Turant Customs

• Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, CBIC launched its flagship programme ‘Turant Customs’, at Bengaluru and Chennai.

Key highlights:

• This is a giant leap forward to leverage technology for faster Customs clearance of imported goods.

• Importers will now get their goods cleared from Customs after a faceless assessment is done remotely by the Customs officers located outside the port of import.

• Now, the goods imported at Chennai may be assessed by the Customs officers located at Bengaluru and vice versa, as assigned by the Customs’ automated system.

• Turant Customs is a mega reform for the ease of doing business.

• The start of Turant Customs at Bengaluru and Chennai will be the first phase of the All India roll out which would get completed by 31st December this year. The first phase will cover imports of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics machineries at the ports, airports and ICDs of Bengaluru and Chennai.

• Turant Customs will benefit the importers by eliminating routine interface with the Customs officers and providing uniformity in assessment across the country.