Amendment to Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2023

Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (Amendment) Regulations, 2023- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs vide Notification No. 51/2023-Customs (N.T.) dated: 11th July 2023 introduced new regulations that affect cargo transhipment from specific Indian ports to various destinations in Nepal. This notification empowers the amendment to the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019.

The amendment primarily focuses on regulation 3, which defines the application of the regulations. The scope of the amended regulations now covers cargo transhipment from the ports of Kolkata, Haldia, and Vishakhapatnam in India to specific destinations in Nepal. These destinations include Birgunj, Batnaha, and Biratnagar. The amendment provides detailed transportation modes for each destination, including rail and road.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)

Notification No. 51/2023-Customs (N.T.)| Dated: 11th July, 2023

G.S.R. 498(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with sub-section (1) of section 54 and section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019, namely: –

1. These regulations may be called the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the day of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019, for regulation 3, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: –

“3. Application. – These regulations shall apply to the transhipment of cargo from the ports of Kolkata, Haldia and Vishakhapatnam in India to –

(a) Birgunj in Nepal by rail;

(b) Batnaha in India by rail and from Batnaha to Biratnagar in Nepal by road; and

(c) Biratnagar in Nepal by rail.”.

[F. No. 554/2/2014-SO(LC)]

HARISH KUMAR, Under Secy.

Note: The principal notification No. 68/2019-Customs (N.T), dated the 30^th September, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 704(E), dated the 30^th September, 2019 and was last amended vide notification No. 64/2020-Customs (N.T.), dated the 31^st July, 2020 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 484 (E), dated the 31^st July, 2020.