Labelling of
Imported Goods in Bond Allowed Against Warehoused Bill of Entry
The
following Public Notice was issued by the Commissioner of Customs (Import)
Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House on 26th February 2010.
[Customs Public Notice No. 24 dated 26th February 2010]
Subject:
Compliance of RE 44/2000 – Labeling of goods in bond prior to Ex-bond clearance.
It has been observed that
importers have been facing difficulty in labeling commodities which are of
small size and which are sensitive to heat and dust in the CFSs prior to the
clearance of the same under the provisions of DGFT Notification RE44/2000 dated
24.11.2000. The problem is further compounded due to the shortage of
space in the various CFSs.
2. DGFT Notification RE44/2000 provides for labelling
of all goods imported into India which are covered by the provisions of
Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977. The
compliance of this condition has to be ensured before the import consignment of
such commodities is cleared by Customs for home consumption. Thus the goods
have to be suitably labelled before they are released
for home consumption.
3. In view of the difficulties faced by the Importers in labeling the
goods in CFSs in compliance of DGFT Notification RE44/2000, it has been decided
that henceforth the Importers will have the option of labelling
such goods under bond.
4. The trade should ascertain that such marking/labeling facility,
space, is available in the warehouse prior to exercising this option. In
such cases the importer may file Warehousing Bills of Entry. The Assessing
Group will give suitable directions to Docks staff to allow bonding of the
goods without labelling and with endorsement on the
warehousing Bill of Entry that verification of RE44/2000 markings to be done
prior to de-bonding by Bond Superintendent. The goods will be labelled in the bonded premises and compliance of DGFT
Notification RE44/2000 will be checked at the time of ex-bonding of the goods,
by the bond Officer, by randomly examining the goods again and endorsing the
Examination Report on the ex-bond Bill of Entry, both on hard copy and in EDI
System.
5. The contents of this notice may please be brought to the notice of
all the importers/representatives of the trade.
[F.No. S/22-Gen-73/2010 AM(I) JNCH]