Circular No.ES/219 / 2016-17 December 8, 2016
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Reducing/eliminating printouts in Customs Clearance
Dear Member,
Kindly refer to the various Circulars issued by the Council informing about the reduction /elimination of printouts in Customs Clearance.
As you are aware, the Government has taken-up a number of initiatives for promoting 'Ease of doing business'. One of the ways to make cargo clearance easier is to reduce the use of paper and to introduce electronic messaging and paperless processing.
The Board seeks to ensure that the success achieved over the years in advancing automated clearance processes, EDI messaging and digital signatures translate into a paper-free environment, besides reducing transaction costs.
Though the Board has decided to done away with routine printing of various documents like GAR7 forms/ TR-6 Challans, TP copy, Shipping Bill (Exchange Control copy and Export Promotion copy), etc., however there could be cases where printing is necessitated for variety of reasons like manual BoEs, insistence of importer, exporter etc. Board, therefore, desires that in such cases printouts may be provided on demand.
With regard to the above, Mumbai Customs has issued Public No. 173/2016 dated 02.12.2016 informing members of Trade that the instructions given in the Public Notice would be operational with immediate effect.
Members may kindly make note of the above.
Thanking you,
V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
