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Launch of Indian Customs EDI System - (ICES – 1.5 ) for Imports and Exports, at ICD Surat Hira Bourse, 3rd floor, SAR Corporate Center, T.P.Scheme no. 03, Katargam, Surat, Gujarat – 395008– Reg.
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....n No. 107/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated 04.12.2012 issued by CBEC, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, the Central Government declared Katargam, Chauryasi (Surat) as a place for unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods. Subsequently, vide Notification No. 20/2012-Customs(N.T.) dated 07.12.2012 issued under Section 8 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad approved and specified the premises of ICD Surat Hira Bourse as the area for the Customs and the Custodian situated on the 3rd floor of SAR Corporate Centre situated on the T.P. scheme No. 03, F.P. No. 108, Sub-DistrictChauryasi, Katargam, Dist Surat, Gujarat 395008 as the area for the purpose of storage and clearance of import and export cargo. Further, in terms of Notification No. 2/95(CCP) dated 20.10.95 issued by the Commissioner of Customs (Prev.), Ahmedabad appointing the DGDC Ltd. (DGDCL) as Custodian for Surat Hira Bourse in place of the earlier custodian MMTC Ltd., 15 posts have been sanctioned by the Director General (HRD), New Delhi on cost recovery basis. All other required formalities including preproduction testing have been completed successfully. IMPORT 1. Under the....
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....ustom Houses from where they have been licensed. If they intend to operate at other stations, the intimation of the same should be registered in ICES at the respective stations. In case the Custom House from where the Customs broker has been licensed is not yet brought under ICES, such Customs brokers should approach the Customs authorities indicated in the enclosed chart against respective Custom Houses. No reregistration is required in case the agency is already registered at any existing Customs location where ICES1.5 is operational. (List of Custom Houses for Customs broker registration attached as Appendix 1 and format for registration attached as Appendix 2) 1.3 Registration of Airlines/Agents, Consol Agents IGM/Consol Manifest shall be filed electronically by the AirLines/Agents and Consol Agents at the Ports of entry. The AirLines/Agents and Consol Agents, before filing IGM, should register themselves in the ICES at any of the ICES enabled Custom Stations. (Format of registration attached as Appendix 3) 1.4 Registration at ICEGATE for Remote filing of Bill of Entry or Manifest Those who intend to file Bill of Entry or manifest from their office should register themselve....
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....M etc. reference to country name is required to be made appropriate Code of the country as indicated in the list of country codes appended to this Public Notice should only be used. List of Country Codes attached as Appendix 6. 1.9 Port Codes: All the ports of the world have been codified by United Nation and allotted UN LOCODEs. Appropriate port code should only be indicated wherever reference to port name is required to be made in a Bill of Entry and IGM or any other document. It is not possible to attach list of all port codes being too large. Correct code may be obtained from the respective Carriers or checked from UN website. (http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/) 1.10. Registration of DGFT Licences If the imports are against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses, such licence should be first registered in the ICES and the Registration No. should be indicated against each item of goods in the Bill of Entry. No separate registration shall be required for those licences which are received by Customs from DGFT online. (such licenses shall automatically be registered in ICES and can be utilized for debit against a Bill of Entry after approval by Proper officer in the system). (Format o....
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..... Cargo loading report, (Updated Truck and Seal No. details) has been fed into the system by the Preventive Officer (PO) at the Gateway Air Port; 3. Cargo has been physically transported to the destination site and received by the custodian at the destination site; 4. Custodian has presented a signed copy of the list of packages / packets received line-wise. It is assumed that the custodian will furnish the arrival list of cargo after necessary segregation of cargo. For Gate-In process at the Destination Air/ICD Site, the following processing steps have to be followed. 1. The local Custodian will approach the Proper Officer assigned for Gate-in entry with a signed Cargo Arrival Report (which may contain cargo for one or multiple TPs). 2. The following parameters will be provided (ANNEXURE B): a. Gateway Site Code b. TP No. and Date c. Mode of Transport (Air/Road) d. Truck No. and Seal No. (in case of Road Transport)/Flight No. and date of arrival for air. e. Line No. (MAWB/HAWB No.) [list of lines] f. No. of packets received for each line g. Condition of packets received (Intact/Damaged) for each line 3. A form will be provided to the Customs Gate-in Office....
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....ntry is not accepted by the system, the importers/Customs brokers should verify whether the IGM Nos. or the Airway Bill Nos. have been correctly furnished in the Annexure 'C' submitted by them. (iii) The claim for assessment shall be made against each item of the invoice. If there is more than one invoice, information shall be furnished for each item invoice-wise i.e. complete information of items in one invoice must precede information of items in the second invoice. (iv) If the particulars of classification are same for the next item, the word "do" will be accepted by the system. (v) ITC (HS) Nos., CTH and CETH shall be indicated in eight (8) digits without any decimal in between (e.g. 85011000 and not 8501.1000). Notification number shall be indicated in three (3) digits followed by a slash(/) and the issuing year (e.g. 201/81, 083/93). The notification no. indicated shall be the parent one and not the amending notification. This may be carefully noted. (vi) In respect of goods for which benefit of notification is claimed, against the entry 'Generic Description' in Annexure 'C', List No. and the Serial no. of the List shall be mentioned in addition to the generic description....
