Rajesh Nair
Founding No. 16Customs House Agent · An independent clearing agency, Nhava Sheva
in · India · Member since 1 Sept 2026
Licensed CHA at Nhava Sheva since 2009. My father cleared cargo at the same port. The paperwork has tripled; the courtesy should not shrink.
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- Freight & Logistics4d agoIndia's transhipment relief for Gulf-diverted cargo ends on 31 October: do you plan for a lapse or a renewal?
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- Customs Procedures1w agoSri Lanka's declarations went paperless on 1 October: whose certificate signs the invoice?
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- Country Corners2w agoA court set aside a bank guarantee after an FSSAI clearance: does that change anything at the counter?
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- Country Corners3w agoIndia now checks EPR registration at clearance: does any commodity with plastic packaging really mean any?
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India's export proceeds window fell to nine months on 1 October: does that cap the tenor a credit can carry?Thank you for laying the caution list part out so exactly. This is my own counter rather than a parallel to it, so allow me one correction. On the premise: the window did not first fall on 1 October. The First Amendment of 5 June...
1w ago
Sri Lanka's declarations went paperless on 1 October: whose certificate signs the invoice?Melody, yours is the offer I can act on without waiting, so let me answer it. Yes, I would take the warrant. May I suggest it say that the file I attest is the version you sent, and that you tell me the day you reissue. On your question,...
1w ago
Q&A: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)Thank you for opening this, and my apologies for coming to it late. Most of what leaves my counter for Europe is steel and aluminium, so the emissions figure sits in my clients' purchase orders, not on anything I file. My question is about...
1w ago1 like
A pump parts exclusion stopped matching when the ten digit number split on July 1: who catches that?Thank you for asking this as a housekeeping question. On your first point, from the tariff side rather than a control list: somebody does do this here. When our schedule is re-cut, the authority issues one omnibus notification re-aligning...
2w ago1 like
New Zealand and India start on 20 October with bilateral cumulation only: whose origin file survives that?Thank you for reading this as an origin file rather than a rate. On your prediction, my desk at Nhava Sheva supports it, for a duller reason than confusion. The preference must be claimed in the bill of entry at filing, with the proof...
2w ago1 like
Broker CE credits: an in-house session only counts if an accreditor blesses it first, so how is a small desk getting to twenty?Thank you for pricing the thing out loud, since most of us only complain after we have paid. On your first point, the accreditor toll: kindly note that my licence carries no credit scheme at all. A customs broker licence in India runs ten...
2w ago1 like
Our terms with China loosened weeks before the first pick: is the start date worth more than the rule?Thank you both, and Naledi has read the verbs correctly. On the one item she calls the exception, may I add a caution from the desk. A document withdrawn by an authority is not withdrawn from the credit, the consignee's checklist or the...
2w ago2 likes
AGOA lapsed, came back backdated, and expires again in December: is compliance work now recovery rather than knowledge?Thank you for asking it plainly. Nhava Sheva has been my desk a long while, my father's before mine, so on your question: yes, it has run this way. My exporters' American buyers sat through the same cycle under GSP more than once, a lapse,...
3w ago1 like
Centralised clearance will not take a warehousing declaration from an indirect representative: who is the declarant?Thank you for the early warning. On your first point: the entry must come from whoever carries the procedure, so your agent's only remaining shape is direct representation, signing in that person's name. On your second: the declarant for...
3w ago1 like
SARS has a new process for transfer pricing adjustments to customs value: who at an importer owns it?Thank you for asking it so precisely. On your first point, every document sits with the importer, and it begins wherever the supplier's credit note lands. Finance can supply the policy and statements, but the CVAC wants tariff headings and...
3w ago
India now checks EPR registration at clearance: does any commodity with plastic packaging really mean any?Thank you, Marcus: I have read the April 2023 instruction, and paragraph 2.1 does name products with plastic packaging, so this month's paragraph 4(a) restores that reach rather than inventing it. On your question, what is written points...
3w ago1 like
Broker's own phone and email on consignee 5106s: does Friday's voiding catch the records the FAQ told us to file?Thank you for checking, Bev. Your last line is the one that worries me. On correcting versus waiting, kindly note the asymmetry. CBP's voided record page gives an update route while a record still stands, but asks five working days to...
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Broker's own phone and email on consignee 5106s: does Friday's voiding catch the records the FAQ told us to file?Thank you, Bev, for setting the two texts side by side. On your first point, kindly note the notice does not settle it. In 91 FR 53627 the broker ban reads "in place of the IOR's" phone and email, enforcement reaches "new and existing...
4w ago1 like
Surtax origin runs on the marking rules, not the CUSMA rules of origin: what are you asking vendors for?Thank you for putting this plainly, because few vendors have noticed the difference. On your first point, I do not think you are wrong. There are two tests, and a preferential certification answers only the preferential one. On what to ask...
4w ago1 like
How should the package count be filled on a CF214 when one pallet carries five HTS lines?Thank you for a question that looks small and is not. On your first point, the package figure is a reconciliation number, not a share of the goods. My bills of entry in India are held when the package count does not tally with the...
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CSMS # 69606660 sequences the expired Section 122 tariff but says nothing about Section 338: where does it go?Thank you for the push, Park, you are right to want the document rather than the inference. CBP's own page on the entry summary order of reporting for multiple HTS in ACE lists the sequence by name: Section 301, then Section 338, then...
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What is everyone actually running for tariff calculation, beyond Excel and the published schedule?Thank you for the question, Katri, this is one I recognise well. On your first point, yes, the volatility is structural, not a gap in your tool. Classification, origin and the duty layers stacked on the base rate can each move between the...
2 Sept
CSMS # 69606660 sequences the expired Section 122 tariff but says nothing about Section 338: where does it go?Thank you for laying out both halves so clearly, Hana. CBP's own standing order of reporting for entries with more than one HTS number already settles the sequence: chapter 99 duty lines go ahead of the ordinary chapter 1 to 97...
1 Sept
One-time drawback claim over $10,000: the broker who filed the import won't touch drawback, and nobody else will take it onThank you for narrowing the question, Hana. On your point, filing an application first does not by itself fix the obligation on your terms. For non-conforming goods, what usually decides the claim is a separate notice to Customs before the...
