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Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House has issued a new regulation which requires importers of additional details on the bills of lading for all imports into India.
''There have been a number of instances where the consignments of hazardous waste, other waste or restricted items are imported in the name of certain importers and remain un-cleared. Subsequent investigation in the aforesaid cases revealed that no such importer actually exists / or comes forward to claim the cargo. It is suspected that these consignments have been imported for the purpose of dumping of hazardous waste from the exporting country and are posing a serious environmental threat,'' said Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House.
In order to ensure that the details of importers in India are captured by shipping lines at the time of booking of such consignments at the stage of bill of lading and to further speed up the import declaration processing and clearance, importers are required to ensure that following basic details are informed to their exporters abroad so that these details are incorporated in the bills of lading issued at the time of booking of such consignments.
a. Import & export Code (IEC) of importer;
b. GST (Goods and Services Tax) identification number (GSTIN) of importer; and
c. Official email ID of importer (to be used for correspondence by shipping lines and Customs).
The revised requirement for imports as mentioned above will be applicable from April 1, 2018, meaning all bills of lading issued on or after April 1, 2018 contain aforementioned additional details.
