ON TRACK: Jasdeep V. Singh, Chief Commissioner of Customs, during the launch of RMS facility at Air Cargo Complex in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Bills of entry and claim of imported cargo have been made much easier in the Air Cargo Complex in Hyderabad.

Importers of goods need not wait for long hours or days to take delivery of their consignment with the introduction of risk management system (RMS). The average assessment time has come down to just two hours from 46 hours and that of customs examination from 18 hours to six hours.

Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise Jasdeep V. Singh launched the facility here on Wednesday.

" The RMS facility has revolutionised the procedure," she said and urged custom house agents (CHAs) to put the facility to optimum use. Hyderabad is the seventh airport in India to have this facility.

Additional Director-General (Systems) Arun Sahu said the objective of the RMS was to strike an optimal balance between facilitation and enforcement to enable low-risk consignments to be cleared by accepting the self-assessment submitted by importers.

Mr. Sahu said CHAs should file their assessments through e-filing mode and make payments electronically to avoid long hours of waiting.

However, random checks through intervention would be done on select consignments based on risk parameters and action on bills of entry would be initiated based on specific Intelligence reports. Trust-worthiness on the part of CHAs and importers was the key to success in achieving the desired results through RMS, he said.

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