Dwell Time
Dwell time is the measure of the time elapsed from
the time the cargo arrives in the port to the time the goods
leave the port premises after all permits and clearances have
been obtained.
Data of dwell time at select Ports
for the month of December, 2015
Customs station |
Time taken from arrival of cargo
to filing of declaration by importer |
Time taken by Customs for
assessment after filing of declaration |
Time taken by importer for payment
of customs duty |
Time taken from payment of duty to
registration of documents |
Time taken from registration
of documents to "out of customs charge" |
Total time |
Percentage of time taken by
customs |
JNCH |
4 days 22 hours 34 minutes |
1 day 2 hours 7 minutes |
1 day 2 hours |
2 days 3 hours 59 minutes |
6 hours 8 minutes |
9 days 12 hours 48 minutes |
14.09% |
Chennai Customs House |
5 days 2 hours 14 minutes |
1 day 0 hours 20 minutes |
1 day 0 hours 14 minutes |
2 days 1 hours 54 minutes |
6 hours 44 minutes |
9 days 11 hours 26 minutes |
13.66% |
* rounded to the nearest hour
Data of
dwell time at select Airports for the month of December, 2015
Customs station |
Time taken from arrival of cargo
to filing of declaration by importer |
Time taken by Customs for
assessment after filing of declaration |
Time taken by importer for payment
of customs duty |
Time taken from payment of duty to
registration of documents |
Time taken from registration
of documents to "out of customs charge" |
Total time |
Percentage of time taken by
customs |
Sahar, Mumbai |
3 days 1 hour 51 minutes |
11 hours 22 minutes |
12 hours 14 minutes |
1 day 0 hours 44 minutes |
1 hour 43 minutes |
5 days 3 hours 54 minutes |
10.57% |
IGI, Delhi |
2 days 18 hours 9 minutes |
6 hours 31 minutes |
8 hours 45 minutes |
23 hours 1 minute |
2 hours 25 minutes |
4 days 10 hours 51 minutes |
8.36% |
Air Cargo, Chennai |
2 days 23 hours 53 minutes |
7 hours 60 minutes |
11 hours 49 minutes |
1 day 1 hour 6 minutes |
2 hours 30 minutes |
4 days 23 hours 17 minutes |
8.79% |
Air Cargo, Bangalore |
3 days 14 hours 32 minutes |
4 hours 44 minutes |
10 hours 58 minutes |
22 hours 10 minutes |
31 minutes |
5 days 4 hours 55 minutes |
4.20% |
*time is rounded to the nearest hour
Data of
dwell time at select ICDs for the month of December, 2015
Customs station |
Time taken from arrival of cargo
to filing of declaration by importer |
Time taken by Customs for
assessment after filing of declaration |
Time taken by importer for payment
of customs duty |
Time taken from payment of duty to
registration of documents |
Time taken from registration
of documents to "out of customs charge" |
Total time |
Percentage of time taken by
customs |
ICD, Delhi |
11 days 19 hours 35 minutes^ |
20 hours 39 minutes |
22 hours 49 minutes |
2 days 0 hours 42 minutes |
3 hours 42 minutes |
15 days 19 hours 27 minutes |
6.42% |
ICD Bangalore |
6 days 4 hours 10 minutes^ |
11 hours 37 minutes |
1 day 0 hours 44 minutes |
1 day 17 hours 45 minutes |
8 hours 16 minutes |
9 days 18 hours 31 minutes |
8.48% |
* time is rounded to the nearest hour
^ includes the time taken for the container to be
transported from Port to ICD.
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