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Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment
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....20 issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. The new Regulations stipulate for advance notice by authorized carriers for goods arriving in or being exported out of India through gateway seaports and further movement between Customs stations. They stipulate the obligations, roles and responsibilities for the various stakeholders involved in movement of imported/export goods. The changes were incorporated and the said regulations was made effective from 1st of August, 2019 with transitional provisions under Regulation 15 till the 30^th of September, 2020. The Board has issued Notification No.94/2020- Customs (N.T.) dated 30.09.2020, vide which the transitional provisions under Regulation 15(2) have been extended from 1st Octo....
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....ocedural compliance requirements of the said regulations are reiterated hereunder:- Registration of Stakeholders: 5. The registration of different stakeholders stipulated in regulation (1) of the SCMTR is a completely automated process through ICEGATE Portal. The detailed guidelines available at https://icegate.gov.in/Download/Advisory_for_users_on_SCMTR_v2.0.pdf may be referred to for more clarity on the registration process. All the stakeholders are requested to immediately register on ICEGATE and apply from within their ICEGATE login to operate under the new SCMTR. The categories of stakeholders who are required to be registered are as follows: a) Authorised Sea Carrier (Including Shipping line) (ASC) b) Authorise....
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....ion associatedwith the arrival manifest, are mandatorily required to be delivered before the vessel departs from the last port of call before arrival of vessel at the Indian port. However, for non-Containerized cargo the arrival manifest can be filed at any point in time, but before arrival of vessel at the Indian port. In case of SAM, amendments will not require any approval by the Customs officer if filed within following timelines: i. Short Haul Voyage (expected arrival less than 48 hrs) - 6 hrs before expected arrival; ii. Medium Haul Voyage (expected arrival 48 - 96 hrs) - 24 hrs before expected arrival; and iii. Long Haul Voyage (expected arrival after 96 Hrs) - 48 hrs before expected arrival. However, if th....
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....every transport document, if it has the necessary details and just refer the CIN numbers in the final arrival manifest. Similarly, in case of Arrival or Departure Manifests filed for subsequent movements, the CIN details may be referred, rather than filing the details afresh. The timeline for the mandatory parallel filing of cargo declaration for different types of goods is given in Annexure A to this Notice. Delivery of a Departure Manifest in Relation to a Vessel: 7. Similar to the procedural requirements as in para 6 on the import side, the same requirements are laid down on the export side under Regulation 5 of the SCMTR. For delivery of a Departure manifest, the concerned stake-holders, viz. the Authorised Sea Carriers (ASC)/ Aut....
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....e person responsible for the movement of the import/export goods within India is a Transhipper. There would be only one authorized Transhipper responsible throughout the movement of the transhipped cargo, irrespective of the modes of transport. The Transhipment Bond is also required to be executed by the authorized Transhipper. For filing declarations under the SCMTR, a transhipper should get registered in the category of Authorised Transhipper (ATP), who is also a stakeholder who requires registration as narrated in para 5. Like a CG Bond, even for the purpose of transhipment under the SCMTR, a new national Transhipment Bond with category code `TG` has been made available in the Customs System to avoid the necessity of registering diffe....
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....uced in Customs Automated system. CIN is a unique identification number assigned by Customs System to every cargo declared. In order to account for every consolidation and segregation of cargo seamlessly, two types of CIN would get generated: I. PCIN - Primary Cargo Identification Number: It is the identification number assigned by Customs automated System to uniquely identify a cargo contained in single Transport Document (like Bill of Lading) mentioning Actual Buyer and Seller in imports. In exports, a PCIN would correspond to cargo covered under a single Shipping Bill. Having a PCIN for every cargo facilitates smooth filing of different declarations and removes duplicate filing effort, thereby simplifying the processes. II. MCIN- M....