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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA <fu:rr ~ 3fTlrif(f <f;T "'I <fj 1'1 « ., .,

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PORTI {' <fu:rr ~ llGof, f'i!l, ~ <E, "')1'1"'1(11 b····f - . :. '~,.:<,.:::: .

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CUSTOM HOUSE, 15/1, STRAND ROAD, KOLKATA 7ooo:oi , ,~ .,." PHONE: 91-33-22436493 FAX: 91-33-22435998 ':"''<::~<''<" ">.

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in the Board Room at 3.30 P.M., Custom House, Kolkata. '.

The Trade Facilitation Committee Meeting was held in the Board 'Room of Custom House, : .... ;. t::"'

Kolkata on 31.05 .2016 at 3:30 P.M. The meeting was presided ifver by the Commissioner of , Customs (Port), Kolkata.

The following Officers I members were present ~~irig'the meeting. v ...

SI. Name of the Officers (S/Shri) .':; ., Organisation ,;.

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No .-:'

1. Dr. N .K.Soren, Commissioner of Customs Customs (port), Kolkata -:; ',", .~

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2. 1.P.Meena (Add!. Corwnissioner of-Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata .::,.-: ',,"

3. P. K. Bohra (Joint Colrufiissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata .. ':-,j"

4. H.Godara (J.9~t~~iln1mi:Ssioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata ~ .. ~:~ " .. ,~

5. Ume~,h ~~lD.y:Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

6. Dr. ~ N. Raribte (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) <*, '*'. .

Customs (port), Kolkata

7. Ii' .~? ':,

S \ ..:SliUkl'ii (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

8. "B,~ Meena (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) CUstoms (port), Kolkata

9. Biswarup Das (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (Port), Kolkata

10. Ranvijay Kumar (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

I!. P K Maurya(Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

12. B.S Meena (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

13. Gaurav Chandel (Dy. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

14. Kayio Kayina TH (Assl. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (A&A), Kolkata

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15. P.K.Biswas (Asst. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port) , Kolkata

16. N.K. Das (Asst. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

17. N.K.Naskar (Ast(. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

18. Sudipta Sen (Asst(. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

19. T.lnigo (Asst(. Commissioner of Customs) Customs (port), Kolkata

20. S. P. Pal (Appraiser) Customs (A & A), Kolkata

21. S. K. Bose (Appraiser) Customs (port), Kolkata '.'

22. Pinaki Ghosh (Vice President) Association of Shippipg ';< ',. $--.. t: '.: .......

Interests in Kolkata, tA~IC) #:';'1; ..... <.- ~.

23. Subrata Chowdhury (Hony. Secretary) Association of Shipping , 'S: .:~(>:::.

Interests t:~X.p1kata (ASIC) ';,:

24. T. Banerjee (Chief Managing Director) ~ssocia~ion of Shipping

1n1e(e~l$ in Kolkata (ASIC) . 25. Prasant Basu (Chief Manager) '. iBalmer Lawrie CFS

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26. Abhrajit Set( (Dy. Manager) . ". , . Balmer Lawrie CFS ,.

'-t. " . 27. O.P.Prahladka (Convenor Director) . \ '\;:" Export Promotion Council

'. ~'7>'~ .... ~ \.;. for Handicrafts (EPCH)

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28. A.Roychowdhury (Executive) '<9,:" .-.. ~~ Export Promotion Council /,

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.~ ... , .... J: .... \: for Handicrafts (EPCH)

29. S.K.Bishnu (Dy. Traffic.Man'ager) ., .~ .;.~ '/~- ..... Kolkata Port Trust (Kopn

30. P.T.Srinath (Joint Qjxe.ctQr} <:. Federation Of Indian Export ~ .,S"-.... /~{;' .: .. ";:::'

Organisation (FrEO) !~:;,;: ::v~p

31. AJ aisw~i~<!~~~ent) CFS-Century Ply

32. P . \lladurY-{k GM-Marketing) CFS-Century Ply

33. ,<${cllM'<'um.ar Koley (president) West Bengal Custom House

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Agents' Society (WBCHAS) . ~:.. , '" ". 34. P. 1<.. Srivastava (Vice President) National Association of

