OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (GENERAL),
2ND FLOOR, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE,
MUMBAI-400 001.

N O T I F I C A T I O N

Sub. : Declaration of an area of 12.88 acres of container Corporation of India at Mulund (West) Bombay as customs area for the purpose of Container Freight Station.

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 8 of the Customs Act, 1962 , I.D.S. Solanki, Collector of Customs, Bombay hereby notify the area of 12.88 acres at Indira Sahakari Yard, Mulund Goregaon Link Road, Nahur Villegate Mulund (W), Bombay 400080 for the purpose of examination for loading / stuffing of export cargo into containers from the date of issue of this notification provided;

(i) The said premises would remain under the complete control of the container Corporation of India and the container and the goods contained therein are in the custody of the Container Corporation of India with adequate security arrangements.

(ii) The Container Corporation would provide lighting fire fighting equipment as a precaution against damage of fire and office facilities for the Customs staff.

The limits of Customs Area’ Comprising the Container Freight station admeasuring the total area of 12.88 acres for examination for loading / stuffing of export cargo into container are specified as follows :

North Side : City Survey No. 737 and Heera Nagar &
Gurukripa Nagar Hsg. Societies.
South Side : Vacant land having City Survey No .792 B
East Side : Central Railway Line
West Side : Mulund Goregaon Link Road

(D.S. Solanki)
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
BOMBAY

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File No. S/ 3 – 1395 / 90 P

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New Custom House
Ballard Estate,
Bombay – 400 038
Date : 01-11-1991

STANDING ORDER NO. 6988/91

Sub: 1. In order to facilitate fast clearance of containerized export cargo, the Container Corporation of India have opened a Container Freight Station at Mulund located at the following address :

Indira Rastriya Kamgar Sahakari Society Ltd.,
Indira Sahakari Yard,
Mulund – Goregaon Link Road,
Nahur Village,
Mulund (West),
Bombay – 400 038.

2. A public notice in this behalf has been issued separately. Apart from examination and stuffing of the export cargo in the containers even initial registration and scrutiny of Shipping Bills will also be undertaken by officers of the Bombay Custom House posted the Container Freight Station, itself. For this purpose the necessary staff is being post separately. This C. F. S. will start functioning from 7/11/91.

3. Since to begin with only limited staff will be posted, certain work in respect of the Shipping Bills received and processed at the Container Freight Station will continue to be done at New Custom House itself. This will include Shipping Bills where counter signature of Asstt. Collector is required, giving of security No. to the Shipping Bills where export duty cess is required to be paid and where certain amendments to the documents after shipment are required to be made. Wherever samples are drawn, those samples will also have to brought to the Laboratory for test.

4. Except what is indicated in the preceding paragraphs the following operations will be done by the Custom House officers posted at the Container Freight Station itself :-

(i) Receipt and registration of the shipping bill in the prescribed Register will be included initial checking of the Shipping Bills and the documents of the Noter.

(ii) The Noter will thereafter allot Sr. Nos, to the shipping bills which will prefixed with alphabet ‘B’ indicating thereby that the cargo is intended for the Bombay Port and with Alphabet ‘N’ indicating thereby that the cargo intended for Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

(iii) The Shipping bill will then the scrutinises and assessed by the Appraising Officer or the Examining Officers as the case may be :

(iv) Such assessed shipping bill will thereafter brought in the evening by a sepoy to the custom House for the purpose of giving Security Nos. to the shipping Bills in the Export Department of the Custom House or the Shipping Bills will be brought by the exporters or their representatives or the Custom House Agent directly to the Custom House.

(v) When the Shipping Bills require counter signature of the Asst. Collector other discrepancies are pointed out, those will be brought either by the Sepoy posted for the job or by the exporters or their representatives or the Custom House Agents themselves directly to the Custom House for necessary action.

(vi) The Shipping Bills which have been countersigned by the Asstt. Collector wherever required or where any discrepancies were pointed out that has been resolved by the Asstt. Collector, will be presented thereafter to Assessing Officers posted at the Container Freight Station who will thereafter have the containers and thereafter sealing them :

(vii) Same procedure will be adopted in respect of the Shipping Bills where duty cess is required to be paid as such payment will have to be made in the Custom House only :

(viii) When the Shipping bill are presented in the Export Department of the Custom House for allotting Security No, the original copy of the G. R. and the Shipping Bill will be detached in the Export Department of the Custom House for further disposal of these documents.

