Dear Members,     The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs( CBIC) has issued few  important circulars respectively,   regarding Setting up of the Office of Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) created under CBIC      &   24x7 Clearance at M/s Adani Kattupalli Sea port in Chennai.   CBIC  circular no 30/2018 dated 29/08/2018   As per the above circular, we understand that a new position  Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) was created with re-organisation of directorate and field formations.   The work allocation and contact details  for the position are provided in the circular for information of members. (http://cbic.gov.in/htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars-2018/Circular-30-2018-Customs.pdf)   CBIC  circular no 31/2018 dated 05/09/2018   Vide above  circular it is informed that facility of 24x7 Customs clearance was made available at the 19 sea ports besides 17 Air Cargo Complexes.  CBIC has now decided that the facility of 24x7 Customs clearance for specified imports viz. goods covered by ‘facilitated’ Bills of Entry and specified exports viz. reefer containers with perishable/ temperature sensitive export goods sealed in the presence of Customs officials as per  Circular No.13/2018-Cus dated 30.5.2018 and goods exported under free Shipping Bills will be made available at  M/s Adani Kattupalli Sea port in Chennai,  Tamilnadu.  This would be the 20th Sea port in the country where 24x7 facility would be in operation.   Members may take note of above information.  The CBIC circulars are available for reference  using below links-     Circulars/ Instructions   31/2018 View(582 KB) 05-09-2018 F.No.450/25/2009-Cus-IV 24x7 Clearance - regarding 30/2018 View(62 KB) 29-08-2018 F.No. 394/38/2017-Commr(Inv.-Cus.) Setting up of the Office of Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) created under CBIC-Regarding.   Thanking you ,   Yours faithfully,   (S.G. BHARADI) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHEMEXCIL