Amendment in Circular No. 29/2020-Customs dated 22.06.2020 for allowing transhipment of Bangladesh export cargo to third countries through Delhi Air Cargo

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.... Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) 2. CBIC vide Circular No. 42/2018-Customs dated 02.11.2018 prescribed a procedure for a Pilot on Transhipment of Export Cargo from Bangladesh to third countries through Land Customs Stations (LCSs) to Kolkata Port/Airport, in containers or closed bodied trucks. The facility was made available from 5th Non 2018 for the following- SI. No. Name of LCSs Name of port/air cargo 1 LCS Petrapole By road to: i. Kolkata Port ii. Air Cargo complex, Kolkata iii. Nhavasheva Port 2 (i) LCS Petrapole (ii) LCS Gede/Ranaghat By rail to Nhavasheva port Through this Circular, a Pilot program was initially launched for a period of six months w.e.f. 5th November, 2018, to gain experience and obtain feedback f....

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....No cargo meant for discharge in India is permitted to be brought in the same truck/container/wagon, carrying the transhipment cargo; v. The Bill of Transshipment shall be presented in triplicate to the proper officer (Superintendent of Customs) for permission; vi. While presenting the Bill of Transshipment, the authorised representative of the shipping line or Airline shall produce an Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) seal for sealing the closed body truck or container, as the case may be. The seal number shall be declared on the Bill of Transshipment; vii. The ECTS seal shall be procured by the shipping line or airline or the authorised customs broker at their own cost. Presently, the ECTS services are being offered by M/s. Tra....

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.... the ECTS seal shall be removed and returned to the person-in-charge of the conveyance. xii. The Proper Officer shall permit the goods to be loaded on board the aircraft or vessel, as the case may be, by recording his order on the Bill of Transshipment; xiii. The details of the Sea or Air manifest (export manifest) shall be recorded on the Bill of Transshipment as well as uploaded on the ECTS web application upon which a "Trip Report" will be generated at the Port or Airport and LCS for record. The Transshipment Bond can then be duly credited or cancelled, as the case may be. There will be no need for a physical copy of the Bill of Transshipment to be sent to the LCS. xiv. In case the trip report indicates any unauthorized un-sealing,....

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....clarified that presently the electronic cargo tracking system (ECTS) and ECTS seals are being provided by M/S Transecur Telematics Private Limited (wwww.transecur.com) under ADB's Pilot Program for monitoring of traffic in transit of Nepal. The authorized carriers have an option to use the same for the transhipment of goods from Bangladesh, in absence of any other facility. 4. The CBIC has recently issued a Circular No. 03/2023-Customs dated 07.02.2023. While noting that Circular No. 29/2020-Customs allowed inter-alia transhipment of Bangladesh export cargo through Kolkata Air Cargo in a way that the goods loaded on containers/closed bodied trucks enter India from LCS Petrapole, move by road to Kolkata Air Cargo, from where they are ai....