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origin, code, No. of goods, number and date of the Exchange Control GR
form, AR-4 number and date where necessary and Export Licence number
where necessary. There are three kinds of shipping bills, namely:
1. Shipping bill for 'free goods'.
2. Dutiable Shipping Bill.
3. Drawback Shipping Bill.
The Shipping Bill must be prepared according to the category of the
export goods. The Shipping Bill with requisite number of copies (generally 5
copies) is submitted to the Export Department of the Customs House along
with documents initial 13 documents mentioned above in the IV stage.
Stage-VI
After Shipping Bill has been passed by the Customs, the Clearing
and Forwarding Agent presents the port Trust copy of the Shipping Bill to
the Shed Superintendent of the Port Trust and obtains carting order for
bringing the export cargo in the transit shed for physical examination.
Thereafter, in the case of Shed cargo, the Dock Challan is prepared, where
the ship loads overside, the dock charges are indicated on the Shipping
Bill itself and, therefore no separate Dock Challan is prepared. The Dock
Challan contains the following details:
1. Consignee's name and address.
2. Vessel's name.
3. Port of destination.
4. Exporter's name.
5. Marks and number of packages (as per the Shipping Bill).
6. Gross weight.
7. Measurement in cubic metres or weight in metric tons.
8. Port charges payable; and
9. Other details, as required.
Stage-VII
The passed Shipping Bill including the Dock Challan, where submitted
Cart Ticket or Boat Note, in case of overside cargo, are carried by the
Authorized Licensed Sircar accompanying the goods for making the cargo
ready for shipment after finally being passed by the Port commissioner
and the Customs Shed staff. For shed cargo in dock, the following steps
are taken:
1. Gate Warden checks documents, registers and permits entry of
cargo into dock.
2. Exports Shed Writer accepts Dock Challan and Cart Ticket.