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....submission of customs documents under digital signature. For this purpose they should 'one time' register their details with ICEGATE. Detailed procedure for registration can be seen in 'New Registration Module' from the website www.icegate.gov,in. To operationalize the facility to use Digital Signature Certificate for filing the aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Importers, customs brokers, Air lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Importers, exporters, customs brokers, Air lines and their agents shall use the Digital Signature Certificate and the web based Common Signer utility to digitally sign the electronic documents generated by remote EDI package and then subsequently send the digitally signed documents for processing via email/web upload, as is ....
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....us notifications imposing rates of duty on imported goods and exemption notification as claimed by the importers in the Bill of Entry. Processing of the Bill of Entry takes place in an automated environment and workflow according to the jurisdiction of Customs Officers as provided under the law. (ii) In general at major Custom Houses, the Appraising work is divided in to Appraising Groups and sub groups, based on the Chapter/Tariff Headings of Customs Tariff Schedule. The roles of the officers for Appraising Groups are allotted by the Systems Manager on the basis of workload of assessment. More than one role of appraising groups can be allotted to one officer (more than one group can be allotted to one officer). Based on total assessable value of the individual items in a Bill of Entry, the Bill of Entry on its submission is automatically assigned by the system to a particular Appraising Group of which the assessable value is the highest. All the Bills of Entry assigned to a particular Appraising Group are put in a queue and are processed on first come first serve basis. In a specific case only the AC/DC of concerned Appraising Group are authorized to change priority, if circumsta....
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....for being passed on to the Customs broker/Importer. Replies to the queries will be submitted in the Service Centre which will be fed in the system. In case the importer agrees with the classification/valuation proposed by the assessing officer, the B/E would be assessed accordingly. The Assessing Officer can change Tariff classification, deny exemption incorrectly claimed, change unit price of goods in the system. In case Assessing officer and AC/DC, as the case may be, agrees, ab-initio or on receipt of the reply, with the claim made by the importer, they shall assess the Bill of Entry in the system. After assessing the Bill of Entry, the system will generate one assessed copy of Bill of Entry. The Customs broker /Importer shall take print of the assessed copy of B/E along with three copies of TR-6 challan. Before presenting the Bill of Entry for examination and delivery of goods, the Customs broker/Importer should deposit duty assessed with the designated bank. 4.3 First Check Appraisement (i) Where the Customs broker/Importer has opted for First check assessment or the Assessing Officer feels it necessary to examine the goods prior to assessment, he shall order first check ex....
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....rrent audit will be in place till the RMS is rolled out for the location. 4.5 Printing of Assessed copy of Bill of Entry: After completion of assessment, print out of one assessed copy of Bill of Entry and 3 copies of TR-6 Challan shall be generated by the system. The print of the same can be obtained from service centre or at the premises of the Customs broker/Importer from where the Bill of Entry has been submitted to Customs system. 5 Payment of Duty and Electronic transmission of Delivery Order In case of other than e-payment, after the assessment is completed and the print of the assessed Customs copy of the B/E and TR-6 Challans are obtained by the Customs broker/ Importer, copies of the TR-6 challans shall be presented to the designated bank i.e. Bank of Baroda, Bhagatalav, Surat for payment of duty. The Bank shall verify the particulars in the TR-6 challans from the system and enter the particulars of receipt of amount in the system and return two copies of challan duly stamped and signed, to the Customs broker. The bank will retain one copy. The Challan shall also indicate the interest amount for seven days period after expiry of interest free period. If interest free ....
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.... Numbers; c. Quantity; d. Gross Weight; e. Net Weight; f. Number of Packages; g. Types of Packages (such as pallet, box, crates, drums etc.). (ii) The Inspector/Examiner will complete the goods registration. and examine the goods, wherever prescribed. After the examination report is submitted in the system, as well as on the hard copy of the assessed Bill of Entry (Customs Copy), the Bill of Entry shall move to Appraiser/Supdt. screen for out of charge. The signature of the Customs broker/ Importer shall be obtained on the report, in token of that the goods have been examined in their presence. Name of the Customs broker/ Importer should also be recorded along with his I-Card No. In case of first check Bill of Entry where examination has already taken place, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Appraiser/Supdt. directly for out of charge after payment of duty. In case of facilitated B/E where examination has been prescribed, the B/E shall moved to the Appraiser/Supdt directly for out of charge after payment of duty and registration. 6.2 Where Green Channel facility has been allowed to Importer, the Bill of Entry shall appear on the screen of AC/DC Import Shed for confirm....
