The need for Inland Containers arose when it had become difficult for importers to clear their goods which arrive by sea for which the importer was required to go to the port of receipt of the goods for clearing the same. Inland Container Depot Bangalore is a dry port wherein facility to clear goods of imports received in containers by sea to Chennai & Cochin is facilitated. These containers arrive by Rail or Road and are custom bonded by the Custodians i.e. M/s. Container Corporation of India, a public Sector Organization under the Ministry of Railways. ICD. Bangalore incidentally is India's first dry port. Started in 1981 was working from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station. Later in 1993 it was shifted to Whitefield, Bangalore – 560 066. The ICD started functioning at Whitefield, Bangalore with effect from 01-04-1993. M/s. Air France & M/s.Lemuire have started bonding facility from Feb 2000.Recently the Government has allowed consolidation of LCC Cargo in respect of shipping lines. This will help small importers / exporters who deal with cargo which is small in volume.

Facilities

Government has specified the Customs area in respect of ICD, Whitefield, Bangalore. The ICD extends over an area of 54 hectares of which 27720 Sq Mtrs. is fully protected and allotted for stacking of International Containers. This ICD is capable of handling 50,000 TEUs (Twenty feet Equivalent Units) per annum. There are two container stacking yard one the international yard and another the domestic yard which has a handling capacity of 1000 containers. The containers come in by rail from Chennai and Cochin and there are three rail lines capable of reception and dispatch of these containers. This ICD also has sophisticated handling equipment like Top lift trucks, Terminals, Tractors and fork lifts for complete smooth operations of the stuffing and de-stuffing of Cargo. There is a 2x2 lane gate/inspection complex for the Customs to examine the goods and ensure smooth clearance of the goods. There is a pitless weigh bridge with a capacity of 60 Tonnes.

Bonded Warehouse

There are 6 Bonded warehouses with an area of about 14,000 Sq.Mtrs., for warehousing export and import cargo. There is one warehouse specially for storing of Export Coffee Beans which is one of the main items of export. Of late, even bonded trucking has started from Chennai, whereby goods that come by flight up to Chennai are brought by Road to Bangalore and then bonded at ICD, Bangalore. Goods From 73 containers in 1981, ICD, Bangalore are presently handling approximately about 21000 loaded containers per annum and 12500 empty containers per annum. The Customs Revenue through this formation has also shown a steep increase over the years starting from a meager Rs. 12.5 lakhs in 1981 to 345.27 Crores (in 2000 - 2001). The sections are separately formed like the Admission Section, Assessment Section, Bonds section and Pre - Audit Section etc.

The workload in ICD, Bangalore has increased manifold over the last five years. The statistical data in the table annexed is ample indication of the same.

(Revenue figures in Rupees Crores)

TOP 20 COMMODITIES IMPORTED

Sl.No.	Commodity	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (Upto May)
1	Electrical Machinery. (Ch. 85)	162.57	183.91	198.99	127.69	25.20
2	Machinery Excluding Machine Tools & Their Parts & Accessories Ball Or Roller Bearing (Ch. 84)	177.25	178.46	166.17	127.31	19.43
3	Plastic & Articles Thereof. (Ch. 39)	61.91	77.05	74.19	76.35	16.00
4	Primary Materials Of Iron & Steel (Ch. 72)	26.61	35.66	36.75	29.65	5.55
5	Articles Of Stone, Plaster Cement, Asbestos, Mica Or Similar Materials (Ch. 68)	28.20	28.50	32.03	25.56	5.64
6	Copper (Ch. 74)	18.19	18.15	19.53	20.87	4.23
7	Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Medical And Surgical Instruments.(Ch. 90)	25.16	31.26	32.20	19.34	2.67
8	Articles Or Iron & Steel (Ch. 73)	15.02	18.95	24.95	18.05	3.00
9	Dyes, Colours, Paints & Varnishes. (Ch. 32)	15.35	18.24	13.64	10.79	1.77
10	Aluminium. (Ch. 76)	11.23	19.45	14.34	10.33	3.33
11	Man-Made Staple Fibres. (Ch. 55)	6.63	8.30	7.77	9.21	2.22
12	Motor Vehicles & Parts Thereof. (Ch. 87)	3.35	2.80	3.55	8.92	1.71
13	Tools, Implements& Other Misc. Articles Of Base Metals (Ch. 82)	5.37	6.52	8.49	8.84	1.26
14	Pulp Paper, Paper-Board & Articles Thereof.(Ch. 47)	13.81	14.58	16.87	8.63	1.81
15	Rubber & Articles Thereof. (Ch. 40)	7.48	7.89	8.60	7.99	1.33
16	Glass & Glasswares. (Ch. 70)	5.84	5.69	7.24	7.48	1.56
17	MM Fibre & Yarn (Ch. 54)	7.96	2.07	2.86	6.37	0.95
18	Misc. Chemical Products. (Ch. 38)	6.51	7.54	7.07	5.62	1.46
19	Organic Chemicals. (Ch. 29)	9.17	10.03	7.49	5.59	1.67
20	Ceramic Products. (Ch. 69)	6.93	8.80	10.85	5.50	1.77
SUB-TOTAL		614.54	683.85	693.58	540.09	102.56
REVENUE FROM ALL OTHER COMMODITIES		103.87	106.45	114.11	90.97	16.72
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE		718.41	790.3	807.69	631.06	119.28
TOTAL NET REVENUE		702.45	769.86	783.64	610.73	116.18
PERCENTAGE (%)CONTRIBUTION TO TOTAL REVENUE		85.54	86.53	85.87	85.58	85.98