(ix) After the goods are examined and stuffed in the containers by the Appraising Officers at the Container Freight Station. “Let Export Order” will be given by the Preventive Officer posted for the job in the normal course, and

(x) The sealed container will move from the Container Freight Station to the Bombay Port and the movement will be generally under preventive supervision.

5. After “Let Export” order is given by the Competent officer at the Container Freight Station, the concerned exporters or the C. H. As. will have to file drawback aims when the export is under claim for drawback, in the Drawback Department of the Custom House. Payment of drawback will also be made in the Drawback Department of the Custom House only.

6. As has been started in the Public Notice the Shipping Bills the D. E. E. C. Scheme will however continue to be filled in the D. E. E. C. Section of the Custom House only. Such Shipping Bills will not be accepted at the Container Freight Station.

Attested

ASSTT. COLLR. OF CUSTOMS
CORRESPONDENCE DEPTT
Issued from F. No. S/6-705/91-Export

(S.P.S. PUNDIR)
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOM
BOMBAY

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N O T I F I C A T I O N
CFS (IMPORT) MULUND, BOMBAY

Sub : Declaration of an Area of 96,000 Sq. Metrers of Container Corporation of India Ltd., At Mulund, Bombay area for Import Purposes.

In exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 8 of Cusotms Act, 1962, 1, Sidharath Singh Sekhon, Commissioner of Customs, Bombay hereby notify the area of 96,000 Sq. Meter having sepcification mention below :
1. On the East – Salt Commissioner Land.
2. On the East – Central Railway Mulund Goods Shed,
3. On the North – Adjoining the C. Rly entry to Goods Shed.
4. On the South – Goregaon Link Road.

And located at Nanpada Village Road, Near New Mulund Goods Depot, Central Railway, Mulund (E), Bombay – 400 081. As Custome area, for the purpose of examination, destuffing and clearance of imported containerised cargo with immediate effect until further orders provided

(1) The said premises would remain under the complete control of Container Corporation of India and the containers and the imported goods contained therein remain in the custody of the ‘CONCORE’ with adequate security arrangements.

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Attested
(C. P. Nair)
ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
BOMBAY

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In order to overcome the congestion at the Bombay port & benefit trade, the container corporation of India Ltd. have opened a container freight at Mulund at the following address :

Container Freight Station,
Container Corporation of India Ltd.,
Nanipada Village Road,
Central Railway,
Mulund (E),
Bombay – 81

