Port Visit Report

The following main areas are covered in the port visit and the reports submitted by the students:
• Port Operations
- To understand the facilities being provided at the Port for export & import of Cargo
(warehousing, sheds, bonded warehousing.)
- Movement of cargo
- Number and types of berth
- Port capacity, etc.
• Customs
- To understand the processing of documents pertaining to import and exports (Bill of
Lading, ShippingBill,etc.)
- To see Customs House and Customs Area inside thePort
- Import Clearance and Understanding of Import Duty Calculations
- Documents pertaining to Incentives (Duty Drawback, etc.)
- Understanding of Tariff Manual
• Clearing and ForwardingAgents
- The Role of C&F Agents in export and importtrade
- Procedural aspects for clearance of import and exportcargo
- Facilities being provided by them (warehousing, transport, consolidation of cargo,
multimodal transportation, etc.)
• Export Processing Zones
- The objective of visiting Export Processing Zones (EPZs) is to understand the scheme
and the assistance being provided to theexporters.
- Visit to one or twocompanies
- Sharing of experience of entrepreneurs
- Tax benefits, etc.
• Chambers of Commerce
- The Chamber of Commerce organizes lectures by banks, representatives from industry,
shipping agents to provide understanding on forex management, export promotional
schemes,etc.

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