What is Customs Clearance? Get The Basics Clear

There are two words Customs & Clearance what is Customs? 

Every Country in the world has an organization called Customs. The job of the Customs is a sovereign act. It is an act which denotes the supremacy of the Government of the land. It tells people what you can do while coming into the Country and what you should do while going out of the Country. It is a barrier that has to be crossed, and that process of crossing that barrier is called Clearance, so Customs Clearance is the process of passing the barrier that is Customs. I can give you a small example. When you go to a shopping mall, you find that the security at the gate checks your bag, they check your body, they check what you are taking inside, and they check what you are taking outside.

But what are they checking?

They only check whatever the mall owner wants to permit comes inside, and whatever the mall owners do not wish to allow remains outside.

The security decides the process of checking at some places you are frisked.  At some places, you go through a wire at some places you open your bag for them to check. Now let us replace the mall with India. 

Let us replace the security with Customs and let us replace the mall owner with the Ministry of Commerce that is the DGFT that is Director General of Foreign Trade. 

As per experts of Custom Clearance in Ahmedabad, it is Director General of Foreign Trade (who) decides what can come in and what can go out under what condition and in what form. It is a job of Customs (to) ensure that only what is permitted by the DGFT comes into the Country and goes out of the Country in the form in which it has to happen. The process of Customs Clearance generally happens through what is known as a licensed Customs Broker. A licensed Customs Broker is an agency that represents active working in it and who have passed Customs examination. This is called the Regulation-6 exam and those people who have passed the exams are authorized to act on behalf of that company or firm or on their own to undertake Customs Clearance. Read more...

Prepare for Customs Clearance Exam - How to Import Goods

All goods imported into India from any foreign country have to pass through the procedure of Customs of proper examination, evaluation, assessment, and appraisal. As it is mentioned in many Customs clearance course in India, this procedure helps the custom authorities to charge the proper tax and analyze all imported goods against the illegal import.

Import and export especially international shipments are liable to various import duties and taxes, but that doesn’t mean you have to be caught out by them. As all of it vary according to the destination and the shipment value, now you need to keep in mind that you are fully aware of what you and the receiver will have to pay. 

As mentioned in the regulations of Custom clearance in Ahmedabad, here are different types of goods which are detained by the customs office,

Various goods seized by Customs in Indian are as below,

1. When the imported or exported goods are prohibited
2. When the imported or exported goods are subjected to any condition which is not fulfilled.

 All the seized goods are first kept in a warehouse in a sealed condition under the custody of customs. Later all the goods immediately disposed of. As goods are kept on the custody until litigation is over.

 As mentioned in the Customs clearance course in India here are all the steps of importing the Goods,

1. Identifying the Supplier/Factory
2. Sampling, Sales, Pricing, Negotiation Contract
3. Packing, Loading, Inspection, Documentation and all the other Export Formalities
4. Customs Clearance, Forwarding, Shipping
5. Import Documentation, Customs Clearance, Customs Inspection
6. Trucking and Transportation to the Door Step.

For more details about customs clearance procedure in India or to know more about courses related to Custom clearance in Ahmedabad, contact the consultancy team of JBS Academy on,info@jbsacademy.com They have an expert team of professionals, they will help you in solving all your doubts regarding custom clearance, logistics, and freight forwarding.