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Dated:- 3-9-2026
NPOP-certified ethnic rice exports from Tripura to Austria and the Netherlands connect local farmers and Farmer Producer Companies with international markets through organised, export-oriented production. The initiative emphasises certification, traceability, food safety and quality as requirements for access to markets for certified organic products. Buyer-seller linkages support export opportunities, while coordinated organic value-chain engagement strengthens certification and quality systems and supports producers in meeting international standards.
I
Customs
Customs Form I requires aircraft operators to declare flight identification, routing, crew, passenger movements, cargo, and any attached cargo manifest. It also requires health disclosures concerning illness, disease-spread conditions, and disinsecting or sanitary treatment. An authorised agent or pilot-in-command must certify that all particulars and supplementary forms are complete, exact and true, and confirm the status of through passengers.
Import Report
Customs
Import reporting for an arriving vehicle requires cargo particulars, separate disclosure of non-duty-paid consumable and non-consumable stores, and declaration of private property held by the person in charge and crew. The declaration must confirm that all particulars are complete and true and that no imported goods have been unloaded or delivered since departure from the last station. Delivery of the import report under section 30(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 enables consideration of permission for entry inward, subject to proper-officer endorsement.
Circular No. PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 55 /2021 Dated:- 16-6-2021 Trade Notice Dated:- 16-6-2021 Trade Notic...
Testing of specified customs goods is authorised through FSSAI-notified outside laboratories for six months from 16 June 2021. Animal feed additives and premixes, and extra virgin edible-grade oil, may be tested at the identified laboratories. Under section 145 of the Customs Act, 1962, the importer or owner must bear the testing cost. Implementation directions operate as a standing order for customs officers and staff.
Annexure - 2
Customs
ATA Carnet customs documentation is governed through prescribed Bill of Entry and Shipping Bill forms contained in Annexure 2 to the Forms for ATA Carnet (Bill of Entry and Shipping Bill) Regulation, 1990. The prescribed forms operate within the customs framework referenced to section 46.
Form
Customs
Clearance of gold or silver from a customs bonded warehouse by a passenger requires a Bill of Entry containing passenger, passport, travel and goods particulars. Customs verifies eligibility, applies the relevant tariff heading, duty rate and exemption reference, and assesses duty. The bank records duty recovery in convertible foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees. Customs records out-of-charge clearance, the warehouse keeper records delivery details and bond particulars, and audit records any short or excess duty recovery.
Form
Customs
Customs duty and interest refund claims require details of the import or export document, duty payment, claimant, grounds, refund amount, and Modvat credit availed. Original supporting records must establish duty payment, calculation, and eligibility to receive the refund, including evidence concerning incidence of duty. The claimant must disclose related claims, hearing requirements, and payment under protest, and make declarations concerning truth, prior claims, and passing on of excess duty. Complete claims receive acknowledgement and registration; deficient claims must be rectified and resubmitted.
A
Customs
Approval or renewal of a Customs cargo service provider requires disclosure of the applicant's identity, legal constitution, premises, projected handling capacity, infrastructure, security arrangements, weighing devices and computerised cargo and document-processing systems. Applicants must also disclose governmental facility approvals, cost-recovery exemptions, existing operations, prior approval applications, and penalties, convictions or prosecutions. Renewal applicants must provide original approval details. A declaration of accuracy, compliance with the Regulations and an undertaking to report information changes within 30 days are required.
K
Customs
Renewal of an Authorised Courier registration deemed invalidated after inactivity exceeding one year requires disclosure of registration details, cleared goods, outstanding customs dues, bond and security validity, and changes in previously furnished particulars. The applicant must state the reason for renewal and disclose penalties, convictions or prosecutions involving the applicant or relevant employees. The application must affirm accuracy, compliance with the Regulations, and an undertaking to intimate changes within thirty days.
J
Customs
Intimation for an authorised courier to operate at a Customs House other than its Customs House of Registration, or to amend existing particulars, requires disclosure of registration, PAN, business, personnel, operational, banking and service tax information. The applicant must disclose any suspension, cancellation, penalty, conviction or prosecution concerning itself or proposed employees. A declaration of correctness, an affirmation to comply with the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, and an undertaking to notify changes within 30 days are required.
I
Customs
Authorised courier registration requires disclosure of the applicant's identity, business constitution, PAN, registered office, existing registration details, personnel engaged in courier work, operational history, bank accounts, and service-tax registration. Applicants must also disclose prior cancellation or suspension of registration and any penalties, convictions, or prosecutions involving the applicant or proposed employees. A declaration of accuracy, adherence to the Regulations, and notification of changes in furnished information within 30 days is required.