2. The C. F. S. Mulund will start functioning from 1.11.95
3. To begin with only limited staff will be posted at C. F. S. Mulund on cost recovery basis. Initially the noting of bill of entries & processing will be done at the new custom house. The operation would include destuffing, examination and clearance of imported cargo from container of the nature of waste paper, PVC resin, metal scrap, woolen rage, blended wool.
4. The processing of the bill of Entry including auditing data entry to computer payment of duty in cash department will be done in the usual manner in the new Custom House.
5. The group apprising office will be endorse examination order on the reverse of duplicate Bill of entry. The order of examination to the appraising officer at C. F. S. Mulund will be on the same line has been given for similar goods for examination in docks.
6. Containerized cargo will be moved from docks limits after sealing the containers with custom bottle seal. It will be the responsibility of CONCOR to have the containers bottle sealed by the proper officer of Customs before the containers leaves docks of C. F. S. Mulund. The seals will be check before the containers are admitted C. F. S. Mulund.
7. Containers the seal of which are found broken at the C. F. S. shall be surveyed immediately by the authorized insurance company or authorized surveyor in present of customs, importer/CHA and CONCOR. The Surveys shall be arrange by the CONCOR Shortage of goods, if any shall be duly recorded on the manifest & sign by all the all the agencies presents the CONCOR shall be liable to pay any penalties that may be levied under section 116 and section 45 as amended of Customs Act 1962 the bond executed with container cell shall also be enforceable.
8. CONCOR as carrier and custodian of containerized import cargo with duty free importer containers shall execute a bond with container cell for a value equivalent to the anticipated value of cargo to be handle in addition to the value of duty free imported containers.
9. At the C. F. S. Mulund when the goods are presented for examination, the appraising Office will examine the goods under the first or second check procedure as per order given by the group appraising officer, An endorse examination report on duplicate copy of bill of exchange.
10. If the goods are found as per the declaration in Bill of Entry, the Appraising officer shall give final “Out of charge” on the duplicate bill of entry. In case of any discrepancy found on examination, the appraising officer shall endorse the examination report along with the discrepancies notice and submit report of Asst. Commissioner C. F. S. Mulund. If the discrepancy notice is minor nature not having any revenue implementation or not involving any penal action under provision of the custom act., or any other allied act, such as discrepancy will be considered on merit by the Asst. Commissioner. In all other cases Bill of Entry will return to the Custom House, for appropriate action. In that case the group appraising officer initiate adjudication proceeding and goods shall be dealt in the manner to be decided by the adjudicating authority. Once the adjudication proceeding are completed the matter may be dealt with as per the instruction given by the concerned group.
11. After delivery of import cargo the duplicate Bill of Entry will be returned to Custom House by CONCOR for necessary action.
12. The following records received in C. F. S. Mulund with particulars :
1. Sr. No. of containers received in C. F. S. Mulund with particulars :
(i) Sr. No. of container (ii) Date of receipt (iii) I. G. M. No. (iv) Steamer Agents Name, (V) Vessel’s Name, (Vi) Date of Removal
2. Register of containers with seals broken and action taken.
3. Statement of import cargo in containers nor cleared in 45 days time in order to initiated on under section 48 of Customs Act. 1962. CONCOR will submit the statement to Asst. Commissioner incharge C. F. S. Mulund by 5th of every month.
13. Container Corporation of India Ltd. will provide proper weighing and other facilities required for proper customs examination and weighment of cargo. Wherever sample are drawn those samples will also have to be brought to the laboratory for test on the next working day by one sepoy the supervision of examining officer posted for the purpose.
14. This approval will be subject to cancellation in the event of any abuse or violation of the conditions of approval. The working of the C. F. S. will be open to review by the inter-line serial Committee and Customs Department.

Issued from
F. No. S/19-Misc – 45/Docks

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(S. S. Sekhon)
Commissioner of Cutom,
Bombay – 38

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Sub : Movement of containerised cargo to ICDs/CFSs- instructions regarding

1. The movement of containerized cargo (import) to I.C.S.s/C.F.S.s is regulated by the instructions contained in Board's letter F. No. 434/17/94 Cus. IV dt. 16.597 and Public Notice No. 48 dt. 28.3.1995 issued by Mumbai Custom House in this regard. The transshipment is allowed subject to observance of the conditions as prescribed in "Goods Imported Conditions of Transshipment Regulation 1995" issued vide Notification No. 67/95-Cus. NT dt. 28.9.95and amended by Notification No. 111/18.10.95.

2. At present Container Cell of Mumbai Custom house is monitoring movement of import containers for the purpose of re-export in terms of Notfn. No. 104/94 dt. 16.03.94 also granting permission for transshipment of Containerized Cargo to ICD/CFS. In this connection, a continuity bond is executed by the Steamer Agent/concor/ CWC for safe carriage of goods to the ICD/CFS and re-export of container within 6 months form its importation. While re-export of the containers within the prescribed period of six months is being monitored by Containers within the prescribed period of six months is being monitored by Container Cell, it is noticed that no proper procedure is being followed to verify the receipt of containerized cargo at ICD/CFS. In order to facilitate proper monitoring of transshipment of containerized cargo from Mumbai Port to ICDs/CFSs, the following instructions are issued for strict compliance.