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....shall be preserved in the Import Shed for 7 days to take care of part deliveries. After seven days, the Bill of Entry will be kept at the designated place for CRA Audit and record purposes. 7. Section 48 Cases Where the Bill of Entry has not been filed within 30 days from the date of arrival of goods at the port, on completion of data entry and submission, the Job No and details of the Job shall automatically move to the screen of the concerned group AC/DC for online approval. Concerned AC/DC shall open the Section 48 approval from the menu and after verification shall approve filing of Bill of Entry. Only on approval of AC/DC the Bill of Entry will get accepted by system and B/E No will be generated. The Bill of Entry thereafter will be processed in the same manner as the normal Bill of Entry. 8. Amendment of Bill Of Entry 8.1 In case of any errors noticed after submission of Bill of Entry, but before examination of goods the Customs broker/ importer may seek amendment of the Bill of Entry through the Service Centre after obtaining the approval of the concerned group AC. The required amendment shall be entered into the system by the operator of the service center. Only after a....
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....ation 11.2 Verification of the DEPB The DEPB shall be verified by the Export Section of the Customs station from where the exports have taken place. Procedure for verification of DEPB has been notified from time to time by the Board/ this office through circulars/ instructions. Such procedure shall be strictly followed. For this purpose, original DEPB issued by DGFT shall be produced to the officer designated by Asst/Dy. Commissioner in the Export Department for verification of the Shipping Bills against which the DEPB has been issued by the DGFT. The officer designated by Asst /Dy. Commissioner shall verify each Shipping Bill in the system through the DEPB verification menu in ICES.. In case any manually processed Shipping Bill is involved, the verification shall be done on the basis of copy of Shipping Bill received along with the EGM from the carriers. The Shipping Bills shall be endorsed with the DEPB No., DEPB date, DGFT File No., and Issuing Authority. After satisfactory verification of all the Shipping Bills, the officer designated by Asst./ Dy. Commissioner shall make an endorsement on the reverse of the DEPB and the list of Shipping Bills attached with the DEPB to the ef....
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....d. However, TRA shall be issued for NON EDI Locations which are still operating manually. For this the TRA shall be generated in the system and a hard copy of TRA shall be issued. (ii) The TRAs issued by the non-EDI locations and non centralized locations will be registered in the same manner as license registration. On registration of TRA against a DEPB, the system will generate a TRA registration number. This Registration Number should be endorsed on the Importer's copy of TRA (original) and the Customs copy received from the issuing Customs station. Only fresh RAs will be registered in the EDI System. Partially utilized RAs will continue to be handled manually. Following particulars shall be entered in the System through the menu relating to transfer release advice. Release Advice No Release Advice Date Release Registration No Customs Station to which issued IEC of R.A. holder if different from DEPB holder DUTY CREDIT AMOUNT transferred Export FOB amount transferred Invoice No MAWB/BL No./DT HAWB/HBL No./DT. Conditions if any (iii) If the DEPB is already registered in the System and having sufficient balance in the Duty Credit and Export FOB value is availa....
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....r the CIF value and the Duty foregone is not available in the DEPB, the System will disallow submission of the B/E. (iii) For indicating the option of payment of Additional Duty (equal to Excise Duty) or claiming exemption there from, the option shall be exercised by indicating 'Y' or 'N' in column 2 of Sl.No.39E. The column number 5 (serial number of item in the licence list) and 7 (quantity for licence debit) are not required to be filled in for DEPB Bs/E. (iv) If the basic Customs duty and the additional Customs duty debit able to the licence is zero, the DEPB exemption will not be admissible to that item. System will not allow exemption under Notification 034/97 etc. for that item. 11.7 Check List of B/E After data entry, checklist will be printed as usual and given to the importers/CHAs for verifying the correctness of data captured. For identification against the respective item, '(DEPB)' and Notification 034/97 will appear. At the end of the check list, a statement of debits of EXPORT FOB (= import CIF) and duty sought to be debited, DEPB wise against an item S. No. of an invoice, will also be printed. The importers/CHAs should check the details of DEPB No. carefully to ....
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....d export FOB. Where the exemption from both the basic Customs duty as specified in the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and additional duty leviable under Section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 are claimed, the sum of basic duty and additional duty amount will be debited to the duty credit in DEPB. The CIF of the related items will be debited to export FOB in the DEPB. Where exemption from additional duty is not claimed, only basic duty will be debited. These debits will be made by the System in the DEPB Ledger. If more than one DEPB is utilized against an item only CIF amount to be debited against each DEPB should be indicated by the importers. The duty amount will be proportionately calculated by the System for debit in the DEPB. The importers therefore should ensure that sufficient balance in the duty credit amount and export FOB is available in the DEPB to cover amounts of both components, for debiting, failing which the system will not accept the declaration for B/E. In case the importer desires to utilize the DEPB for part of the quantity of an item in the invoice, he may split the quantity of that item and prepare the declaration accordingly. 11.11 Debiting of DEPB....
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....l be made by system when electronic B/E is processed, RA is issued, manual B/E is debited or reduction is made by amendments. To avoid any inconsistency and invalidity, the system will sum the value of all items and compare with the face value of the licence. If the sum is greater than face value of licence, the system will not permit registration. The value will always be CIF for imports and FOB in respect of exports. Where the value is in foreign currency it should be only one currency and not in multi-currency. The licence holders therefore, should check these details in their licences and ensure that the same are corrected before presenting the licence for registration. The licences with incorrect details will be rejected by the system and cannot be used for availing exemption from duty and clearance of goods. Such licences should be corrected from concerned DGFT office before presenting to Customs. (ii) In pursuance of CBEC's Circular No. 11/2007 dated 13th February 2007 and Circular No. 3/2009 dated 20th January 2009 issued from F. No. 605/210/2005-DBK and F. No. 605/70/2008-DBK respectively, a procedure for online transmission of Shipping Bills and Licenses/Authorizations i....