Container Freight Stations

(NACFS)

35. Prashant Sinha (DGM) Container Corporation of

India Ltd (CONCOR)

36. S.Saha (Executive) Container Corporation of

India Ltd (CON COR)


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37. Sujit Chakraborty (President) Calcutta Custom House

Agents Association

(CCHAA)

38. Sudip Dey (Hon. Secy) Calcutta Custom House

Agents Association

(CCHAA)

39. Debasis De (Ass!. Director) Council for Leather Exports

(CLE) .. :; .... . f<~·.·' Yo .. ,. ~.;. "

Chairman welcomed all the members to the meeting.

Points Submitted by CCHAA:

1. Payment for container demurrage charges 24X7: '.::" :;',

9' "'. "" t It is submitted that the importers are pay'ing for , ~6n~ilifer demurrage charges 24X7.

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President (CCHAA) Sri Sujit Chakraborty'.:m.e~tio.nea about getting 24x7 support from -; '" ~~ -,

the Department of Customs. Representative .,of CFS (Century Ply), Mr. A. Jaiswal also <: .~ ~:. ~'-

mentioned about starting an initiati~~<pro c 'vely to enable the Examiner and support ..... 'v,.-

staffs to complete the work irvDay furi't Mr. Sachi Kr. Koley, President (WBCHAS), -:~ .. ~"'-:. '\

also requested to introd)lce 'half'iiaY":jii>orking on Sundays as the importers/exporters are .;0.. " ¢-"I ~ •• »

facing heavy loss as op{ratiQos on 'SUndays are fully closed. He also stated that the plots

that received emR ... ~Sfn~n~~s on behalf of shipping lines are not opened on Sundays ~- :)! ~ ........ &

though rent rli~c,~~~;,$ed for that day too. Since rent is calculated 24 X 7 the receiving

plots shou .:t'~Q be opened in the same manner. £;';' ~... ...~

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~·t2s.«£~~te~, Commissioner of Customs (port) pointed out that plots for empty

"'i;~'1K4lers are opened 24X7 ,at CFS (Balmer Lawrie). At CFSs (CWC & Sonai), this

'" serVice is not available. However at CFS (JJP), empty container plot is available 24 X 7

but subject to availability of surveyor supposed to be provided by the shipping lines. If

the surveyor(s), report are provided by the shipping lines, 24X7 empty container plot

service can be available at JJP CFS.

In this regard, representative of NACFS, Shri P.K.Srivastava told that trucks should be

unloaded as early as possible e.g. before 6:30 pm so that the trucks can bring more


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number of containers and exporters can send more number of containers at one go. Sri

Sujit Chakraborty told that he met KoPT officers on this issue.

2. Frequent Link Failure:

There is often link failure at the Port and export consignments are being held up and

manual LEO is being given, subject to registration of Shipping Bill. However,

registration cannot be done when there is Link Failure. e,

Therefore, CCHAA representatives suggested that Standing Order in this regai:d"m""ay be ~.r;"': ~-:'., v.:~ -~;;

issued to the Examiners to register the Shipping Bills from the places rh~~,~e Link is

available, to avoid the problem of examination at the time of link:,failurj i in the place

where the cargo has been presented for examinati~n, {'",. «".", ;,. ,-;:;-

-; ~:,-:.

Later when link is restored the ID of the Examiners can bl! transferred to the ID of the -:.

person who has actually examined the cargo. In thi~ :P1aiir)l:r Exports will not be held up ;" ~. 4

and Examiners do not have to move from one te.nnillal to the other, In addition one ',. . ....•

Examiner sitting at Customs House may aI~~ b~ gi~elt the authority to do the registration ". :'~.

as and when necessary/required. "',' " ' ,'& ':', < ~~. ~ ... '

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Representative of CCHAA, Sri Sudip D~9~'said that in most CFSs, frequent link failure is

happening and most of tht ';'CFSs become inactive during those time frames. *x..;~"':: ~ ... '

Representative ofNA(~S, -S~l,;p'~1;rivastava told that link failure problems have to be

identified and remo~.elfro~'tlie root and also he proposed to create a backup plan in case

link failure p~<?blein;1t~js;:s~ {;·:'-6. ";', ~,o;.,

>, '" '," $

In this r~~?· ~S4~:A~sistant Commissioner of Customs (Dock) told that the examiners M .. v..v.~

cOgll egular(y in Custom House and do the registration. CCHAA representative Sri Sujit ,;.