HA
Customs
Courier Shipping Bill-V requires authorised courier, shipment, exporter, consignee, invoice, goods-description, valuation, e-commerce and export-scheme particulars for courier exports. It also records GSTIN, taxable value, IGST payment, bond or undertaking status and cess. E-commerce consignments containing specified jewellery require operator or website, payment identification and order details. Jewellery proposed for re-import requires item-wise metal, purity, weight, certification and stone specifications. The authorised courier must confirm exporter authorisation and undertake to abide by the exporter-based declarations.
H
Customs
Electronic Courier Shipping Bill-IV filing requires authorised courier, flight, airway bill, authorised dealer code and shipment-level particulars. Shipment reporting includes invoice details, value, goods description, consignor and consignee details, weight, GSTIN, export-supply status, bond or undertaking status, and IGST paid where applicable. The authorised courier must hold consignor authority, attach airway bills and invoices, and certify correctness. Eligible exports are confined to specified commercial samples, prototypes, vaccine-related empty durable containers and personal-use gifts within exemption-value limits, subject to export restrictions and foreign-exchange conditions.
G
Customs
Courier Shipping Bill-III for documents requires electronic filing of courier, airline, flight, airport, airway bill and consignment particulars. Each consignment must identify the house airway bill, consignor and consignee. The authorised courier must declare that it holds each consignor's authority to act as clearance agent and that the exports comprise only documents of no commercial value. The declaration must also confirm that the consignments exclude goods liable to duty and goods prohibited or restricted for export under applicable law.
F
Customs
Courier Export Manifest (CEM-I) requires electronic filing of export consignment particulars by an authorised courier. Required details include courier registration, airline and flight information, departure and destination airports, and shipment-wise airway bill numbers, package quantity, weight, goods description, consignor and consignee details, and value. The authorised courier must declare that the particulars in the manifest and accompanying documents are complete, correct and true.
E
Customs
Courier Bill of Entry-XIV governs electronic filing for dutiable goods imported through an authorised courier. It requires importer, shipment, airway-bill, invoice, transaction, valuation, classification, origin, exemption and licence particulars. Declared value includes freight, insurance, handling charges, commissions, packing, buyer-supplied goods or services, royalties, licence fees and other value-affecting payments. Related-party transactions and Special Valuation Branch details must be disclosed where applicable. Re-import, including e-commerce jewellery re-import, requires specified export and item-level information. Home-consumption, warehousing and ex-bond declarations require attestation of accuracy and disclosure of subsequently discovered contrary information.
D
Customs
Courier Bill of Entry-XIII provides the electronic customs entry for low-value dutiable non-document shipments cleared by authorised couriers. It requires consignment, transport, consignor, consignee, IEC, e-commerce, item classification, origin, invoice, valuation, charge, and exemption-notification particulars. The authorised courier must hold clearance authority, certify the accuracy and completeness of declared information, disclose subsequently received contrary information, and enclose the relevant airway bills and invoices. Images of HAWBs and invoices must be uploaded electronically.
Notification No. 23/2023-State Tax Dated:- 20-10-2023 Delhi SGST
Exercise of the special-procedure power under section 148 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, substitutes 31 August 2023 for 30 June 2023 as the date stipulated under Notification No. 03/2023-State Tax. Although issued on 20 October 2023, the amended deadline is deemed effective from 30 June 2023.
C
Customs
Courier Bill of Entry-XII enables electronic clearance of commercial samples, prototypes, and bona fide personal-use gifts through an authorised courier. It requires consignment, party, classification, valuation, invoice, freight, insurance, duty, integrated tax, and compensation cess particulars. GSTIN is optional for gifts and samples. The authorised courier must hold clearance authority from consignors or consignees and declare that goods satisfy the applicable eligibility conditions, are not prohibited or restricted, and are accurately reported against airway bills, invoices, and supporting records. Upload of house airway bill and invoice images is optional.
B
Customs
Courier Bill of Entry-XI (CBE-XI) requires electronically filed particulars for document consignments, including manifest, courier, airline, airport, flight, shipment, arrival, consignment and bag details. The authorised courier must declare that each consignee or consignor has authorised it to act as clearance agent. It must also declare that the imports consist only of documents of no commercial value and do not include goods prohibited or restricted for import under applicable law.