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....vice center operator and given to the RA holder for confirming correctness of the data entered in the system. Service center operator will make correction if any and will return the same to the RA holder. 12.4 Submission of Licence/TRA in the system The license/ TRA holder will present the check list of the licence/TRA along with original documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered in the system with the original licence/TRA. After satisfying himself with correctness, Officer will submit the licence in the system on the basis of the job number of the check list. The system will generate a licence Registration. No. This registration number and date should be endorsed in bold on the original licence/TRA. After registration, the documents may be returned to the Importer and copies thereof may be kept in the office file for record. TRA will be registered only on the basis of Customs copy of the TRA. After registration, Customs copy and importer's copy of TRA will be defaced by the Officer. 12.5 Issuing TRAs Transfer Release Advice will be issued for utilization of a licence at any other Customs station. No TRA needs to be issued for Customs locatio....
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....ained for spare parts also. In case of first import, no TRA will be admissible for spares. 12.8 Amendment of licence after registration Amendment in the licence data after registration can only be made by the authorized officer. If the amount of value and quantity sought to be reduced is less than the unutilized balance available in the licence amendments for reduction of value and quantity will not be permitted by the system. The system will give credit to quantity or value in the case of increase and will debit the quantity or value in the case of reduction. Therefore, only incremental or decremental quantity or value should be entered in respect of increase or reduction. Licence status code at the time of registration will be '0'. The licence if suspended or cancelled after registration, the officer shall amend the status code to '2', '3' and '4' for cancellation, suspension and reinstatement respectively. 12.9 Filing of Bill of Entry (i) Licence Regn. No., Regn. Date details, value and the quantity should be furnished in respective column at S. No. 39.E of the Annexure 'C'. (ii) Unit of measurement of qty. will be same as per the licence. In case the unit of measurement in....
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.... the related licence and Advance Authorization schemes. The Appraiser will check the correctness of details of licence/Scheme etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licences/ Schemes, subsequent to registration of licence, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied about the eligibility of exemption under related notification and the licence is otherwise valid to cover the goods in question, he may assess the B/E on system. The Assessing officer can remove the notification and deny the benefits of exemption. The debits of licence will automatically reverse when exemption notification is denied. The procedure of assessment will be similar to DEPB imports. (iv) In respect of a manually assessed Bill of Entry details of value and quantity will be debited in the system by the Appraiser at the time of assessing a B/E & a print of details of debit will be taken for records. 12.11 Printing of the Assessed B/E After assessment, the printout of assessed copy of the B/E will be taken by the importer/Customs broker from service center. The printout of B/E will contain dutypaying challan if duty is payable and statement of debit of licence for ....
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.... the above modes and the Customs Authority shall endorse all the paid challan(s). (d) On receipt of the redemption letter (indicating, inter alia, details of payments including amount and mode) from RA, the Customs Authority shall reconcile and initiate the prescribed actions for releasing the Bond / BG. Please refer to Circular No. 11/2015 dated 01/04/2015 regarding the suo moto duty payment for bonafide default in export obligation. 13. Imports by 100% EOUs:- 13 .1 Registration of EOU All the 100% Export Oriented Units including STP / EHTP etc. will be required to be registered as EOU in the System before filing of a Bill of Entry. The designated officer shall make data entry for registration of an EOU. All verifications and authentications including all checks to determine the eligibility of the importer to be registered as an EOU and for exemption from duties shall be carried out before a unit is registered in the System as an EOU. Following details should be furnished by the EOU for registration. 1. EOU type: I. A - EOU - General I. B - EOU - Aquaculture I. C - EOU - Agriculture / Floriculture I. D - EOU - Granite I, E - EOU - gems and jewellery I. F - EOU - Othe....
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....e item. The data entry operator shall enter the code of EOU against the field Exim code ............after entry of Exim code enter notification no. ../yr & S. No. After completion of entry of all the items of the Bill of Entry, a check list will be printed. In the check list against an item where EOU exemption is claimed the words (EOU) & notification no. /yr & S.No. will be printed at the end of the check list details of Bond indicating the Bond no. Bond code, amount debited, Bank Guarantee debited or the details of certificate for central excise will be printed. (iv) The importer / Customs broker shall check the correctness of the details in the check list & return it to data entry operator for submission of the same in the system. On submission, the Bill of Entry shall be directed to Group VII for assessment. An unassessed copy of the Bill of Entry after submission shall be taken by the importers. 13.3 Appraising of EOU B/E. (i) The importer /Customs broker shall present the un-assessed Bill of Entry along with the Bonds / certificate and other documents supporting the claims of assessment under EOU to the designated Appraiser / Supdt. for making assessment. The Appraiser sha....
