Animal Quarantine
and Certification Services (AQCS) Clearance
· No custom sealed sample
will be required /
collected by AQCS for clearance of imported consignments under No Testing (NT)
category
· 272 Tariff Lines covered under No Testing (NT)
Category
·
Vet Health
Certificate from Load Port Sufficient
[CBIC Instruction No.
13/2020-Customs dated 20.07.2020]
Subject: Regulation
of Import
of Livestock
products
and Livestock
Importation Act, 1898
and Amendments made from time to time – Revised Testing Requirement.
Kind attention is drawn to Office Memorandum dated 15.07.2020 issued vide File No.
L-110110/1/2020-Trade(E-14819) by the Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
& Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying on the mentioned subject (copy enclosed). The
operative part
i.e. para 3 of the O.M. is reiterated below:
“3. To Facilitate “Ease of
Doing Business” and
early clearance of imported consignments of livestock products, no custom sealed sample will be required / collected by AQCS for clearance of imported consignments under No Testing (NT) category. These imported consignments
will be granted AQCS clearance on the Single Window System (SWS) based on Veterinary
Health Certificate uploaded on
the SWS along with other relevant documents while filing Bill of Entry
by
the importer.”
2.
Suitable instructions may be issued for mandatory compliance by the departmental officers
and
the trade.
3.
Any
issued faced in implementation of this instruction may be brought to the notice of the
Board.
F.No.401/21/2020-Cus.III