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CBEC - Amendments in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016
 
 

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 30th  Jan 2018

          

ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

 

CBEC


Amendments in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016

 

 

Dear Members,

 

In the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 announced recently,  certain additional benefits have been assigned to AEO Certified entities.

 

To align the AEO programme with the changes notified in the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20,  CBEC  has issued circular  No. 3/2018-Cus dated 17 January 2018 notifying  certain amendments in the AEO programme guidelines.

 

Some of  the key amendments are listed as follows:

 

  • Availability of Self Ratification Scheme:

 

In accordance with the conditions laid down in Para 4.07A of FTP 2015-2020, where there is no SION/valid Ad-hoc Norms for an export product and where SION has been notified but exporter intends to use additional inputs in the manufacturing process, eligible exporter, who is an AEO, can apply for an Advance Authorisation under this scheme on self declaration and self ratification basis.   
The application should be sent directly to the respective jurisdictional Custom Chief Commissioner’s office with a copy to the AEO Programme Manager, Directorate of International Customs or in case of any doubt, to the AEO Programme Manager, Directorate of International Customs, 10th Floor, Tower II, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001.

 

  • The Commissioner, Directorate of International Customs, 10th Floor, Tower II, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001 will be the AEO Programme  Manager and AEO Programme Team will comprise officers from the Directorate of International Customs or jurisdictional Custom Zones.

 

  • The details of the AEO applicants for legal compliance as per para 3.2.1 will be hosted on CBEC Website (Home-> Departmental Officers-> Systems / Home -> Public Information -> Indian AEO Programme), The field formation will directly respond to concerned office (viz. Zonal AEO Cell) with the requisite legal compliance information within 14 days of uploading the details.

 

  • The validity of AEO certificate shall be three years for AEO-T1 and AEO-T2, and five years for AEO-T3 and AEO-LO.
  • In order to maximize the reach of this programme, it has been decided by the competent authority to decentralise the processing of AEO applications so as to meet the objective of trade facilitation and ease of doing business.  

 

  • All Jurisdictional/ Zonal AEO Cell will nominate an Officer not below the rank of AC/DC as Client Relationship Manager (CRM) for all the AEO entities in their jurisdiction and the same may be uploaded on their website for easy access for this entities.

 

Members are requested to take note of  some of these amendments in the AEO  programme and benefit from same.   For complete text/ details of all the amendments,   members may download  CBEC  circular  No. 3/2018-Cus dated 17 January 2018 using below link-

 

http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars-2018/circ03-2018cs.pdf

 

 

Thanking you,


Yours faithfully,

 

S.G BHARADI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

CHEMEXCIL