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.... debiting Bond in the system, the B/E will not be available for registration for examination and out of charge. Procedure for registration of Bond / BG has been explained in para 21.2 of this Public Notice. 14. Availing Exemption under JOBBING Scheme Notification No.32/97-Cus exempts goods imported for carrying out any job work and re-export subject to conditions specified in the said notification. Importers claiming the said exemption would be required to indicate the relevant Exim code and Notification in the columns "Additional information for claiming benefit under specified exemptions schemes". The Bond type "JO" will be indicated in the format for data entry, the Scheme code will be 20 and the exemption notification will be 032/97 item S.NO. 1. On submission print of an un-assessed copy of the B/E will be taken and presented to the designated Appraiser along with all the requisite documents. The Appraiser will recall the B/E on screen for assessment. Appraiser will be able to delete the notification to deny the exemption if so warranted, specify the Bond/BG requirements and modify the Bond/BG amounts. The B/E will be audited by the Auditor and processed by the AC/DC. Detai....
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....entry a check list will be generated by the system against the respective Job No. The importers should ensure that the details of invoice S.No, item S.No. and the quantity of the goods under exBonding are correct. The check list after corrections will be returned to the service center operator for submission of the Ex-Bond B/E. On submission the system will generate the B/E No. done at the Service Centres The B/E will be allocated by the system to the Assessing Groups on the basis of same parameters as are applicable to all other types of Bs/E. Assessment will also be made by the officers in the same manner as in the case of any other type of Bs/E. Where a Warehouse B/E has been assessed provisionally the Ex-Bond B/E will also be assessed provisionally and no separate PD Bond will be required. However, in case of availing of exemption requiring Bond, same would need to be debited as in the case of any Home Consumption B/E. 15.3 Debiting of Bond After obtaining the print out from Service Centre the importer /Customs broker will get the Bond debited from Bond Section and get suitable endorsement on B/E with respect to debit of Bond amount and other details. 15.4 Printing of Assess....
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.... copy will be retained by the officer controlling the Warehouse and the last copy will be for the Warehouse Keeper. Column for number of packages in the O/C will be blank. The Superintendent giving out of charge will endorse on the hard copies of the O/C package serial numbers and number of packages to be cleared against the respective Ex-Bond B/E and will put his signature with his office seal on the copies of O/C and also on the copies of Ex-Bond B/E. In terms of Boards Circular No.47/2002 payment of interest before extension of warehousing period can be captured in the system. Benefit of any interim interest so paid will be available on the last Ex-Bond BE related to that particular warehouse BE. 16. Bonds / Undertaking/ Re-Export Bond for Conditional Exemptions Where the benefits of exemption under a notification is subject to execution of End use Bond, Undertaking or Re-export Bond, it would be necessary to register the respective type of Bond in the system before filing of the B/E. The Bond will be registered by the importers specifically for a notification. Details of the Bond in respect of each notification should be furnished at S. No. 18 in the Format for declaration a....
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....rities- Indian Customs Single Window Project: Importers shall electronically file the customs clearance documents at a single point only with the Customs. The permission required, if any, from other regulating agencies will be obtained online without importers/Customs brokers having to separately approach these agencies. The requisite permissions/NOC/Test Reports will be obtained through Indian Customs Single Window Project. The same will be obtained through message exchange with FSSAI/DPPQ&S (as per Circular No. 09/2015 dated 31/03/2015), NOC on ICES for use by Drug Controller/Animal Quarantine/Wild Life Crime Control Bureau and Lab Module in ICES for use by CRCL, Textile Committee and other agencies. Please refer to Circular No. 03/2016 dated 03/02/2016 regarding Indian Customs Single Window Project extending to other locations and Participating Government Agencies. Certain notifications require certificates for eligibility of exemption from various other organizations like Ministry of External Affairs, Defence etc. Such certificates can be entered in the system under the category of Misc. Certificates = 'MC'. The following details will be entered; MC number and date Issuing....
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....ns (3) & (4) respectively. 21 Bond Management System & Processing Of Bills Of Entry Relating To Goods 21.1 Bond Management System. (i) ICES contain centralized Bond Section, which will be responsible for maintenance of documents related to Bonds, Bank Guarantees and Undertakings. Concerned AC/DC shall handle the Bonds. The Bond section will be responsible for the following: Registration of Bonds/undertakings, Bank Guarantees, Sureties Debit and Credit of Bonds for EDI B/Es and Manual B/Es Closure of Bonds, Bank Guarantees Enhancements Generating data for Issue of recovery notices Generating data for Issue of reminders Generation of MIS reports (ii) The Revolving / continuity and the Specific Bonds will be registered and maintained in the Bond Section. The Appraising Officer determines the Bond requirement. The type and the amount of Bond are decided by the Appraising Officer and are approved by the Assistant Commissioner. However system will assist in determining the type of Bond / BG and value. Bond requirement details will be printed on the BE after the assessment. The details include the type of Bond, amount and the Bank Guarantee. The Bonds will be managed cen....
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....tion number has to be endorsed on the original documents and also communicated to the importer for their future reference. Bond Registration Number System would maintain a single running Serial No. for all types of Bonds. The Bond No. need not be initialized every year. Bond No. to start with Serial No.100001. 21.3 Processing of Bill of Entry (with Bond) (i) Declaration in the Service Center (a) In case the importer has already registered a Continuity Bond with the Bond Cell, he has to specify the type of Bond and Registration Number in the Service Centre declaration. However, the Bond value and BG amount is determined by the Appraising Officer. If Continuity Bond is not there, no declaration (Bond) needs to be given in the Service Centre. Bond details will be printed on the Checklist. (b) In case of EOU Bond already submitted at the Central Excise Commissioner ate / Office, the Certificate Number has to be provided. If Certificate Number is declared, EOU Bond is not required. (ii) Appraising The Appraising Officer has the option to ask for Bond as condition of assessment. The following type of Bonds can be opted: * Provisional Duty Bond - General * Test Bond * End Use ....
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....ng the goods as declared by the importer in the B/E. (f) Others. (Specify) Bond Ledger Format B/E No. B/E Date Type of Document (manual or EDI) Debit Amount (Specified by AO) Credit amount Date of debit / credit Officer Id. (v) Timely cancellation of Bonds: Please refer to the CBEC Instruction No. 605/71/2015/DBK dated 02/12/2015 read with CBEC Circular No. 05/2010 dated 16/03/2010 and Instruction No. 609/119/2010DBK dated 18/01/2011. The Customs formations shall duly verify and confirm the details of the importers and fulfillment of their export obligation preferably through the concerned Central Excise Division and accordingly ensure timely and transparent cancellation of bonds. (vi) Debiting of the Bond for manual Bill of Entry: (a) Continuity or a specific Bond shall be accepted & registered in the system. A continuity Bond registered in the system can be utilized in respect of electronic as well as manual bills of entry. For debiting manual Bill of Entry, the Bond officer shall select the option of MBE-debit and enter the details of the manual Bill of Entry and amount of Bond / BG etc. After debiting, a debit slip will be generated which can be printed one copy ....
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....sum of the duty assessed provisionally for assistance of the Appraiser for determining the amount of Bond / BG for debiting. The Appraiser can change the amount of Bond and/ or B.G. for debiting. If the Bond details have not been entered at the time of data entry, the system will enforce Bond requirement. The Appraiser shall specify the amount of Bond and bank guarantee. The duty if any assessed shall be deposited with designated bank as usual. The Bill of Entry will not be registered in the shed / a dock for examination and out of charge till the duty is paid and the Bond and BG as specified have been debited. The details of Bond debit or the Bond requirements shall be printed on the provisionally assessed B/E. Details of a debited Bond will also be printed on the Importer's copy and Exchange control copy of B/E. (b) In case any Cash deposit is required to be taken, the Appraiser can specify the amount of Cash deposit, the Challan for Cash deposit will also be printed with the assessed copy of B/E which will also be deposited with the designated bank like the duty and fine/penalty. (c) Facility has also been provided in ICES 1.5 to finalise the assessments of Provisionally asses....
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....al justice would need to be followed wherever required. The details of the rate or value of High Sea Sales Charges and the IEC with name of the Seller will also be printed on the assessed copy, & Importer's & Exchange Control copies of the B/E. 23. Assessment Involving RSP / NCCD: (i) Provisions have been made in the Indian Customs EDI-System (ICES) for assessment of goods leviable to additional duty under section 3(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 based on RSP and NCCD. The declaration form to be filed at the service centre by the importers/CHAs shall be amended as follows:- (ii) If any of the items is leviable to additional duty under Section 3 of CTA, 1975 with reference to the retail sale price declared on the article the relevant column should be filled(Y/N). If yes following particulars should be furnished. Invoice S No Item Sl No. Description No. of Units Retail Sale Price --------------- No.------- (with specifications) ----------- Rs. Per unit......" (iii) The importers/CHAs would be required to declare the retail sale price of the items to which the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act. 1976 or any other law in this behalf applies an....
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....ll of Entry will then be presented to Import Shed along with proof of payment of Revenue Deposit (on a Challan) which will be verified by the Shed Appraiser/Superintendent and he shall enter departmental comments, challan no, date and amount of revenue deposit paid. He shall also verify on the Customs Copy of B/E to the effect that debit has been made in the Bond. Shed Appraiser/Superintendent shall also make an endorsement on the importer copy and exchange control copy (duplicate and triplicate) of B/E that the B/E has been assessed provisionally due to SVB issue and the details of Revenue Deposit paid for that Bill of Entry. 24.2 Post clearance: After final order is given by the Special Valuation Branch, the final assessment shall be carried out In the finalization module. 24.3 Renewal of SVB Orders and Ongoing SVB inquiries: Please refer to the CBEC Circular No. 04/2016 dated 09/02/2016 For Renewal of SVB orders, a system of one time declaration is provided to the importers whose SVB orders are pending for renewal before the SVB. The concerned importers shall submit a declaration in the prescribed formats (ANNEXURES- 1 & 2 attached to the CBEC Circular 04/2016) by 31/05/2016....
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....y of origin/export. These details may be declared in Col.(3) of the Table 39B (Classification Details) of Appendix-A the Format for Declaration at Service Centre for Data Entry. The extract of the Table is indicated below. 39B. Classification Details (1) Invoice Serial Number (2) Actual Invoice Number (3) Classification Details Item No. RITC 8 digit CTH A D Notfn IS No PS No QTY Exemp. Notf Yr Sl No. CTH Notfn Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Abbreviations in Col. (3) above refer as under. AD Notfn = Anti-dumping notification number/year I S No. = Item S.No. in the notification P S No. = Producer/exporter S.No. against the respective country QTY = Quantity of goods in the units of measurement on which anti-dumping rate has been fixed, if different from quantity declared in the invoice details. (iii) After entry of CTH, the data entry operator shall enter the details of Antidumping notification as indicated above. The rate of anti-dumping duty would be taken by the system from the directory. If the unit of measurement of quantity of goods declared in the invoice details is different than the unit of measurement on which antidumping duty is applicabl....
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....n tariff value shall be added. In case the importer has not declared the Tariff value, the Appraiser at the time of assessment will get a systems alert for tariff value. The Appraiser will have the option to select the tariff value and also change the S.No. of the Tariff value if incorrectly declared by the importers. The rate of Tariff value will be printed on the check list as well as on copies of Bill of Entry. 28. Levy of Addl. Duty For Non-Excisable Goods In respect of goods not leviable to Central Excise Duty under the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 but liable to Excise Duties under other Central Acts (such as Medicinal and Toilet Preparation Act, 1955) or liable to Additional Duty under Section 3(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, codes have been given to enable the documents for such goods to be processed on the System. A list of such codes is given in Annexure 'E' for filing Column 39(B) (5) - CETH CODE. 29. General Information With a view to minimizing the number of queries at the time of assessment and to improve the quality of assessment, it has been decided to capture the following information about goods imported, in the ICES system at the time of filing of decl....
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....ly basis. ICES automatically register the IE Codes after confirming their validity, to enable the exporters to file the shipping bills electronically. Before filing the Shipping Bills the exporters are advised to check from DGFT as to whether their IE Code has already been transmitted to ICES. If their IE Code has not been transmitted to ICES by DGFT, they should first get the same transmitted from DGFT, failing which the exporter shall not be able to file shipping bills for export. (DGFT's website may be accessed at http://www.dgft.delhi.nic.in) 3.2 Registration of Custom House Agents (Customs broker) in ICES: Every Customs broker is required to register his details in ICES for enabling him to submit documents in the system. . In case the Custom House from where the Customs broker has been licensed was not an existing EDI location in ICES 1.0, such CHAs should immediately get themselves registered at any of the Customs locations as per list enclosed at Appendix 1. The format for registration is at Appendix 2. 3.3 Registration of Airlines/Agents, Consol Agents: EGM/Consol Manifest shall be filed electronically by the AirLines/Agents at the Gateway Ports. Before filing EGM the Air....
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....xim Scheme Codes: DGFT has notified Exim Scheme Codes in respect of various schemes, the list of which is appended with this Public Notice. An appropriate Code should be indicated against each item in the shipping bill. For example, if exports are under claim of Drawback Code 19 should be used. Appendix 3 3.8 Units of Measurement Codes: Against any quantity of goods, the appropriate Code indicated against the respective measurement in the list appended with this Public Notice must be used in the shipping bill / EGM as the case may be. Reference is also invited to CBEC Circular no. 26/2013 -Customs, dated 19/07/2013, where adherence to Standard Unit Quantity Codes as prescribed in the Customs Tariff Act has been prescribed. Appendix 4 3.9 Currency Codes: For indicating value of goods, freight, insurance, commission etc. only the relevant codes for the respective currencies in the list of currency codes appended with this Public Notice have to be used. Use of any incorrect code will result in incorrect conversion of the currency into Indian Rupees. Appendix 5 3.10 Country Codes: Wherever in the shipping bill / EGM reference is required to be made to the name of the country, the ap....
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....complete or unsigned, will not be accepted for data entry. Exporters/Customs broker should ensure that the data provided by them and entered by service center is correct in all respect so that process of clearance of export is smooth. 4.3 Data entry of Shipping Bills would be done at the Service Centres on payment of charges. Various charges for printing and data entry excluding Service Tax are as under Data Entry Charges for Shipping Bills having up to five items Rs. 60/- Data Entry Charges for additional block of five items Rs. 10/- Amendment fees (for a block of five items) Rs. 10/- Data entry for EGM Rs. 60/- Query Printing after three queries Rs. 05/- Entry of License Rs. 60/- S/B Final Print (For RES Users only) Rs. 20/- Query Printing (For RES Users only) Rs. 5/- The above charges include data entry of the documents, check list printing, three free queries and print out of the assessed document. Additional queries shall be charged at Rs. 5 per query. Check list will be provided free of charge till they are certified to be free of mistakes by the customer. However, in cases where the customer wants to incorporate corrections in the original declaration provi....
