Export Cargo Return Procedures: permit berth, require seal verification, cancel Shipping Bills/LEO after incentive recovery.

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....Pursuant to CBIC Circular No. 09/2026, the notice prescribes simplified procedures for export cargo returning to Indian ports due to closure of the Strait of Hormuz, permitting vessels to berth at their port of departure and enabling offloading without SAM or Bill of Entry where the vessel did not call at foreign ports. Cargo and container particulars must be verified against Shipping Bills and seals checked; tampered seals trigger 100% examination. Shipping Bills and Let Export Orders (LEO) are to be cancelled after recovery of any disbursed export incentives; Back-to-Town movements and waiver of related fees are authorised with priority processing.....