Circular No. 16/2015-Customs
F.No.552/15/2015-LC
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
New Dethi, dated the 19% May 2015
To
The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi /Lucknow/Patna/Kolkata,
The Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Kolkata/Lucknow.
Sir,
Subject: Simplified Transit procedure for relief supplies destined to Nepal
Requests have been received from the UN World Food Program (UNWFP),
Government of Bangladesh and Government of Sri Lanka for facilitating transit
movement of relief supplies to Nepal for the people affected by the earthquake.
Relief supplies are also expected from other countries and international relief
organizations. Keeping in view the requests from various governments and
multilateral organizations to send relief supplies to Nepal, the Government of
Nepal has been consulted for evolving a simplified procedure for facilitating
transit of such relief cargo to Nepal.
2. Accordingly, the Board has approved a simplified procedure for transit of
relief cargo to Nepal, supplied by foreign governments and multi-lateral relief
agencies such as UNWFP, Red Cross etc.
3. Goods as are duly certified by Government of Nepal and/or their
Embassy/Consulate General as relief materials shall be entitled to avail of the
simplified procedure for transit, which is as follows:
a. The procedure would apply to transit cargo donated by Foreign
Governments or Multilateral organizations or international relief agencies
such as Red Cross to the Government of Nepal or its agencies as are duly
authorized by the Government of Nepal to receive relief materials.
b. The Manifest/Bill of lading should indicate that the goods are destined to
Nepal.
c. The simplified process shall be availed w.r.t. relief supplies as are
certified by the Government of Nepal/ Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi or their
Consulate General in the format at Annex A.
d. As a measure of facilitation, the donor Govt. jagency may file or authorize
a Customs Broker to file the Simplified Declaration of Transit (Annex B) before
the Customs House where the goods are imported for the purpose of transit to
Nepal.
& The Declaration of Transit (as per Annex B), shall be filed accompanied
by a letter issued by the Government of Nepal/Embassy of Nepal in New
Delhi/Consulate General of Nepal (Annex A), along with an authorization
issued by the Donor in favour of the Customs Broker (if applicable), and copies
of Bill of Lading, Invoice & Packing List.
f. As a measure of facilitation, no Bond, security, or bank guarantee would
be obtained from the transporter/donor/importing agency of Nepal for the
purposes of transit.
g. The simplified procedure would be applicable to goods destined to Nepal
via the land Customs stations of Nepalgunj (Rupaidiha), Raxaul, Jogbani,
Sanauli and Panitanki.
h. The simplified procedure for transit is being extended to a limited
number of Ports/Airports/ICDs in India, which shall be the Airports at Delhi,
Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata & Bagdogra. Similarly, cargo in containers
from the ICD at Delhi and Kanpur can be transshipped to Nepal under this
procedure. Also, the Ports of Kolkata and Haldia shall follow this simplified
procedure for the special relief cargoes referred hereinabove.
i. Advance filing of CTD shall be permitted.
j. The Commissioner of Customs at the Port/Airport/ICD shall permit the
transit of the goods by Truck. The cargo loaded into the truck shali be sealed
with customs seal and the seal no./truck number shall be indicated on all
copies of the CTD.
k. At the Land Customs Stations, the Customs shall tally the truck no. and
inspect the seal and permit transit of the Cargo into Nepal. Three copies of the
CTD shall be handed over to the driver in sealed cover for delivery at the LCS at
Nepal. Two of the CTDs shall be endorsed by Nepal Customs and returned to
the driver, who shall deposit the same at the LCS of transit. One copy shall be
retained by Nepal Customs.
1. The field formations are advised to depute officers for clearance beyond
designated hours of business.
m. The Commissioner of Customs of the LCS shall transmit the CTD duly
endorsed by Nepal Customs to Port/ Airport/ICD of import by Fax for
reconciliation.
n. The Commissioner of Customs at the Port/Airport/ICD of import and the
Commissioner of Customs at Lucknow, Patna and Siliguri will maintain close
liaison for reconciliation of CTDs. The CTDs would be reconciled by fax on
weekly basis till the currency of this simplified process.
oO. In the event of any failure to reconcile any CTD, the Commissioner of
Customs at the Port/Airport/ICD of import shall bring the matter to the notice
of the Board for taking up the issue with Nepal Customs/Foreign agency
concerned.
p. The Commissioner of Customs at the Port/Airport shall evolve a
procedure for manual processing & preservations of CTDs.
q. Nothing contained in these guidelines shall preclude the customs from
examining the goods where there is reason to believe that the goods are not as
per CTD or are in violation of any law for the time being in force. However, any
such instance will require the express approval of the Commissioner.
4. The aforesaid simplified procedure for transit of cargo of relief supplies
shall be applicable for a period of six months from the issue of this circular and
may be extended for a further period as bilaterally agreed between Government
of India and Government of Nepal.
5. Difficulties in implementation, if any, should be brought to the notice of
the Board.
6. Hindi version follows.
Yours faithfully,
(Satyajit Mohanty)
Director (ICD)
Annex-A
To
The Commissioner of Customs
Subject: Transit of Goods landed at (Port/Airport/ICD) to
Nepal.
Sir/Madam
The
(name of the organization/Govt.) has consigned
relief supplies to (name of the organization of the Govt. of Nepal) vide
Airway Bill No./Bill of Lading No. which have arrived/are to arrive at
(name of port/airport) on (date) by flight No. /Ship
MV. . These goods are supplies meant for relief operations/for
distribution among disaster affected persons in Nepal and are eligible for the
simplified transit procedure under circular no. dated
(Signature)
Name
Designation
Tel:
Embassy of Nepal, New Dethi
Or
Consulate General of Nepal
Or
Government of Nepal
Annex- B
Simplified Customs Transit Declaration for Transit of Goods to Nepal
(To be filled in sextuplicate)
Please attach:
Invoice/ Packing list/Bill of Lading (House & Master) or Airway Bill/Letter from
Government of Nepal or Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi or Consulate General of
Nepal/Letter from Donor Agency addressed to Government of Nepal.
Authorization for filing SCTD issued by the Donor agency to be attached, if
services of Customs Broker are to be availed.
SCTD filed at Customs House
Flight No./Name of ship
Rotation No.
Line No.
Name and address of Consignor
Name and Address of Donor Agency.
Name & Address of Importer (Nepal)
Airport /Port/ICD from where goods are to transit to Nepal
Land Customs Station for Transit to Nepal. (Raxaul,
Jogbani,Panitanki,Sonauli,
Nepalgunj}
Name of Customs Broker filing the CTD
Customs Broker’s Licence No. (N.A, if consignor directly files the CTD
through its mission in India}
Number, description, marks and serial nos. of packages
Container No./Seal No. (if applicable) /
Simplified Customs Transit Declaration for Transit of Good to Nepal
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Country of Origin.
Description of Goods
SL No. Description Quantity (in pes) Value in US$/INR
or weight or nos,
as relevant
|
kK Total value |
Gross/net weight of consignment,
Route of Transit.
Truck Number(s) on which goods will transit.
Name & address of transporter.
1/We declare that the goods entered herein are for transit to Nepal through
India and shall not be diverted en-route to India or retained in India. I/We
declare that the goods are relief supplies meant for Nepal. I/We further declare
that all the entries made herein above are true and correct to the best of
my/our knowledge.
Signature of consignor or donor agency/ Authorized Customs Broker
For Customs House
SCTD Number.
Seal No. affixed by Customs
Sign /Date/Stamp