3. Under the existing procedure, the Steamer Agents are required to file 7 copies of sub-manifest(being treated as application for transshipment) in the Import Deptt. out of which 6 copies are sent to container Cell for granting permission for transshipment Henceforth the Steamer Agent will also file one copy of invoice of each consignment covered by the sub-manifest so as to enable Appraiser posted in Import Deptt. to work out the vale and the duty liability of the transshipment cargo before forwarding six copies of the sub-manifest to the Container Cell for grant of transshipment permit. Since the computation of value and duty liability is only for the purpose of national debit to the bond till the proof of landing certificate is produced for safe arrival of the goods at the inland destination, the Appraiser posted in Import Deptt. is not expected to make detailed assessment of such cargo but would estimate the probable duty liability on the basis of data available in the invoice and the sub-manifest without calling for any further information/ explanation/documents from the Steamer Agent etc. In case of any doubt or insufficiency of information required for working out duty liability, the Appraiser of Import Deptt. may work out duty liability on higher side to safeguard revenue. In exceptional cases where Steamer Agent is unable to produce invoice of any particular consignment covered by the sub-manifest, the Appraiser of Import Deptt. shall estimate the value and duty liability on the basis of description given in the sub-manifest, if necessary, in consultation with the dealing group. In Any case Astt. Commissioner (Import) shall ensure that no sub-manifest is held up in the Import Deptt for working out the duty liability and far as possible 6 copies of sub-manifest along with copy of invoice are sent to the Container Cell on the same day.

4. On receipt of sub-manifest in Container Cell, the continuity bond executed by CWC CONCOR for safe carriage of the goods from Mumbai Port to the ICDs/CFSs would be debited to the extent of amount of duty liability as indicated in the sub-manifest by the Appraiser. For this purpose a separate running bond account partywise and ICDs/CFSs wise would be maintained in the Container Cell to keep watch over receipt of the goods at the inland destination. In terms of the bond CONCOR/CWC would be required to produce landing certificate within one month or within such extended period not exceeding 3 month as may be granted in deserving cases, from the proper officer at the Customs station of destination declared in the transshipment application to the effect that the goods under transshipment have actually reached the destination in sound condition. On production on such landing certificate, Container Cell will give credit in the running bond account to the extent the amount of duty liability debited in the bond at the time of transshipment. It should be ensured by the concerned persons that
sufficient balance is always available in the continuity bond to avoid delay in the transshipment of cargo. The Container Cell shall also carry out exercise of reconciliation at the end of each month in order to verify that the containerized cargo removed from Mumbai Port under transshipment have been duly accounted for their receipt at ICD/CFS. In case of failure to produce the landing certificate within the stipulated or extended time, an appropriate action for recovery of duty, fine & penalty etc. should be immediately taken in terms of the bond. The present procedure prescribed for transshipment shall otherwise remain unchanged.

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(GOVINDAN S. THAMPI)

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Sub. : Export Movement of export cargo by Containers/Trucks from container Freight Station. Mulund to Gatway Ports – Procedure

Attention all of officers/staff is invited to Public Notice 103/2000 dated 25.9.2000 in connection with new procedure to be adopted for movement of export cargo form CFS Mulund Gateway Ports like Mumbai JNPT etc. following revised procedure should be followed.

(i) The exports are required to bring their goods meant for export to CGS Mulund and to file six copies of Shipping Bill along with all necessary documents like GR Form, AR Form. Certified issued by Export Promotion Council, documents regarding quotas wherever applicable etc. The shipping bill will be assessed as usual, the goods examined, samples drawn, if required, inspection carried out by other agencies under any one of allied Acts. After the assessment of Shipping Bills, original and duplicate Shipping Bills along with two more copies (transference copies) and original GR form will be retained at the CFS, Mulund. The original GR form will be forwarded to respective branch of Reserve Bank of India.

