Home» Circulars» Reminder E Seals Mandatory Implementation Of E Sealing From 1st March 2018 As Per Cbec Circular No. 51 2017 Customs 21 12 2017 Updated List Of 13 E Seal Vendors As On 5th Jan 2018

Dear Members,

As you are aware, e-sealing for export containers was made voluntary till 1st March 2018 vide CBEC  Circular No. 51/2017-Customs 21/12/2017 due to issues related to supply of e-seals etc.

Since the deadlines are approaching,  for  the sake of convenience of the members, we reproduce the important points of CBEC Circular No. 51/2017-Customs 21/12/2017 as follows:

ؠAll entitled Exporters who have acquired RFID e-seals and are stuffing containers at approved premises for export through Ports/ ICDs where facilities for readers are available shall be free to continue / adopt the new e-sealing procedure.Essentially, this implies that the procedure is voluntary for entitled exporters till 1st March 2018.

ؠWith effect from 1st March 2018e-sealing shall become mandatory in respect of the exporters, who have been permitted self-sealing facilities under the erstwhile exciseprocedure or GST regime, AEO exporters and exporters availing supervised stuffing at their premises for the following locations:

1. JNCH, Nhava Sheva (INNSA1)

2.Chennai Port (INMAA1)

3.Mundra Port (INMUN1)

4.Hazira Port (INHZA1)

5.Cochin Port (INCOK1)

6.Kattupalli, Port (INKAT1)

7.Kolkata Port (INCCU1)

8.ICD Tughlakabad (INTKD6)

9.Tuticorin Port (INTUT1)

10.Pipavav Port (INPAV1)

11.Vishakhapatnam Port (INVTZ1)

12.Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI1)

13.ICD Bangalore (INWFD6)

14.ICD Tirupur (INTUP6)

15.ICD Ludhiana (INLDH6)

e-sealing procedure for all Ports/ ICD’s other than above locations shall be mandatory w.e.f. 1st April 2018.

  It is once again clarified that the exporters who have already switched to new procedure may continue with new procedure and exporters who intend to voluntarily adopt new e-sealing procedure are free to do so, if the readers are in place at the Customs station of export. Exporters availing stuffing under officer supervision shall continue to do so till the date e-sealing mandatory at the port/ ICD from where they are exporting containers.

Finally, also please note that as per e-seal vendor details updated on CBEC portal  vide  F. No. 450/188/2017-Cus IV,  now there are total 13 e-seal vendors  w.e.f. 5th Jan 2018. The council had informed the members about this updated list.

Members are requested to kindly take note of the above timelines and do the needful accordingly. The above-said circular/ updated e-seal vendor list are available for download using below hyperlink-

http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars-2017/circ51-2017cs.pdf

http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars-2018/eSeals_vendor_details_05jan2018.pdf

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
S.G BHARADI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHEMEXCIL