Risk Management System in exports directs clearance, selection for assessment/examination and post clearance audit of shipping bills.
The RMS in ICES processes Shipping Bills to determine whether consignments are facilitated for Let Export Order after self assessment or selected for verification, assessment, examination or Post Clearance Audit. RMS outputs direct Appraising, Examining and LEO officers and incorporate Compulsory Compliance Requirements from allied enactments; exporters/CHAs must furnish prescribed documents at goods registration and ensure high data quality. Assessment is conducted by the Export Appraising Section; PCA will audit selected Bills after LEO and issue consultative letters where deficiencies or undue claims are detected.

Risk Management System enables self assessed import clearances with targeted assessment, examination and post clearance audit to facilitate trade.
The Risk Management System (RMS) will process electronically filed Bills of Entry through ICES/ICEGATE to enable self assessed low risk import clearances without routine assessment or examination, while selecting specified B/Es for officer assessment, physical examination or Post Clearance Audit based on risk parameters, intelligence or random selection. AEO status confers predominant facilitation subject to Compulsory Compliance Requirements; bond registration, accurate annexure entries, prescribed document submission at Out of Charge, and compliance with SWIFT/Allied Act requirements are mandatory. Concurrent audit is replaced by PCA.

Risk-based import clearance allows self-assessed bills to be released without routine examination, subject to targeted audits and CCRs.
The Risk Management System (RMS) processes electronically filed Bills of Entry and IGMs to allow self-assessed B/Es to be cleared without officer assessment where low risk is indicated, while selecting others for appraisal, examination or Post-Clearance Audit based on risk parameters, intelligence or random selection; AEO status affords additional facilitation but CCRs and supporting documents, proper bond registration and accurate annexure information are required prior to out-of-charge.

Direct Port Delivery for AEO importers at JNCH now granted-obtain unique DPD code and submit one-time intimation.
All AEO (T1, T2, T3) importers listed in Annexure A at JNCH are granted Direct Port Delivery (DPD). Listed importers must obtain a unique DPD code from JNPCT and submit the prescribed one-time intimation. All conditions of Public Notice No.161/2016, as modified, apply; part delivery is available only to "manufacturer" DPD importers. This Public Notice shall be treated as the Customs permission letter and as a standing order for officers; operational issues to be notified to the DPD Cell.

Disaster recovery drill: temporary suspension of customs electronic services with mandatory FQDN use to ensure continuity and coordination.
A scheduled Disaster Recovery exercise requires staged suspension and restoration of ICEGATE electronic customs services during switch over to a Disaster Recovery site and switch back, with specified windows for unavailability and availability of RES/service centre filing, online customs payments, and MFTP/SFTP message exchange. All MFTP/SFTP users must use the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for CBIC servers; banks should not use public IPs and must share end-of-day files and representative contact details with ICEGATE to ensure continuity and coordination during the drill.

Standard Unit Quantity Code requirement: EDI filings must include SQC or Bills of Entry cannot be submitted.
SQC must be mandatorily declared in the Single Window Table of the Bill of Entry via EDI using qualifier SOC; quantity goes in Info_MSR in the Standard UQC per the Customs Tariff and Info_UQC must supply the SOC value validated against the ICES Tariff Code directory. Bills of Entry cannot be submitted unless these fields are provided; ICEGATE publishes the message formats, code maps and directories to support compliance.

Standard Unit Quantity Code declaration mandatory in bills of entry; filings disabled until SQC and quantities are declared.
Mandatory declaration of the Standard Unit Quantity Code (SQC) is required in the Single Window Table for all Bills of Entry: use Info-Type CHR with Info_QFR set to $QC, provide the quantity in Info_MSR in the Standard UQC and supply the SQC in Info_UQC, which will be validated against the Tariff Code directory in ICES; submissions will be rejected unless these fields are accurately declared.

Risk Management System for exports governs automatic selection of Shipping Bills for clearance, assessment, examination, and audit.
The Risk Management System (RMS) will process Shipping Bills in ICES to generate instructions determining whether bills proceed to goods registration and Let Export Order (LEO) or are selected for verification of self assessment, assessment, and/or physical examination; officers must follow RMS appraising and examination directions. The RMS incorporates Compulsory Compliance Requirements (CCRs) from allied enactments, requires exporters/CHAs to submit prescribed documents at registration or to dock officers, and will later select bills for Post Clearance Audit (PCA) after LEO to monitor compliance and incentive claims.

Disaster Recovery Drill: temporary unavailability of customs IT systems requiring manual clearance and stakeholder compliance.
The notice schedules a Disaster Recovery (DR) Simulation Drill that will make ICES 1.5 and ICEGATE unavailable in defined windows, requiring stoppage of Service Centre and RES filings, disabling of ICES/RMS applications, and adoption of the production downtime manual-clearance protocol for emergency consignments with maintenance of proper records. Stakeholders must follow the ICEGATE advisory and report issues to system management contacts.

Mandatory Standard Unit Quantity Code declaration required in bills of entry, blocking submission unless SQC and quantity are supplied.
Declaration of the Standard UQC is required in Bills of Entry: include info Type CHR and info QFR SAC in the Single Window Table, provide the quantity in Info_MSR and the Standard UQC code in Info_UQC, which will be validated against the Tariff Code directory in ICES. Even if identical to the commercial UQC, the Standard UQC and its quantity must be separately declared. Bills of Entry cannot be submitted unless these details are provided.