(ii) The examination order would be given on duplicate and both transference copies of Shipping Bill. The examination report would also be recorded on all these copies. Duplicate copy of Shipping Bill would be retained in CFS, Mulund and its transference copies would be forwarded to the gateway port. FOB value of the goods would be debited from the continuity bond executed by the custodian (CONCOR). After the examination is over, all the packages would be handed over by the Customs Authorities to the custodian (CONCOR) of the goods along with two transference copies of Shipping Bill, certified copy of invoice packing list and other documents in a sealed cover. The goods are to be transported by container or truck or rail, the entire cargo body of which can be sealed with tamper proof bottle seals, all the packages would be stuffed in the container / trucks under supervision of Customs and representatives of the custodian (CONCOR). After the stuffing the containers / trucks would be sealed with tamper proof bottle seals. The examination order and endorsement that the trucks are sealed would be made on both copies of Shipping Bill an AR 4 form, it would be signed by Customs as well as custodian’s representatives. The seal number would be endorsed on all documents.

iii) The custodian (CONCOR) would be required to move the goods by road or rail up to Gateway ports. The custodian (CONCOR) shall accept responsibility for shortages in the good during transit and will be required to pay the amount equal to drawback/duty amount and other benefits availed by the exporters. They may be asked to execute separate bond for transport of the goods from CFS, Mulund to Gateway port and vice-versa.

iv) At the Gateway Ports, both the copies of Shipping Bill would be presented by the custodian (CONCOR) representative to the proper officer of Customs who would verify the genuineness of documents and check the marks and number of the seals on trucks/containers as recorded on the documents. The Customs Officer would inspect the seals of trucks/container and will endorse the two transference copies of Shipping Bill and AR 4 form in the following manner, “inspected and the seals found intact being the following marks and Nos…….

v) In case Customs seal on the container/ trucks are found broken or tampered with or some discrepancy found in seal nos., the matter would be brought to the notice of Assistant Commissioner of Customs and such container/trucks would be subjected to 100% examination. In case seals are found intact as per documents and documents are found in order the Preventive Officer posted at Gateway Port will endorse, “let export” on both the copies of the Shipping Bill and AR 4 at the time of actual shipment.

vi) After doing the needful, both the transference copies of such Shipping Bills
would be handed over to the Shipping Agents for filling the EGM at the respective port of shipment. The Shipping Agents thereafter will present both the transference copies along with the EGM (duplicate) to the Export department in the customs House at the respective port of shipment. The concerned Export department will also maintain a register indicating the full details of name of vessel, P. C. NO, Rotation No., Shipping Bill No., Container No., etc. again original and duplicate transference copies so received from the officer in charge posted at the Gateway Port. Thereafter one copy of the transference copy of the Shipping Bill as well as abstract of the EGM shall be retained in the Export department concerned and the second copies thereof will be dispatched to the CFS, Mulund through exporter’s/ shipping agents a sealed cover.

vii) On receipt of the aforesaid transference copy of Shipping Bill at the CFS, Mulund the proper officer of Customs would match it with duplicate copy of Shipping Bill and to ensure that the goods have been exported. If the transference copy of a Shipping Bill is not received within 90 days from the date of LEO, the Assistant / Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Exports (CFS) shall raise a demand on the custodian equal to the duty and drawback continued in the export goods in addition to any other action that may taken against the exporter and the matter may also be intimated to the DGFT and RBI.

In the nutshell, the salient features of the revised procedure would be :-

(a) The Shipping Bills would be passed at CFS, Mulund and same are not required to be passed again at Gateway Ports. There would be no further examination of the good at the gateway ports if the seals are found intact.
(b) The drawback would continue to be sanctioned after the ‘Let Export’ order is given on the Shipping Bill.

(c) Original GR form would be retained at CFS, Mulund and would be respective branch of RBI from there only.

(d) The export for all statically purpose would be included in all statements of exports from that station.

(e) The export under DEEC/DEPB etc., under the proposed scheme would be allowed in case the same are allowed from that station.

(f) AR 4 form and other Central Excise procedures as provided under Central Excise Rules and instructions issued by Board from time to time would be applicable.

(viii) On receipt of transference of Shipping Bill, the necessary credits would be given in continuity bond executed by the custodians for movement of goods.

(ix) The Customs staff for above mentioned and all related work could be provided on co-recovery basis.

(x) (In case the exporters desire to get the goods examined and container/trucks stuffed at sealed in factory of manufacture for the purpose of exports from Gateway Ports the procedure for examination of goods and sealing packages and trucks as contained in Rule 187 of Central Excise Rules, 1944 and instructions issued form time to time on the subject, would be followed.

All concerned officers/staff are directed to follow the contents of the standing order scrupulously.

