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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 June, 2016

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 7 hours 5 minutes	19 hours 15 minutes	21 hours 3 minutes	1 day 23 hours 53 minutes	5 hours 24 minutes	8 days 4 hours 40 minutes	12.53%
Chennai Customs House	4 days 14 hours 38 minutes	18 hours 27 minutes	19 hours 9 minutes	1 day 21 hours 15 minutes	7 hours 45 minutes	8 days 9 hours 13 minutes	13.02%

* rounded to the nearest hour

Data of dwell time at select Airports for the month of June, 2016

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	2 days 17 hours 9 minutes	12 hours 54 minutes	2 hours 24 minutes	1 day 7 hours 16 minutes	1 hour 44 minutes	4 days 17 hours 28 minutes	12.90%
IGI, Delhi	2 days 10 hours 9 minutes	5 hours 2 minutes	6 hours 18 minutes	22 hours 16 minutes	2 hour 9 minutes	3 days 21 hours 54 minutes	7.65%
Air Cargo, Chennai	2 days 6 hours 5 minutes	4 hours 40 minutes	7 hours 46 minutes	1 day 48 minutes	3 hours 34 minutes	3 days 22 hours 53 minutes	8.68%
Air Cargo, Bangalore	3 days 9 hours 22 minutes	5 hours 44 minutes	7 hours 11 minutes	1 day 1 hour 16 minutes	2 hours 36 minutes	5 days 2 hours 9 minutes	6.82%

*time is rounded to the nearest hour

Data of dwell time at select ICDs for the month of June, 2016

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	9 days 14 hours 52 minutes	21 hours 21 minutes	15 hours 17 minutes	1 day 20 hours 59 minutes	7 hours 23 minutes	13 days 7 hours 52 minutes	8.98%
ICD Bangalore	6 days 1 hour 36 minutes	10 hours 38 minutes	20 hours 43 minutes	1 day 15 hours 46 minutes	5 hours 56 minutes	9 days 6 hours 39 minutes	7.44%

* time is rounded to the nearest hour

^ includes the time taken for the container to be transported from Port to ICD.