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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.