Authorized Economic Operator scheme

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....he Customs. The earlier existing ACP and AEO programmes were merged into the new AEO programme vide Circular No. 33/2016-Customs dated 22-7-2016. For the economic operators other than importers and the exporters, the new programme offers only one tier of certification (i.e. AEO-LO) whereas for the importers and the exporters, there are three tiers of certification (i.e. AEOT1, AEO-T2 and AEO- T3).....

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....m brokers and warehouse operators. The legal framework for AEO program provides a three tier AEO Status for Exporters and Importers. The three tiers are AEO-T1, AEO - T2, AEO - T3, where AEO T3 is the highest level of accreditation. All three tiers provide for varying benefits and incrementally increasing level of facilitation to the status holder. There is one more category of AEO - LO that cover....

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.... 16.5 The RMD maintains the list of AEOs centrally in the RMS and also monitors their levels of compliance, in co-ordination with the DRI/Commissioners of Customs. Where compliance levels fall, the importer is at first informed for self-improvement and in case of persistent non-compliance, the importer may be deregistered under the AEO. 16.6 The new combined three tier AEO programme enhance the s....