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Circular No. 12/2024-Customs
F. No. 450/58/2015-Cus.IV(Pt.I)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs)
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Room No. 227B, North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 31
st
August, 2024
To,
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners (Customs/Customs
(Preventive)/Customs & Central Tax),
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive),
All Principal Director General/Director Generals under CBIC.

Subject: Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment
Regulations (SCMTR)-reg.
Madam/Sir,
Kind attention is invited to the Notification No. 57/2024-Customs (N.T.) dated 31
st

August, 2024 vide which phase-wise implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and
Transshipment Regulations (SCMTR) has been notified.
2. The SCMTR seeks to bring about transparency, predictability of movement, advance
collection of information for expeditious risk-based Customs clearance. The regulations
stipulate the obligations, the roles and responsibilities, for the various stakeholders involved
in the movement of imported/exported goods. The regulations also specify the changes to
the formats and timelines for filing the manifest declarations. Board Circular No. 43/2020-
Customs dated 30
th
September, 2020 has elaborated more on the above aspects.
3. As the transitional provision under Regulation 15 (2), the old formats have continued to
be accepted, thereby giving sufficient time for complying with the new formats in a phased
manner.
4. It has now been decided by the Board to implement SCMTR in a phased manner in
terms of the Notification No. 57/2024-Customs (N.T.) dated 31
st
August, 2024.
Implementation of the SCMTR at different ports shall be as follows:

Sr. No. Customs Ports
Date of Implementation of
SCMTR filing in new format
(1) (2) (3)
1. Mormugao (INMRM1) 11.09.2024
2. Mangalore (INNML1) 01.10.2024
3. Mumbai (INBOM1) and Kandla (INIXY1) 16.10.2024
4.
Tuticorin (INTUT1) and Vishakhapatnam
(INVTZ1)
01.11.2024
5.
Ennore (INENR1), Kattupalli (INKAT1) and
Cochin (INCOK1)
16.11.2024
6.
All the Customs Ports other than mentioned at Sr.
No. 1 to 5 above
01.12.2024

As per the dates mentioned in column no. (3) of the table above, filing only in the new
format as per SCMTR will become mandatory. Therefore, the stakeholders are advised to
start filing immediately in the new format on a parallel basis on priority, as failure of the
same may negatively impact the cargo clearance times for those consignments after the
same becomes mandatory on effective date.
5. The Chief Commissioners of Customs are requested to closely monitor the progress of
implementation of the roll-out of SCMTR for the ports coming under their jurisdiction.
6. This Circular may be given wide publicity by issue of suitable Trade Notice/Public
Notice. The Officers under your jurisdiction may be sensitized to handhold the stakeholders
for filing in the format under SCMTR and be at readiness at the end of this extension.
Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of the above Circular may be brought to the notice
of the Board.
Yours faithfully,


R. Ananth
Director (Customs)