Detailed guidelines for re-testing of samples

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....rding. Attention of all the Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and the Members of the Trade is invited to the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) negotiated by World Trade Organization (WTO), which aims at simplifying the trade processes and bringing down barriers to trade has come into force w.e.f. 22nd February, 2017. India is a signatory to this agreement. 2. India has placed a number of tr....

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....rse or otherwise, shall be communicated to the importer or his authorized representative / Customs Broker immediately on its receipt. b. In case the importer or his agent intends to request the Additional / Joint Commissioner of Customs for a re-test, then the same shall be made in writing to the said officer within a period of ten days from the receipt of the communication of the test results o....

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...." before sending to the laboratory. In a case it may so happen that fresh samples have to be drawn, then such sampling should be done in the presence of the importer or his representative / customs broker. e. The requests for re-test of samples on the ground that the original sample was not representative should be entertained only if the consignment is still in Customs control. At the time of d....