Customs - Delay in Forwarding Test Reports
IT has been brought to the notice of the JN Customs that the assessments of live Bill of Entry are unduly delayed due to the delay in forwarding of Test Reports received from the testing laboratories/agencies by the Central Sample Cell.
As a measure of Ease of Doing Business and bringing down the dwell time involved, the Commissioner has directed all the Asst./Dy. Commissioners in-charge of Groups and Docks
1. To create a separate e-mail id in their respective Groups/Sections/CFSs(Specific to charge) and invariably mention the e-mail id and phone nos. in the Test Memo.
2. The Asst./Dy. Commissioner of Customs, in-charge of Central Sample Cell shall ensure forwarding of the soft copy of test reports received from the testing laboratories/agencies by e-mail to the respective assessing Groups/CFSs, in addition to forwarding the hard copies through tapal/messenger, so that the consignments are cleared quickly on receipt of the soft copy and the dwell time involved is brought down to a minimum level.
3. All the Asst./Dy. Commissioners in-charge of assessing groups should ensure that the e-mails are regularly checked on daily basis and the consignments are assessed accordingly without any delay.
JN Customs Standing Order No. ., Dated: December 29, 2015