WORK LOAD INVOLVED IN I.C.D. DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Sl.No.	Subject	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (upto May)
1	Number of Bills of Entry	25544	29189	29765	27600	4828
2	CIF Value of Imports (in Rs. Crores)	6413.43	5690.95	3216.90	3234.30	558.23
3	Number of Shipping Bills	58475	59985	63007	55973	9086
4	FOB Value of Exports (in Rs. Crores)	6939.93	7853.32	8062.09	9187.33	1299.67

STATEMENT OF NET REVENUE REALISATION (Rs. in Crores)

Sl.No.	YEAR	S.B.E	ACTUAL REALIZATION	% OF TARGET REALIZED	PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE / DECREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEARS COLLECTION
1	2006-07	560	702.63	125.47	49.10
2	2007-08	870	769.86	88.49	9.56
3	2008-09	967	783.64	81.04	1.78
4	2009-10	829	613.94	74.06	(-) 21.66
5	2010-11 (upto May 2010)	750	116.56	93.25 *	33.30

* Calculated based on Pro-rata target

DRAWBACK

Sl.No.	YEAR	NO. OF CLAIMS	AMOUNT SANCTIONED (CUSTOMS + CENTRAL EXCISE)
1	2006-07	4819	31.33
2	2007-08	5219	40.32
3	2008-09	~~	56.32
4	2009-10	~~	31.83
5	2010-11 (Upto May 2010)	~~	7.10

WAREHOUSE SECTION

Four Public bonded warehouses viz, warehouse No.3, 4, 6 and 7 are functioning under the jurisdiction of ICD, Bangalore. One Superintendent is in-charge of these warehouses. Bonding operation in these warehouses have been speedily increasing. Since CONCOR, CFS yard and the warehouses are situated in the same vicinity, the importers feel it convenient to bond the imported goods in these warehouses for subsequent clearances.

Warehouse No.4 has got the stacking arrangement for bonded goods on racks, which is more suitable for electronic goods and other special items. A portion of warehouse No.3 has got Air Conditioned facility and is being used for items which are required to be stored at low temperature.

Computerization of ICD

On August 2^nd, 2004 Exports in ICD were brought under EDI System. Processing of Duty free Shipping Bills and DEEC / DFRC / DEPB / EPCG Scheme Shipping Bills were taken up immediately. The connectivity with the Bank was established shortly and processing of the Duty Bills were taken up. On 16^th September 2004 processing of the Drawback Shipping Bills was introduced.

The Message Exchange Server was installed at ICD on 26^th January 2005 and the ICEGATE filing of shipping bills commenced on the same day. On 21^st February 2005 the Bills of entry computerization of the Scheme Bills were commenced. However the EDI filing of the Duty Bills of entry commenced from 4^th April.2005. On the same day the Floppy submission and the ICEGATE filing of Bills of entry were enabled. The IGM transmission from the Gateway Ports has been made online since September 2005. The filing of X-Bond Bills of entry at ICD has commenced from 1^st December 2005.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT
1	Shri ASHOK M.SARVI, I.R.S., Additional Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bangalore. Phone No.080-28454417 E-Mail ID : Sarvi.M@icegate.gov.in
2	Shri P.MOHIYUDDIN, I.R.S., Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bangalore. Phone No.080-28453451 E-Mail ID : p.mohiyuddin@icegate.gov.in
3	Shri RAJA ASOKAN, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bangalore. Phone No.080-28453449
4	Shri R.RAHUL, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bangalore. Phone No.080-28450321