'!: ", ~ • h~a'BortY appreciated this step. ,gY~ ...

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TheiCommissioner (port) directed the DC (EDI) to check the frequency of link. failure

and to analyze the downtime report generated by the system.

3. P.N.5212016:

P.N.S2/20l6 in terms of movement of containers from Port to CFS can be done with

strength of agents' seal and no additional seal is affixed by the department.


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(a) Containers moving from port /CFS to bonded warehouse under escort of

Preventive Officer.

In this context, Commissioner (port) informed that The C.C.H.A. Association has

demanded not to use Customs Bottle Seal "In case of Containers moving from

Port/CFS to Bonded Warehouse under escort of Preventive Officer". But in case

of movement of Containers meant for Warehousing, a Preventive Officer can

escort a maximum three containers at one time. So, it may not be feasible for a "

Preventive Officer to follow all the three containers at time. MO"!;~l)VW:Jt the ~. " .. '<;::.,

container meant for warehousing are opened and examined in Pocq:CfS .the same 0-. ~ '-::-<;. '.:.:.

cannot be resealed with Agent Seal as the same will no( be !i.vailable after

examination. As such the demand of CCHAA does not seem to be of any merit. ., :-.

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It depends on case to case basis for affixing CH seal. Until and unless the agent '. seal is not opened, no Customs seal is reqU£~d and the same is mandatorily . . followed. But in case the container is ope~ed for any other reason (may be for

examination purpose or broken d~ibi:<ws~ortation) then in that case CH seal is ... "

required to be affixed. . ~ "., "::~ .~/ ':':~.~

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(b) Movement of export containerii;fro'm CFS to Port for shipment fl/ . " .. ~,

The C.C.H.A. A~soqiiHi~.·· ~:.demanded not to use customs bottle seal in case of

export contain~~~~~~~ ff~m CFS to Port for shipment. In this regard,

Commissionet(portY pointed out that affixing customs bottle seal should be 5::'>;:' .. ,,....::~

cont~?~,~q:~~.oid duplicity of the agent seal which may .occur during movement 1$.... -:.. v.'. . •• oj

. of1li;t, c9l1tinner from CFS to Deck as because the export container from CFS te }-:,~~ '~ <o,;~

,1'! \. Port art 'not escorted by P.O. In this context, Commissioner (port) said that a PIN .~( ,,<,.',

.~<,.''\~<. 5~-I20 16 has been issued in this regard.

4. T~e ~ound Completion of jobs at CB section

CCHAA demanded that PN 52/2010 should be followed for time bound completion of

the jebs at the CB section Like

i. Issuance, extension and renewal of CB license.

ii. Transfer .of 'G' card to anether form.

iii. Formalities in getting back security deposit.


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In this regard, Joint Commissioner (Airport & Admin), Sri Godara told that the checking

of all the attributes is mandatory before issuance, extension and renewal of CB license.

However, in the last few weeks, the speed of issuance of licenses has increased

considerably. He further informed that the concerned department has to obtain reply

(NOC) from ED! and SIB. In this regard, CCHAA representative Shri Sujit Chakraborty

told that getting the NOC is time-consuming now-a-days. Vice-President, NACFS Shri

P.K.Srivastava asked whether issuance of the NOC by the sections of Custom House is

necessary requirement. ASIC was concerned about the registration process. It~~..r'~fard,

Commissioner of Customs (port) asked if the registration process implieS;, egi~lf6n in

ICEGATE. In this regards, Shri P.K.Srivastava told that even the CIM.:~"il~e ·;~ register "':( \:~ %

themselves. I,! .-:~::~ -.:.;}" , " ;: , Commissioner observed that the delay occurs due to ~ non-submission of requisite

