Circular No.ES/101/2016-17 September 19, 2016
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Facility of ‘Direct Port Delivery’ to Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)
Dear Member,
We are glad to inform you that the Office of the Commissioner of Customs, JNCH- Nhava Sheva has issued Public Notice No.122/2016 dated 14.09.2016 regarding the facility of ‘Direct Port Delivery’ to Authorised Economic Operator, as a measure of trade facilitation and ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
In this connection, attention of the members is invited to the Facility Notice No. 63/2008 dated 01.09.2008 and also Circular No. 33/2016- Customs dated 22.07.2016 of the CBEC wherein its decision to merge the two facilitation schemes – Accredited Client Programme (ACP) and Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) into combined three- tier AEO programme and also enhancing the scope of theses programmes to provide further benefit including Direct Port Delivery to the entities.
Members may kindly make note of the above and do the needful.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
