Transshipment Cargo from Bangladesh to
Kolkata and Vice Versa under Electronic Cargo Trading System (ECTS) Seals from
1 July 2020
·
Transshipment and transit of goods
from a sea port to a land customs station and vice-versa under Regulation 7 of
SCMTR 2018 will Apply
[CBIC Circular 29/2020-Customs dated 22 June 2020
Subject: Procedure for Transhipment
of Export Cargo from Bangladesh to third countries through Land Customs Stations
(LCSs) to Port / Airport, in containers or closed bodied trucks.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Circular 42/2018-Customs
dated 02nd Nov 2018, which was issued to facilitate exports of
Bangladesh to third countries, via transhipment
through India. It provides detailed procedure of transhipment,
in terms of section 54 of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred as the
"Act"), from LCS to Port/Air Cargo as listed below:
|
S.
No. |
From
(LCS) |
To
(Port / Aircargo) |
|
1. |
LCS Petrapole
|
By road to: i) Kolkata Port ii) Aircargo
complex, Kolkata iii) Nhavashcva
Port |
|
2. |
i) LCS Petrapole ii) LCS Gede
/ Ranaghat |
By rail to Nhavasheva
Port |
2. Through the aforesaid Circular, transhipment
facility was introduced on pilot basis to gain experience and obtain feedback
from industry, so as to frame a facilitative regulation with adequate
safeguards. The aforesaid Circular has been extended from time to time, and the
last extension was granted till 30th June 2020 vide letter No. 550/02/2018-LC
dated 5th Feb 2020.
3. After reviewing the utilization and other relevant aspects,
and with a view to facilitating trade, Board has decided to continue the
facility under Circular 42/2018-Customs as below:
3.1 Transhipment of goods from LCS
Petrapole to Aircargo
complex, Kolkata, shall be continued following the procedure prescribed in the
aforesaid Circular, until further direction from the Board.
3.2 Other transhipment
movements listed in the above table, shall be continued following the procedure
prescribed in the aforesaid Circular, until the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as
"SCMTR 2018") is fully implemented, upon which the procedure of SCMTR
2018 shall apply.
4. It is clarified that regulation 7 of SCMTR 2018 prescribes
a form for the purposes of transhipment and transit
of goods from a sea port to a land customs station and vice-versa. Hence, the
movement of Bangladesh third country export cargo, from land customs stations
to sea ports, as specified in the Table at Para 1, shall be guided by SCMTR
2018 from date of its implementation.
4.1 Further,
attention is drawn to regulation 10 of the SCMTR 2018 which mandates the
authorized carrier to provide track and trace facility for locating goods brought
for transhipment. Regulation 9 of SCMTR 2018 provides
for scaling of cargo meant for transhipment by land
route. It is clarified that presently the electronic cargo tracking system
(ECTS) and ECTS seals are being provided by M/s Transecur
Telematics Private Limited (wwww.transccur.com) under ADB’s Pilot Program for
monitoring of traffic in transit of Nepal. The authorized carriers have an
option to use same for transhipment of goods from
Bangladesh, in absence of any other facility.
5. Difficulties, if any, faced in the implementation of
this Circular should be brought to the notice of the Board.
F.No.SS0/02/2018-LC