Board's Circular No.36/2017-Customs dated 28.08.2017 regarding- Implementing Electronic Sealing for Containers by exporters under self-sealing procedure prescribed vide circular 26/2017-Customs dated 01 July 2017

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....rs of the Trade is drawn to Ministry's Circular Nos. 36/2017 -Customs dated 28.08.2017, regarding Implementation of Electronic Sealing for Containers by exporters under self-sealing procedure prescribed vide circular 26/2017 -Customs dated 01st of July 2017. 1. In this context, it is to bring to your notice that in continuation of the Board circular 26/2017-Customs dated 1.7.2017 regarding self-sealing of containers by exporters using electronic seals. The Board has approved the following procedure which shall be adhered to by exporters opting for self-sealing. 2. Procedure - a) The exporters who were availing sealing at their factory premises under the system supervised factory stuffing, will be automatically entitled for self-seal....

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....ry c(i), applicants are required to submit their application form to the Technical Section of the Pune Customs Commissionerate. d) Under the new procedure, the exporter will be obligated to declare the physical serial number of the e-seal at the time of filing the online integrated Shipping Bill or in the case of manual shipping bill before the container is dispatched for the designated Port / ICD / LCS. e) Exporters shall directly procure RFID seals from vendors, conforming to the standard specification mentioned in para 3 below. Since the procedure seeks to enhance integrity of transportation of goods, the exporters will be required to obtain seals directly. They shall provide details such as IEC etc., at the time of purchase for iden....

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....e. 4. Application, Record Keeping and Data Retrieval System: a) It is clarified that the Information sought from the exporter in para 9 (vii) of the circular 26/2017- Customs shall now be read as * IEC (Importer Exporter Code). * Shipping Bill No.; * Shipping Bill Date; * e-seal number; * Date of sealing; * Time of sealing; * Destination Customs Station for export; * Container Number; * Trailer- Truck Number. It is further clarified that the information need not be mounted "in the electronic seal: but tagged to the seal using a 'web / mobile application' to be provided by the vendor of the REID seals. Data once uploaded by the exporter should not be capable of being overwritten or edited. b) All vendors....