The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has postponed the implementation of RFID sealing till 1st November 2018.
A circular issued by the Board in this regard has clarified that “References have been received regarding Circular 19/2018-Customs dated 18th June 2018 seeking a postponement in the date for mandatory RFID sealing in case of movement of goods under warehousing bond. The Board has decided to extend the date to 1st November 2018 in order enable the establishment of infrastructure and procurement of seals by warehouse owners.”
With a view to enhancing export facilitation post-GST, by dispensing the need for exporters seeking the presence of the jurisdictional officer for the purposes of supervising stuffing of the cargo at approved premises, the Board is introducing self-sealing through an application of technology in the form of exporters using RFID e-seals.
The self-sealing procedure had been laid down by the Board vide circular 26/2017-Cus dated 1st July 2017, circular 36/2017 dated 28.8.2017 and 37/2017 dated 20.9.2017 as per which the procedure applies only to cargo in full container load, sealed at an approved premise, by an entitled exporter.
The Government had mandated the units and AEOs to use RFID e-seals from 8th November 2017 if they have permission to self-seal without the supervision of a Central Excise Officer. Also, units availing sealing at availed premises in the presence of Central Excise Officers or GST Officials were asked to use e-seals from 20th November 2017.
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