Sd/-29.09.2000
(S. P. S. PUNDIR)
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EP)

ATTESTED

(R. S. SHEVRE)
ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
EXPORT DEPTT.

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Sub. : Import – Procedure regarding nothing of B/E’s and assessment thereof for the imported goods at C.F.S. Mulund.

With a view to facilitate speedy clearance and augment the revenue collection. It is decided that all the work relating to the assessment and clearance of imported cargo shall I undertaken in Administrative Building situated at CFS Mulund (East) yard itself. The regular staff of all cadres will be posted at C.F.S., Mulund (E) to being with the revised procedure which shall come into force with immediate effect from 11.12.2000.

The work relating to SVB, SIIB, IMPORT / EXPORT, arising out of clearance work in C.F.S. Mulund will be handled by designated staff stationed at C.F.S. Mulund under the control Commissioner of Customs (G), Mumbai.

The following new procedure shall be strictly followed in respect of filling of S.M.T.P. noting of Bill of Entry and assessment / examination of cargo imported through gateway port to C.F.S. Mulund.

i) The Steamer Agent shall submit their Sub Manifest Transshipment Permits (S.M.T.P.) the import clerk at C.F.S. Mulund in place of Importer Department in Mumbai Custom House and rest of existing procedure as being followed in this regard shall be followed to. An additional copy of S.M.T.P. shall also be handed over to M/S Concor at the time handling over transshipment document.

ii) The importers C.H.A. shall present their Bill of Entry along with all required document and an extra copy of Bs.E to the import clerk for verification of all details with S.M.T.P. and Bill of Landing (B.L.) for the purpose of noting. In case of discrepancies if any, the nothing clerk shall return the Bill of Entry with objection memo to the C.H.A. / Importer

iii) After the Bs.E is duty noted, the extra copy of Bs/E will be duly attested by the Noting Clerk and be forwarded to D.E.O’s for entering the details of the same in the computer. The duly noted Bs.E will be directly forwarded to the concerned assessing groups for assessment.

iv) In case of any objection in the Bs.E /documents or for the want of further information necessary for the purpose of assessment the appearing officer shall issued reason query memo duly approved by the A.C/D.C. in charge of the assessing groups. On receipt of the reply the Bs.E shall be assessed without further loss of time.

v) Duly assessed and completed Bs.E after compare run shall be handed over to the importers / C.H.A’s for payment of duty and same in turn shall be presented to the cashier along with demand draft / bankers cheque drawn in favour of Commissioner of Customs. The cashier shall compare the amount of duty in Bs.E’s with D.D./B.C . tendered by the C.H.A’s and affix duty paid stamp with cash number and sign the amount of duty in full signature with his name. The cashier shall retain original copy and return rest of the copies of Bs.E’s to the C.H.A.’s an importers. Bank of India’s counter has already started functions on ground floor in administrative Building at C.F.S Mulund (E) Yard.

vi) For the time being, the assessment of the Bill of Entries shall be undertaken manually by three appraisers pending introduction of E.D.I.

vii) The procedure in respect of examination of the goods shall remain the same as being followed at present at C.F.S. Mulund.

viii) The Bs.E’s pertaining to import of various export related schemes shall be assessed on the basis of transfer advise issued by the different sections in Mumbai Custom House J.C.H. as the case may be. In future all the new cases relating to such imports shall be registered at C.F.S. Mulund itself.
ix) Ex-bonding of warehoused goods deposited in various Warehouses through C.F.S. Mulund shall be done at C.F.S. Mulund itself.

x) Assessment of Bills of Entry under Single window Clearance & under Fast Track. Clearance shall also be done at C.F.S. Mulund only.

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(D.K. ACHARYA)
CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
MUMBAI.

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Sub. : Drawback Payment against goods exported through Container Freight Station, Mulund.

It is notified for the information of all officers/filed formations concerned that Payment of drawback for export shipments made through CFS- Mulund would be made from CFS- Mulund from 1st April 2001. The existing procedure followed in the Mumbai Custom House in this regard shall be followed in toto.

(Dr. G. K. PILLAI)
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (GEN)
Mumbai

F. NO. S/6-B-87/2000 CFS(M)

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