24X7 Customs Clearance - CBEC Instructions
CBEC has decided that with effect from 31.12.2014 the facility of 24x7 Customs clearance for specified imports viz. goods covered by ‘facilitated' Bills of Entry and specified exports viz. factory stuffed containers and goods exported under free Shipping Bills will be made available, at the following 18 sea ports: Chennai, Cochin, Ennore, Gopalpur, JNPT, Kakinada, Kandla, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Marmagoa, Mundra, Okha, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin and Vishakapatnam.
Board has also decided that with effect from 31.12.2014 the facility of 24x7 Customs clearance for specified imports viz. goods covered by facilitated Bills of Entry and all exports viz. goods covered by all Shipping Bills will be made available, at the following 17 air cargo complexes:
Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin, Calicut, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nashik, Thiruvanantapuram and Vishakhapatnam.
Board has directed the Chief Commissioners of Customs to deploy sufficient number of officers on 24x7 basis at the specified locations and give wide publicity to this trade facilitation measure. Their active and effective involvement in making the 24x7 Customs clearance facility a success will be closely monitored by the Board. They are also directed to issue suitable Public Notice/Standing Order or the benefit of all stakeholders and Departmental officers.
Board issued this Circular on 31 st December 2014 and wants it to be implemented with effect from 31st December 2014. When will the Chief Commissioners see this circular and when will they implement it?
CBEC Circular No. 19/2014-Customs., Dated: December 31 2014