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Electronic Seal:

(a) Declaration in S/B: Under the new procedure, the exporter will be obligated to declare the physical
serial number of the e-seal at the time of filing the online integrated shipping bill or in the case of
manual shipping bill before the container is dispatched for the designated port/ICD/LCS.

(b) Availability: Exporters shall directly procure RFID seals from vendors, conforming to the standard
specification mentioned below. Since the procedure seeks to enhance integrity of transportation
of goods, the exporters will be required to obtain seals directly. They shall provide details such as
IEC etc., at the time of purchase for identification as well as for using the standard web application
necessary to support an RFlD self-sealing ecosystem.

(c) In case, the RFID seals of the containers are found to be tampered with, then mandatory examination
would be carried out by the Customs authorities.

Standard Specification of the electronic Seal:

(a) The electronic seal referred to in Para 9 (vii) of the Circular No. 26/2017-Customs

dated 01.07.2017 shall be an "RFID tamper proof one-time-bolt seal", each bearing a unique serial
number. The exporters shall be responsible for procuring the seals at their own cost for use in self-
sealing.

(b) Each seal shall be a one-time-bolt-seal bearing a unique serial number and brand of

the vendor in the format ABCD XXXX XXXX, where ABCD stands for the brand of the vendor and X
(8 digit) is a numerical digit from 0-9.

(c ) The RFID seal shall conform to ISO 17712:2013 (H) and ISO/IEC 18000-6 Class 1

Gen 2 which is globally accepted in industrial applications and can be read with the

use of UHF (i.e. 860 MHz to 960 MHz) Reader-Scanners.

(d) The manufacturer or vendor, as the case may be, shall be in possession of certifications required
for conformance of the ISO standard ISO 17712:2013 (H) namely, clauses 4, 5 and 6. Before
commencement of sales, the vendor shall submit self-certified copies of the above certifications to
the Risk Management Division (RMD) and all the ICDs/ Ports where he intends to operate along with
the unique series of the seals proposed to be offered for sale.

Application, Record Keeping and Data Retrieval System

(a) It is clarified that the information sought from the exporter in para 9 (vii) of the

circular 26/2017- Customs shall now be read as:

IEC (Importer Exporter Code)
Shipping Bill Number
Shipping Bill Date
e-seal number
Date of sealing
Time of sealing
Destination Customs Station for export Container Number
Trailer- Truck Number

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