/.:>

documents at the time of application. The response of ihe officials to communicate the ":" .-

issue to the applicants verbally/telepho~cally ~hould " be prompt to expedite the

processing. "}, '. :'c. ".

e···· .....• ,. ~ . 5. Representative from CCHAA, Shri Sujit C.I,lakraborty raised an issue with respect to the

".". discussion in the TFC meeting held on 23.02.2016 and letter dated 24.02.20) 6 of National

/.:. . Association of Containers .Flifltht ~:Station (NACFS), where they agreed to take

responsibility of del iv.eiingJ~~)~ cargo with the strength of the custodi~s gate ~ -~~ -!:.:.

passes without any ,or$ ~fvention of Custom Preventive section for faster delivery and . . ...... '(-~ -~

Ease of DOlllgJ~usllless.:.:,:, ~:~~. \{ ,.

1;71"";.. ~~ -:.\ .......... :..;: .. .

Points snbnli ted)jy' NACFS: ff· "., f. ~"<

~ ~ I 6. ! ;~~.cUs.~:~d in TFC meeting held on 23.02.16 and as per letter dtd. 24.02.16 ofNACFS,

>>'·~A.CFS would be taking full responsibility of delivering import cargo with the strength of

th:'~tstodians gate passes without any more intervention of Custom Preventive section for

faster delivery and Ease of Doing business.

Point already ' discussed above in point 5.

7. They brought to the attention of all concerned that once "OUT of CHARGE" Report is

issued by the officer posted in the CFS, the Custodian should be entrusted for the delivery


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of Import Load Containers & Cargo and Gate pass should be issued by Custodian without

any further involvement of Customs/ Proper Office at all.

They said that the point proposed above will make delivery process much faster and

results in smooth operation with better turnaround time of containers and will also greatly

contribute to the ease of doing business for the trade. In this regard, a Public Notice has

already been issued.

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Points Submitted by ASIC: ... :< >_" ,:.{ "<" .::"

S. Abolitionl Non-Reduction of submission of hard copies of IGM and EGM:.\· ~:;, ,~~. '?.~

• :-:0.:,. .. ; ...... A ASIC refers to the Board's circular No. 0212015 which states that ll1~iIDt no of hard

'& ... :,.:. ,'.

copies of IGMIEGM must be limited to 2 only but CustQInS stiit'd.em~d for more hard ...... :

copies which is against policy of e-Governance. In this .. ~.()ntext, Commissioner of

Customs (port) informed that though only 2 dUlY' .. ~ighed .eopies are to be collected by /,;

Customs, but some extra copies are require<! for. sir\ding,to Docks, Mini Customs House-' .. :. -;. :,..

Haldia, Oil section- BudgeBudge etc. for speedy dea'rance of goods. It was decided that ,. the department will look into the matter a'nd try ·t~ confine its activity with the minimum

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number of copies. ":;iV- ' .. '., "/';"'"

9. Online registration of Authqr~d Sig!Jatory of Shipping Agents: • ..::''-'JI.~:\ ';J"J.. .. ;

. .,. '<:"-:". \j During the course o~i~u'S~'ss, shipping agent's authorized persons need to give

undertaking to the. d"'~tht for which there is a need to have signatures empanelled , ..... . ~,J

with therr;. ~~~!~pl~es huge paperwork. This process should be made online and :-~~ .~ ...

uploa ed t6>.IGEpA TE portal for easy handling and avoiding delay. The forms which v, ..... nee,<! 'Ii> be uploaded online are:

I..~~ .,~ ,;' .# ~~.):- ~:~;,.:,}'

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L'\,'SL 45 form certified by Customs Banker,

ii. Power of Attorney on Rs. 100/- Bond paper,

iii. Board Resolution,

iv. Trade License,

v. IT return for last 3 yrs,

vi. Company PAN,

vii. Xerox of PAN and Aadhaar (self certified),


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port in stuffed condition. The concerned examiner/appraiser examines the goods and gives

ReportlLEO in the system. On receipt of Mate Receipt the P.O. posted at Dock enters the

