Participation of Chennai Air Cargo Commissionerate in National Time Release Study (NTRS) 2026

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....cipating Commissionerate in the National Time Release Study (NTRS) 2026 to be undertaken between 1st and 7th of January 2026. NTRS 2026 is being conducted by the CBIC under the aegis of National Committee on Trade Facilitation, where time taken from the time of filing of the Bill of Entry/Shipping Bills right up to exit from the gates of the Customs area on Out of Charge or Let Export Order will be measured. 2. The Time Release Study is a potent tool to assess the customs and stakeholders' performance; it helps in outreach programme for the trade to adopt trade facilitation initiatives of the government and contribute to evidence- based policy-making. For this purpose, regulatory data would be collected from DG Systems involving movement....

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....scribed template, using the format "dd:mm:yyyy" for dates and "hh:mm" (24-hour clock) for time entries. 4. It is requested that in cases where data that needs to be captured manually, written records be maintained and data be shared according to the prescribed template. Logistics/Custodians should check and ensure the accuracy of the data and in case of any difficulty/anomaly observed in this process, same to be brought to the notice of the nodal officer on the same day. 5. India's regulatory ecosystem includes over 63 Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) governing EXIM trade. The adoption of electronic processing has streamlined cargo clearance by enabling parallel and pre-arrival processing through CBIC's Single Window Interface....

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....is also pertinent to note that the study aims to capture the real time cargo release time in the Air Cargo. Accordingly the study will analyze whether the target of less than 24 hours from the time of import, which is the benchmark for air shipments is being adhered to. The focus of NTRS 2025 is also to measure the cargo release time on the export front as well and the same level of diligence is called for in export clearances. The officers may contact the supervisory officers for guidance in case of any abnormal delays. 8. This exercise is not merely an exercise to determine the time taken for various processes but also a study to determine what Customs and stakeholders are capable of when we are geared up to achieve the goal of fast cl....