Circular No.ES/240/2016-17 December 22, 2016
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Extension of facility of Direct Port Delivery to main importers and other steps taken for ease of doing business
Dear Member,
This is to inform you that the Office of the Commissioner of Customs, JNCH (Nhava Sheva) has issued Public Notice No. 180/ 2016 dated 19.12.2016 on the above subject.
It has been observed by JNCH Customs that the Direct Port Delivery (DPD) facility helps in reducing the time and cost for importers considerably.
In this regard, JNCH has issued Public Notice no. 161/2016 dated 28.11.2016 regarding the extension of DPD facility to said importers on the basis of the volume of transactions and on the basis of assessment made by JNCH Customs regarding their ability to comply with the conditions as specified in the Public Notice No. 161/2016.
In view of the above, now it has been decided by JNCH Customs to extend Direct Port Delivery (DPD) permission to importers as mentioned in the Annexure-A enclosed to Public Notice No. 180/ 2016., in order to reduce dwell time and cost associated with import at Nhava Sheva,
Members may kindly make note of the same.
Thanking you,
V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
