Background:-
CBIC vide Circular-19/2018-Customs dated 18.06.2018 and Circular 10/2020-Customs dated 07.02.2020 had provided for REID sealing of goods to be deposited in or removed from Customs Bonded Warehouses. The implementation of these Circulars was deferred, vide Circulars No. 54/2018-customs dated 31.12.2018 and 20/2020-customs dated 21.04.2020.
Clarification:-
The CBIC vide Circular No. 25/2020 – Customs dated May 18, 2020, has decided to review the modalities under the aforesaid circulars. A comprehensive circular is under consideration and shall be soon placed in the public domain (www.cbic.nic.in) to seek inputs/suggestions from all stakeholders before issuance.
Further, the Circular-19/2018-Customs dated 18.06.2018 and Circular-10/2020- Customs dated 07.02.2020 issued previously in this matter and yet to be operationalized, stand rescinded.
The Circular can be accessed at: https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars-2020/Circular-No-25-2020.pdf;jsessionid=5E1982A9AED7056C5FD8F519706215A1