Entity Registration and Approval under the Sea Cargo Manifest & Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR), 2018 and Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for e Sealed Export Cargo

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.... is drawn to ICES Advisory No. 04/2019 dated 28.2.2019 on the entity registration and approval under the Sea Cargo Manifest & Transhipment Regulations, 2018 (hereinafter referred as SCMTR, 2018) which shall come into force on 1st August, 2019. 2. The new regulation stipulates changes in timelines and requirements for advance notice by the Shipping Lines (vessels) arriving in India and export through Shipping Lines (vessels) out of India. The Indian Entity representing the Master of the vessel shall have to be registered with the Indian Customs to transact business under the new Regulations and shall be called Authorised Sea Carrier (ASC). The Agents acting on behalf of the Authorised Sea Carrier (ASC) shall be called as Authorised Sea Age....

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....ents like address proof etc., approve them and whenever necessary, raise a query to the applicant. 6. It is informed that one of the first manifests which are being developed under the new regulations is the Customs Inland Manifest (CIM) which would cover the inland movement of any cargo. The CIM has to be filed by the Exporters availing the facility of e seal as per CBIC Circular No.26/2017-Customs dated 01.07.2017 read with CBIC Circular No.36/2017 -Customs dated 28.8.2017 and the same has now been made operational. 7. The CIM will have to be filed by the Exporter just before the export cargo leaves the factory/premises of the Exporter and would help in tracking the cargo till it reaches the port of export. 8. In this regard, the te....