Dear Members,
As you might be aware, issued are being faced during import of chemicals due to FSSAI Mapping and also HS code classification.
This issue has been taken up by the trade/ industry during “Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC)” meeting held 10/01/2018 at JNCH (Nhava Sheva). During the meeting, representatives from importers specially those dealing in goods falling under chapters 29 & 34 of the Customs Tariff raised the issue that number of bills of entry are being referred to FSSAI, which are being certified as “out of scope” by FSSAI resulting in considerable delays besides increased transaction costs.
Taking cognizance of the issues faced by importers, O/o The Commissioner Of Customs, NS-III Mumbai Zone-II, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House have issued Public Notice No. 09 /2018 dated 12/01/2016 regarding List of “Out of Scope” items as received from FSSAI.
As per PN, it has been decided that in such cases, where goods imported are “out of scope items, then, it would not be mandatory to obtain “out of scope“ endorsement / certificate from FSSAI, even if such bills of entry are routed to FSSAI / or status of bill of entry shows “FSSAI pending”.
In such cases, Out of Charge (OOC) officer shall not insist for FSSAI “out of scope” endorsement and shall give OOC, subject to other regulatory compliance. FSSAI has also suggested that Non Food items appearing in the list should not be referred to them for clearance henceforth. They have also requested to share this list with Risk Management Centre for Customs (RMCC).
In this regard, the list of HS CODE of Non Food Items for which out of scope certification is enclosed as Annexure-I.
As an effect of this PN, it has been decided that if the goods as described in the list enclosed (description and CTH) are imported but status of bill of entry shows “FSSAI pending”, there is no need to obtain “out of scope“ endorsement / certificate from FSSAI. OOC in such cases may be given subject to other regulatory compliance.
Members are requested to take note of the same and also convey to their CHA’s. In case of any difficulty in imports from JNCH (Nhava Sheva), members/ CHA’s may contact Deputy/Asstt Commissioner in charge Group-I, NS-I, Group-II A-F, NS-V or Appraising Main (Import), NS-III (email- appraisingmain.jnch@gov.in) .
For further details, the JNCH PN is available download using below links-
http://164.100.155.199/pdf/PN-2018/PN_009.pdf
Finally, as far as importers in other ports/ ICD’s are concerned, the council is writing to the CBEC for issuance of similar PN’s from other ports also. In the interim, the PN issued by JNCH and the List of “Out of Scope” items can be used as reference.
Difficulties, if any, can be highlighted to us on e-mail id’s- ed@chemexcil.gov.in, deepak.gupta@chemexcil.gov.in and balani.lic@chemexcil.gov.in.
Thanking You,
Yours faithfully,
( S.G. BHARADI )
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHEMEXCIL
http://chemexcil.in/uploads/files/PN_009_(JNCH_FSSAI).pdf
http://chemexcil.in/uploads/files/Annexure_PN_09-2018.xls
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