Import/Export Industry Notifications

With the widespread of the COVID 19 pandemic and a shortfall in the supply of hand sanitizers in the market, 40 sugar factories in Maharashtra including cooperative and private ones are seeking permission to manufacture the same. Around 40 mills with distillery units have applied for licenses and necessary documents.

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In the wake of a 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb COVID 19 situation, it was reported that the Centre has exempted certain services. Inter-State movement of goods/cargo for inland and exports, cross- land border movement of essential goods, customs clearance at ports/airports/land border and operations of railways, airports and seaports for cargo movement, relief and evacuation fall under the exempted category.

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With the exporters and importers being in the midst of uncertainty, consignments stuck at high seas and many not getting paid for their services, a help desk has been set up to tackle the issues and ensure smooth functioning by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

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The shipping industry is facing a lot of challenges in the wake of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and lockdown at various places despite being operational across the world. Hence, Safmarine group have revised their guidelines on the import free time pan India from 27th March onwards to 7th April, as a special concession to their customers. According to this, they will not be charging container detention on all their Import shipments into India for the said period. Also, they confirm that it is a one-off gesture to their customers and the change will reflect on all invoices.

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ECGC took additional measures:
1.  Waiver of Credit Limit Application fee till 30th June, 2020.
2.  50% reduction in policy proposal  fee for policies due for renewal  / issue from 1st March to till 30th June, 2020.
3. Discretion to exporters
(a)to extend due date for payment by buyers for shipments accepted earlier
(b)to decide about resale/reimport/or abandonment for the shipments that reached destination but not cleared by overseas buyers due to lockdown in the destination countries
4. Reduced Claim eligibility period (waiting period) from the present 4 months to 1 month.

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According to the latest updates of the Safmarine shipping company, They urge their customers to avail their online services in the wake of a lockdown across the country due to the pandemic situation caused by the COVID 19 – the Corona Virus. However, they will be fully operational and yet claim that there would be a delay in some services like the movement of containers, DO issuance and also exception handling i.e via loadings.

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According to the latest updates of the Safmarine shipping company, they will be operational as the staffs will be working remotely in the light of the COVID 19 – the Corona Virus situation. Considering the lockdown of most of the cities pan India there will be a delay in services like the movement of containers, DO issuance and also exception handling i.e Via loadings.

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The Safmarine shipping company has announced that all the documents related work will take place on Odex, the online platform for shipping documents with immediate effect due to the COVID 19 – the Corona Virus situation.

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In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, the Safmarine shipping company has been closely monitoring the situation, ensuring the safety of their employees and working towards mitigating any possible impact towards customers’ operations. Hence, the revised guidelines for the Delivery order (DO) release process has been passed to ensure smooth operations.

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