Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249):III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (i) Customs procedures: Page 37, paragraph 13:
The report indicates that under the risk management system (RMS) high risk cargo imported by ACP importers and non-ACP importers is subject to four types of instructions: (a) imports may be discharged without further assessment (i.e. of their classification, rate of duty or valuation) or examination; (b) imports may be cleared with no further assessment but subject to examination; (c) the release of imports requires further assessment but no examination; or (d) imports must be assessed and examined. What percentage of goods falls into category (a)?
Reply: At present 51% of the imports are discharged without assessment and examination.
U.S. Follow-Up Question: Could India explain the distinctions between (b) and (c). What is the basis for an increase in assessment under (c) if there is no examination? What are the percentages of goods which fall into each of the remaining categories, respectively?
Reply: (b) refers to cases where the consignments are subjected to physical examination of goods only without scrutiny of declaration filed. (c) refers to cases where the consignments are subjected only to scrutiny of import declaration without physical examination of goods.
