Sub:- Delay of more than 20 days in presentation of Bill of Entry along with all requisite documents for assessment, registration, examination or out of charge

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (NS - I, III & V) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, POST: SHEVA, TALUKA: URAN, DIST: RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA, PIN - 400 707. E-mail: appraisingmain.jnchimp@gmail.com Telephone No.022-27244779 No.S/22-Gen-150/2015-16 AM (I) Date: 26.12.2016 Standing Order No. 79/2016 Sub:- Delay of more than 20 days in presentation of Bill of Entry along with all requisite documents for assessment, registration, examination or out of charge – Reg. Attention of all the staff members is invited to the measures taken for facilitation of trade and for reduction of cost to the importer in the spirit of ‘Ease of doing Business’ and to reduce dwell time taken in clearance of the imported consignment. 2. Study of the time taken by the various stakeholders in the import clearance procedure has revealed that delay on the part of the importers/Customs Broker in presentation of Bills of Entry along with all requisite documents for assessment, registration, examination or out of charge is one of the major factors in overall delay in clearances of the imported consignments which result in undue increase in dwell time. 3. As a measure to ensure faster clearances, reduce dwell time of cargo and as a step towards ‘Ease of Doing Business’, it is directed that wherever there is a delay in presentation of Bill of Entry for assessment, registration, examination or out of charge for more than 20 days from the date of Bill of Entry (date of entry inwards in case of advance Bill of Entry), on the part of Importer/Customs Broker, prior approval of respective Commissioner of Customs shall be taken before attending to such Bill of Entry. 4. These instructions may be implemented with immediate effect and difficulties, if any, faced in implementation of these instructions may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. Sd/- (M. R. Mohanty) Commissioner of Customs, NS-III Copy to:

1. The Pr. Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-II.
2. The Pr. Commissioner/All the Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-II.
3. All Addl. /Joint Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-II.
4. All Deputy/Asst. Commissioner of Customs Mumbai Zone-II.
5. The DC/EDI for uploading on the JNCH Website.
6. Office Copy.