Certain ports treated as single ports

By Vijay Kumar

The DGFT has amended the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) to stipulate that certain ports would be treated as a single port for the purposes of imports and exports as

i. Mumbai seaport, Nhava Sheva & Mumbai Airport

ii. Delhi airport and ICDs in Delhi

iii. Kolkata seaport, Kolkata airport

iv. Chennai airport and Chennai seaport

v. Bangalore airport and Bangalore ICD

vi. Hyderabad Airport and Hyderabad ICD

Further amendment has been made to stipulate that In case of EDI shipping bills before 01.10.2005 and non-EDI shipping bills, the licensing authority shall ensure that while issuing the DEPB, the Shipping Bill no(s) and date(s), FOB value in Indian rupees as per Shipping Bill(s) and description of export product are endorsed on the DEPB.

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 57 (RE-2005) /2004-2009, Dated: October 6, 2005