Stuffing Report in the System. There is no scope for the Preventive side to check the

veracity of export goods inside the containers as the same is entering inside the dock in

stuffed condition. Moreover, in case of more than one container are being exported in a

particular Shipping Bill, no document is being submitted by the Exporter / CHAs

specifying the No. of packages inside the container. So, it may not be possible by the

Preventive side to enter the Stuffing Report in the System without the Mate Re~~iD~ and ~,;,:"""oI'; :;:

verifying the No. of packages inside the container. )""-;" " ,,·0·

In this regard, NACFS Vice-president, Shri P.K.Srivastava told th.at ~~';R;~eipt is a

legal document under the statutory provision of Customs Act 1962/" .:;'; ~~. .;' ,:~r~ , :::::'':' '~.:~

13. Expeditious disposal for re-export of abandoned/ unclajmed g9~ds after compliance '::

of necessary procedures. ''.:;'' ";>;; •• ;;

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The Commissioner issued Standing Order ,p 120 i"~ :Jated 22.11.2015. On receiving the

detail of unclaimed cargo from custodian, Special Disposal Cell (Port) inunediately

forwards the same to respective group,. and. SIJ;l'for NOC after scrutinizing the same from

ED! system. Commissioner (port) •. ~3s ,;'';J~~ instructed the respective ACslDCs of .. ~.

respective group(s) to expedite ·the Plocess of issuing NOC. Officers of SDC keep in ....... ~ .. ~: ,..,. \.

regular touch with the GroupslSJB.i % order to get NOC at earliest. Commissioner(port) ,',,, .... ~ .... ~ .

has instructed that all c~todi~S/CFS should also prepare the list of uncleared/unclaimed !¥9,.,;.~ ":':" •

containers lying at.<tifrerent""CFS' s for more than one month but less than one year and all <-;." \ ~ ~~.

Assessment ~up • liould expedite NOC process in this regard so that disposal action ~. ':0. '.,,~ J.'

can bejnitr~tl0r.he same has been conveyed to stakeholders. Regarding Customs Portal ~' ":~. • I

to",checf. un laiIned cargo and the news report about Chennai Customs dated 07.01.2016,

4l(t.1~"-iID-~iri;~d that Kolkata Customs Web Portal may be regularly updated by the relevant ~"'L ~!o

unit {ED!). Requisite data input from this unit may be updated and uploaded on the web

portal when the system is put in place.

Unclaimed goods were a major point in the discussion. Throughout India, almost 20000

boxes are lying unclaimed and out of those, Haldia dockyard (under KoPT) alone has 800

unclaimed boxes. In this context, Mr. P.K.Srivastava told that he was unable to do his job

efficiently but he will do his best to resolve this matter before the next TFC.


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Commissioner of Customs (port) thanked him for his proactive approach and hoped that

this approach would help in clearing the pending issues.

The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to the chair.

This issues with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs (Port).

~Cd-r- ~' C . ~;.. ... ~'~: .. ~~".

(p.K. Bohia!) " " " .~ ':;.-::,.

Joint Commissioner Of Customs (port),

Custom Hous~: Kolkata.

Copy to:

Chief Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kolkat~ ~;

Principal Commissioner of Customs (Airport & Admin) "

Commissioner of Customs (Port) '. ,<' ;f'" ',. <!::.., .'>.- i~ ,} ~ '''''''0} ~.

Commissioner of Customs (preventive) ''''~, .. '~.'~''' . ,,"", ~

Additional Commissioner of Customs (CCO ,. ";

Additional Co=issioner of Customs (pr~'V~ntive) Additional Commissioner of Cust6rif~ (Port)

r.- ') f'·; t>~· .. ;:; .:. Joint Commissioner of ~;o~s<~Po~) ....

Joint Commissioner Of~4,t0.~ (Airport & Admin) ~./.'.,

All ACslDCs (P,9.rt, ~ol;t ~ Admin, CCP) '.;,'<:, 'V: .

Sr. PS to CllWf. C"l:),lnririllsfoner ~< ....... ~~ •. '~.

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PS to Pr~;e::o~.~~6n~r (A&A), Commissioner (port), CCP

DC ~D)\ .... with a ; equest to upload in hte Kolkata Customs portal -t~~ 'P ~ e\rard *

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