Risk Management System: automated import clearance enables self assessment facilitation with targeted assessment and post clearance audit.
The Pune Customs Commissionerate implements a Risk Management System (RMS) in ICES/ICEGATE to process electronically filed Bills of Entry and IGMs by system evaluation for immediate Out of Charge on self assessment or selection for assessment/examination. AEO importers receive predominant facilitation subject to CCRs and random checks. Bond debits become system driven and concurrent audit is replaced by Post Clearance Audit. Emphasis is placed on data quality, submission of specified documents before Out of Charge, integration with SWIFT where available, and use of digital signatures.

Unit Quantity Code standardization: mandatory SQC declaration for EDI filings or bill of entry submission barred.
Standardizing UQC for EDI declarations requires adding Info_Type CHR with Info QFR SQC in the Single Window Table; Info_MSR must carry the quantity in the standard UQC and Info_SQC must specify the actual UQC validated against the tariff code directory in ICES. The SQC must be separately declared even if identical to the commercial UQC on the invoice, and SQC declaration is mandatory from 18 February 2019, without which Bill of Entry submission will be blocked.

Auditor rotation applicability: professional body asked to withdraw an unauthorized clarification and explain its issuance under Companies Act governance.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs states that clarifications on the applicability of rotation principles under the Companies Act are within the Ministry's competence; a professional accounting body issued an unauthorized announcement about when a company ceases to fall under those rotation principles. The Ministry requests immediate withdrawal of the announcement and an explanation for issuing it without prior consultation or approval.

Priority disposal of GST refund applications requires timely verification, weekly reporting, and prompt treasury payment of sanctioned refunds.
Priority disposal of GST refund applications is directed for all assessing authorities, including manual applications and portal-reflected applications not physically received in office. Applications are to be verified as per rules and processed on a time-bound basis, while weekly disposal reports up to each Friday must be uploaded online by the following Monday through the Additional Commissioner Grade-1 login. Prompt treasury payment of refunds and strict compliance with these instructions are required.

FPI exposure limit removal expands investor access to Indian corporate bond market and permits higher single corporate allocations.
Withdrawal of the 20 per cent single corporate exposure cap for Foreign Portfolio Investors in corporate bond portfolios; the restriction in paragraph 4(f)(ii) of AP (DIR Series) Circular No. 31 is rescinded with immediate effect to broaden investor access to the Indian corporate debt market. The instruction is directed to Authorised Dealer Category I banks under Schedule 5 of the FEMA Regulations, 2017 and issued under sections 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, without prejudice to other legal permissions.

GST amendments update prior circulars, revising export, job work, detention, recovery and registration procedures.
Prior administrative circulars are amended to align with the GST Amendment Acts effective 01.02.2019, revising guidance on Bond/Letter of Undertaking and export realisation in INR, extending and clarifying job work return timelines and reverse charge effects, modifying detention and confiscation procedures to allow a window for owner/transporter payment of tax/penalty, streamlining recovery of wrongly availed transitional credits, and updating registration cancellation processing to reflect suspension provisions.

Mandatory declaration of standard unit quantity code requires separate SQC and quantity in bills of entry, else submission blocked.
Mandatory declaration of the Unit Quantity Code (UQC) in bills of entry is required via a specific qualifier in the Single Window table to capture the standard UQC (SQC) and its measured quantity; Info_UQC must provide the SQC which will be validated against the tariff code directory, and bills cannot be submitted without these details.

Risk Management System for exports: automated selection of shipping bills for facilitation, examination, assessment and post clearance audit.
Implementation of a Risk Management System (RMS) will electronically process Shipping Bills in ICES to determine whether consignments are facilitated for goods registration and Let Export Order on self assessment or selected for verification, physical examination, assessment, interdiction, or post clearance audit. Officers must follow RMS instructions; exporters and CHAs must satisfy Compulsory Compliance Requirements (CCRs), submit required documents prior to LEO, and ensure accurate data quality to obtain facilitation and avoid selection for enforcement actions.

Risk Management System: imports processed under RMS determine assessment, examination or out of charge with AEO facilitation.
RMS routes all electronically filed Bills of Entry through ICES to generate instructions that determine whether a B/E is given Out of Charge or selected for assessment and/or examination. RMS outputs include Compulsory Compliance Requirements that must be satisfied before clearance; AEOs receive self appraisal facilitation but remain subject to CCRs and possible selection. Assessing, examining and OOC officers must follow RMS instructions, verify data quality, classification, valuation and allied act requirements, record departmental comments where needed, and participate in Post Clearance Audit selections and procedures.

Discontinuation of physical authorisations: online PDF becomes primary document and Customs to accept printed authorisation at EDI ports.
Advance and EPCG authorisations for EDI ports will no longer be issued on security paper; RAs will transmit authorised details daily to the DGFT server and applicants will access and print the Authorisation PDF from the DGFT portal. Customs at registered EDI ports shall accept the printed PDF for execution of BG/LUT. RAs must retain a plain-paper printout, send system-generated details to other agencies, and ensure amendments and invalidations are updated in the system within two working days after prior transmission.