The Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Nhva Sheva issued Standing Order dated May 08, 2020 which laid down the Standard Operating Procedure (“SOP”) for Export of Sanitizers, Masks, Paracetamol, Hydroxychloroquine, etc, on the recommendation of Ministry of Externals Affairs, DGFT. The following procedure should be followed for export of the above-mentioned goods/items:
- SIIB(X), JNCH would maintain a separate register of Exemption Certificates issued by the DOFF to the exporters of the above-mentioned items and the shipment details against each Certificate.
- Exporters allowed to export against such Exemption Certificates shall make a request for issuance of NOC from SIID(X), JNCII at siibx.jnch@gov.in using their entity based email addresses. The exporter shall provide CFS details and attach scanned copies of the Check List/Shipping Bill.
- For every Shipping Bill, a unique number would be assigned by SIIB(X), JNCH. 5115(X), JNCH shall debit the Value/Quantity to be exported from the Balance Value/Quantity for the said Exemption Certificate as per the records maintained in the section. Thereafter the request of the exporter shall be presented before the Additional Commissioner of Customs, SIIB(X) for NOC. Once approved, a scanned copy of the NOC shall be sent over email to the AC/DC of the concerned CFS and copy to the exporter.
- The above NOC of SIIB(X) shall be presented to the concerned officer at the time of registration of Shipping Bill along with the Exemption Certificate. The concerned Officer at Docks will ensure that the Exemption Certificate is uploaded on e-Sanchit for the respective Shipping Bill. The concerned officer would issue LEO to the shipping bill only on verification of NOC and would specifically mention in the comments column/examination report regarding having seen the same along with the unique number mentioned in the NOC of 5118(X).Any difficulty in implementing the above Standing Order shall be brought to the notice of Shri Rahul Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, SIIB(X) at siibx.jnch@gov.in
The Standing Order can be accessed at: http://www.a2ztaxcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-DUMT-08052020.pdf