Jt Commissioner of Customs Designated in Air
Cargo Complex Mumbai as Repository of Authorised Origin Certification Authority
The following Public Notice was issued
by the Commissioner of Customs (Import) Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai on 21 January
2012
[Ref: 07-PN
dated 21 January 2012]
Sub: Verification of origin in case of goods imported under
Free/Preferential Trade Agreement
Attention of
the importers, trade and their agents is drawn to the above cited subject. A
number of Free/Preferential Trade Agreements (FTA/PTA) are in operation at
present under which goods can be imported at preferential rate of duty. Rules
of Origin are notified under such Agreements which require the importer to,
inter alia, make a claim at the time of importation,
in the form of a prescribed Certificate of Origin (COO) under the seal and
signature of authorized signatories, for claiming the preferential rate of
duty.
2. There have been instances in
the recent past where benefit of the preferential rate of duty has been denied
by the assessing officer on the ground that the signature/seal on the
Certificate of Origin is not available with them. It seems that the specimen
signatures and seals of authorized signatories of Certificate of Origin (COO) is not being properly disseminated to the assessing
officers.
3. In this connection, Board has
asked the Systems Directorate to take up the issue of devising a quick and
reliable system of dissemination of the signatures/seals to the assessing
officers.
4. In the interim, locally the Jt.
Commissioner / Additional Commissioner of Customs, PRO (Import) has been
designated in Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai to act as the repository of the
circulated signatures/seals of the authorized signatories of Certificate of
Origin (COO) and he will ensure the proper dissemination and also verification
(in case of doubts raised) of the signatures/seals to the assessing officers.
Difficulty, if
any, faced should be brought to the notice of the designated officer.
F.No.S/3-MISC-PRO-195/2010 ACC Date: 21 .01.2012