of which will be with the Airlines/Custodian and the other with Customs, for storage of Transhipment cargo. No physical examination needs to be conducted, except on specific intelligence, for allowing Transhipment and only marks and number of cargo need to be verified; iv. The receiving airlines should prepare its cargo manifest and Transhipment be allowed under Customs supervision. The value of transhipped cargo should be debited from the Transhipment Bond to be submitted by the Airlines; v. Customs at destination airport will acknowledge the receipt of the cargo and send back the acknowledgement manifest through the carrier. The carrier should produce such acknowledgement at the originating airp....

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....l should be filed at the originating Customs station (BIAL) and Let Export Order should be given by the Customs at the same station. Transhipment Permit (TP) should be prepared by the airlines/carrier and approved by the proper officer. TP should be sent along with the cargo. Transhipment bond should be debited for the value of cargo; ii. On arrival at the gateway airport, the cargo should be taken to the warehouse of the domestic airlines/Custodian in a clearly identified area. The concerned Airlines/Custodian warehouse should have double locking arrangement, one key of which will be with the Airlines/custodian and the other with Customs, for storage of Transhipment cargo. The Customs officers in charge of warehouse should verify the det....