Importers with Nominated Agency Certificate on date of import will be eligible for clearance: DGFT

New Delhi, July 13 (KNN) If any importer has a valid Nominated Agency Certificate on the date of import like date of shipment/dispatch of goods from supplying country, as evidenced by Bills of lading, then such shipments shall be eligible for clearance, regardless of actual date of arrival of the consignment in India, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said adding that “This issues with the approval of DGFT”.
 
“References have been received in this Directorate enquiring whether or not import consignments which started by ship during validity of the Nominated Agency Certificate (NAC) in March, 2015 can be allowed clearance, irrespective of the fact that the consignments arrived in India after 1.04.2015, when the NAC was no longer valid,” said a DGFT circular.
 
“…“effective date” for any shipment / dispatch of import is to be reckoned with reference to “Bill of Lading,” in case of transportation by Sea,” it said. (KNN Bureau)