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Procedure for customs clearance at – CFS M/s Forbs Gokak. Ltd,located at Bharat C.F.S.Zone-1, Mundra Port & SEZ, Mundra, Dist: Kachchh, PIN- 370421…m/r.
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....stoms Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the said CFS) and M/s M/s Forbs Gokak. Ltd has been approved as the custodian of the said premises under Section 45 of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereafter referred to as the Custodian) vide Customs Notification no. 11 dated 23.05.2007. 1.2 The said CFS shall operate on all week days in two shifts between 0900 hrs to 2300 hrs except on Sundays, second Saturdays of every month and every Gazetted holidays. The importers/ exporters or their agents can avail the services of the available staff on Merchant Overtime Basis (MOT) on such holidays and off days and beyond the aforesaid prescribed office time, on account of any imports/ exports of urgent nature with the permission of the Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs in charge of the said CFS. 1.3 The facility for movement of the containers between the said CFS and the Customs area of the gateway Ports will be available on round the clock basis under overall preventive supervision of Customs staff of MP&SEZ, Mundra through the road connecting the CFS gate and container gate of MP & SEZ, Mundra. 1.4 M/s M/s Forbs Gokak. Ltd; will act as custodian of the goods at the....
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....ared with reference to the IGM/OBL. Shortages/excess, if any noticed at the time of de-stuffing shall be recorded and got certified by the Customs Officer on the de-stuffing sheet. 2.5.2 The clearance of goods for home consumption/warehousing from the said CFS- shall be on the basis of the Bill of Entry in the prescribed form to be filled by the Importers/their authorized agents before the Customs Authorities at the said CFS. Each Bill of Entry shall be noted against the copy of the IGM. The Bill of Entry as filled shall be accompanied by all necessary documents including invoice, packing list, bill of lading, import license, declaration under Rule 10 of the Customs Valuation Rules, 1988, OGL Declaration, chartered engineers certificate (wherever applicable) etc. One separate set of essential documents like invoice, packing list, bill of lading, importer declaration under Rule 10 of Customs Valuation Rule, 1988 etc. shall be pasted on the reverse of original Bill of Entry. 2.5.3 The Imported cargo after de-stuffing will be stacked in the import warehouse or container yard properly segregated, under stock cards giving clear indication to which the lot belongs. The ....
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....ssistant Commissioner of Customs , who is in charge of the CFS for his signature. 4.4 DETACHMENT OF BILL OF ENTRY: The detach clerk having received the finalized Bill of Entry will hand it over to the Importer/CHA for payment of duty. However, before handing over the Bill of Entry, he will ensure to put his signature in the Bill of Entry Monitoring Register. He will also ensure that the original Bond/Bank guarantee and note sheet etc. if any are detached and kept in the office record of the department. Any formality regarding licensing etc. if required will also be completed before handing over the Bill of Entry to the importer/CHA. 4.5 DUTY PAYMENT: The importer/CHA after having received the Bill of Entry from the detach clerk shall pay the duty in the designated bank after getting TR-6 challan signed by the said dealing assistant (detach clerk). The duty is to be paid within 7 days period as prescribed under section 47 of the Customs Act 1962. If the Importer/CHA fails to pay the duty within 7 days period (from the date of return of Bill of Entry to him as provided under section 47 of the Customs Act 1962), the Importer/CHA shall obtain f....
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....d and delivered at the said CFS under an IGM/ Sub-manifest IGM is lawfully cleared, the IGM will be closed on the basis of duplicate copy of the Bill of Entry. 8 UNCLEARED GOODS: Attention of importer/CHA and others concerned is invited to the provision of the section 48 of the Customs Act, 1962. The Custodian will bring it to the notice of the Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs, MP & SEZ, Mundra in charge of the CFS, all such consignments that are not cleared by the Importer/CHA for home consumption/warehousing within 30 days from the date of unloading thereof i.e. receipt of the containers at the said CFS or are not cleared within such extended time period as the Assistant / Deputy Commissioner may permit. In respect of such goods and also goods in respect of which the importer relinquishes title before an order for clearance under the Customs Act, the Custodian shall, after giving due notice to the importer and ascertaining the status of the goods from the concerned Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs, MP &SEZ, Mundra in terms of the provisions of Section 48 of Customs Act, 1962 and after complying with the guidelines laid down thereon, auction the said good....
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....orters/CHAs can check up with the query counter at Service Centre whether the Shipping Bill submitted by them in the system has been cleared by the Deputy /Assistant Commissioner of Customs, MP & SEZ , Mundra who is in charge of the CFS or not, before the goods are brought into the said CFS for examination and export. In case any query has been raised by the Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner, the same is required to be replied through the Service Centre. The Shipping Bill will be passed by the Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner after all the queries have been satisfactorily replied to. The status of the Shipping Bill can also be seen on information Kiosks placed adjacent to the Service Centre. 9.6 PROCESSING OF EXPORT DOCUMENTS: The customs authorities shall complete classification and assessment of export documentation. The Shipping Bill presented together with the copies of GR1 form, invoice, packing list, quality certificate (wherever required) contract / buyer's order etc to Noting Clerk at the said CFS. After scrutiny, the Noting Clerk will stamp the date of presentation and assign the serial number to the Shipping Bill (separately for Drawback and non-Drawback). Th....
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....harge of the Custodian should record landing certificate on the Shipping Bill itself. Thereafter, the Shipping Bill shall be presented to the Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent of Customs and the Examination Officer/ Inspector shall examine the goods in the presence of Exporter/CHA or their authorized representative with reference to the Invoice, Packing list, ARE-1 form etc. They shall endorse the document like invoice, packing list etc. with their signature and draw samples wherever necessary in the presence of CHA / Exporter representative. The Examination Report shall be recorded by the Examining Officer on the reverse of the duplicate copy and triplicate copy i.e. drawback claim copy of the Shipping Bill. The representative of the Exporter/ CHA shall endorse and authenticate the examination report as well as sealed representative samples, in token of examination having been done in his presence and his agreement with the examination report. If the export consignment is received at the said CFS after Central Excise examination / Supervision in sealed condition, then the examining officer shall only verify the seal particulars from the available records prepared by the Central Excis....
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....will be handed over to the exporter after the Customs Officer has given the 'Let Export' order. The copy shall be suitably endorsed by the Customs Officer to the effect that the goods shall be transshipped to Mundra Port for onward shipment to destination outside India. 11.1 The Custodian will arrange transportation of the sealed export containers from the said CFS to the container yard / customs area at Mundra Port on the strength of movement permission obtained by CHA/Exporter/Shipping Line/Custodian, from the proper officer of Customs. The Custodian or its authorized agents will present one copy of the said movement permission to the Inspector / Preventive Officer of Customs at the Container Terminal gate of Mundra Port who will verify the seal number and container number and if found tallied will permit inward entry of the containers to the Container Yard at Mundra Port. In token of having delivered the said import container in safe and sound condition to the Port authorities inside the Port area, the Custodian will obtain a proper acknowledgement for the same from Port authorities in the form of Equipment Interchange Report (EIR) and submit documentary evidence of the....