Implementation of automation in the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017 with effect from 01.03.2022

Automation of concessional import procedure shifts claims to an electronic portal requiring ID generation, bond recording and monthly reporting.

The circular mandates electronic, contact-less administration of concessional import duty procedures: importers must file one-time intimation in form IGCR-1 on the common portal to generate an IIN, submit a one-time continuity bond (with bank guarantee or security as applicable) recorded and approved in the customs automated system, and thereafter cite the IIN and bond details in bills of entry to claim exemption. Transactional intimations are removed and replaced by a monthly statement (form IGCR-3); movements for job work or inter-unit transfer occur under invoice or e-way bill and are recorded in the monthly statement. Non-receipt or short-receipt must be reported via form IGCR-2.