TUTICORIN (TN): An electronic trans-shipment processing and gate module for movement of containers from the Tuticorin Port to container freight stations and an inland container depot were launched today by Customs Commissioner C Rajendran.
The launch was held on the occasion of the 50th year of the Customs Act, 1962, and International Customs Day.
Rajendran said the effort would reduce time during trans-shipment of containers and also help decongest traffic at the port. A fixed container scanner would be installed in 15 months to make the port a secured one, a port press release quoted him as having said.
Earlier, Collector Ashish Kumar, the chief guest, launched the web site of Tuticorin Customs House, thoothukudicustoms.in.
He said on average, four lakh containers of import and export cargo transited through the port. Until December, 2011, 3.16 lakh containers were moved, he said.
About 91 per cent of import bills of entry and 99 per cent of shipping bills had been processed electronically by the Customs Department, he said.
Tuticorin Customs has collected Rs 2,042 crore till January, 2012, a 9.5 per cent growth compared to last year. During the year, Rs 965 crore was granted as duty drawback and Rs 62 crore as refunds, he said.
A series of interactive sessions and open houses with the Customs House Agents Association, container freight station operators, shipping house agents and terminal operators were organised to address the problems of importers, exporters and service providers, he added.
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