Documentary Requirements

For movement of goods by air or by sea, the customs permission for shipment is given on a prescribed document, known as Shipping Bill. In other cases (i.e. by road/rail) the document is known as Bill of Export. There are four types of Shipping Bill/Bill of Export.

These are:

i) Dutiable Shipping Bill/Bill of Export for those goods which attract export duty/cess;

ii) Drawback Shipping Bill/Bill of Export for those goods which are covered by the Duty

Drawback scheme;

iii) Free Shipping BilVI3ill of Export for those goods which neither attract export duty/cess nor are covered by the Duty Drawback scheme;

iv) Ex-bond Shipping Bill/Bill of Export for those goods which are shipped from the customs bonded warehouse.

Exporter or his agent submits the following documents to the customs department.

i) Shipping Bill (in duplicate, triplicate or quadruplicate) duly filled in and signed.

ii) Declaration regarding truth of statement made in the shipping Bill.

iii) Invoice copy

iv) GR Form

v) Export Licence (wherever required)

vi) Quality Control Inspection Certificate (wherever required)

vii) Original Contract wherever available or correspondence leading to contract

viii) Contract registration certificate (wherever applicable)

ix) Letter of credit (wherever applicable)

x) Packing List

xi) AR4tAR5 Forms (Original and Duplicate)

xii) Any other documents