Eligibility conditions and Criteria for granting the AEO Certificate: The following eligibility criteria is relevant for the grant of AEO status:

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....ply for AEO Certificate is prescribed in Circular No. 33/2016-Customs dated 22-7-2016 as amended. The important eligibility criteria are briefed herein as follows: (i) Anyone involved in the international supply chain that undertakes Customs related activity in India can apply for AEO status. These may include exporters, importers, logistic providers (e.g. carriers, airlines, freight forwarders,....

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....rtification. The requirement for the applicant to have "business activities for at least three financial years preceding the date of application" has been relaxed to two financial years for an MSME applicant. (vi) Keeping the small and medium scale enterprises in mind it has been decided the AEO programme is made open to all Importers/Exporters whose threshold of import or export declarations ....

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..... The qualifying period for legal and financial compliance has been reduced from 'the last three financial year' to 'the last two financial years' for MSMEs. (viii) Appropriate record of compliance of Customs and other relevant laws; There should be no case wherein prosecution has been launched or is being contemplated against the applicant or its senior management. (ix) An applicant will al....