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....aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process would be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Exporters, customs brokers, airlines, and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Exporters, customs brokers, air lines and their agents shall use the Digital Signature Certificate and the web based Common Signer utility to digitally sign the electronic documents generated by remote EDI package and then subsequently send the digitally signed documents for processing via email/web upload, as is being done currently. (iv) On receiving the digitally signed documents the ICEGATE server side verifier shall verify the user's credentials, validity of certificate, Certifying Authorities credentials, Public Key, Certificate Revocation List (CRL) status and the result of authentication and integrate the data into ICES database. ....
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....3 In the declaration form (Annexure A-Export) to be filed by the exporters for the electronic processing of export documents, the exporters would need to mention the name of the bank and the branch code as mentioned in the certificate from the bank. The Customs will verify the details in the declaration with the information captured in the system through the certificates registered earlier. 6 ARRIVAL OF GOODS AT EXPORT EXAMINATION SHEDS IN ICD. 6.1 In respect of goods intended to be exported against an electronic shipping bill, the Custodian of ICD will permit entry of the goods on the strength of the checklist. 6.2 If at any stage subsequent to the entry of goods in ICD, it is noticed that the declaration has not been registered in the system, the exporters and CHAs will be responsible for the delay in shipment of goods and any damage, deterioration or pilferage, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken. 7 PROCESSING OF SHIPPING BILLS 7.1 The S/B would be processed by the system on the basis of the declaration made by the exporter. The following kinds of S/B shall require clearance of the Assistant Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner (AC/DC Exports): - i. Duty ....
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....s. 06/2002 - Customs dated 23.01.2002, 01/2009-Cus dated 13.01.2009, and 28/2012-Customs dated 16.11.2012 would be applicable. (ii) Assessment of RMS interdicted Shipping Bills in ICES: The RMS will not alter the existing process and movement of Shipping Bills on the ICES. When RMS interdicted bills are directed for assessment by the system, officers concerned are required to perform appraising/ verification of self-assessment in ICES as per the RMS instructions. The RMS instructions will be displayed in ICES screen of the officer as Appraising Instructions. The RMS instructions can also be accessed by using "View" option in the SB header. Instructions will be given in the RMS tools interdicting the bill as per the perceived risk in each Shipping bill based on the declarations made in the bill. Officers assessing the SB shall carefully read each instruction and arrive at a decision to tackle the risk. These RMS instructions form an assist and are intended to guide the officers in assessment. All such instructions are displayed as RMS instructions in ICES. Officers are expected to study all the instructions on the screen carefully and assess the SB in compliance of the RMS instruc....
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.... risk treatment would get modified to send the SB for "Assessment or Assessment& Examination". In such cases RMS instructions to "Send the SB back to AC for assessment" will be displayed in the Inspector's screen in ICES after goods registration. Such SBs should be sent back to AC for assessment by the examining staff. Officers should scrupulously follow the RMS instructions. (iv) Goods Registration: The goods registration is mandatory for all the SBs. There is no change in the goods registration procedure. The system will display the Single-Sign-On Id (SSO Id) of the officer for inspection/examination. If the SB is interdicted for examination, the package numbers to be examined will also be displayed. (v) Examination: The examination of all RMS interdicted bills shall be carried out as per the instructions communicated by the RMS and the assessing officer's examination instructions. Certain SBs may be directly routed by the RMS for examination without any assessment by officers. In such cases, the RMS instructions for examination should be treated as examination orders. The officers shall bear in mind all existing standing orders and circulars issued by the department, while p....
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....for the same. A brief remark on the reasons and particulars of Commissioner's authorization shall be made by the officer examining the goods in the departmental comments in the EDI system. The Officer giving the LEO shall ensure that the consignment complies with CCRs appearing in the RMS instructions. Before giving LEO the officer shall also ensure that the dockets containing all the relevant documents are collected and retained in the office. Whenever the decision of the LEO officer is at variance with the CCRs and RMS instructions in respect of a particular SB, he/she should record the reasons for his/her view in the EDI. (v) Export General Manifest (EGM): After processing of SB at ICD,EGM would be filed at Air Site/Gateway Port. At EGM stage either train/ truck summary will be filed by custodian or TP request will be filed. In either scenario SB will be moved to next queue (i.e. DBK, HIST etc.) for further processing. TP request will be filed through Service Center at the ICD site through ETP entry. (vi) Data Quality: The Assessing/Examining officers are also required to focus on the 'data quality' of the SB declarations. The assessing officer should check the description....
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.... i) Any other documents submitted by the exporter/CHA. j) Kimberley Process Certificate, In case of Export of Rough Diamonds. All these documents should be neatly kept in a docket, which will have a check list on the top, containing the documents listed supra. The Check list shall be signed by the LEO officer and the representative of the exporter/CHA. While signing the documents, the LEO officer shall put his name stamp under his signature. 8. CUSTOMS EXAMINATION OF EXPORT CARGO 8.1 On receipt of the goods in the Export Shed in the ICD/ CFS, the exporter will contact the Examining Officer/Inspector and present the checklist with the endorsement of Custodian of arrival of containers on the declaration, along with all original documents such as Invoice, Packing List, ARE-1 (AR-4) etc. He will also present additional particulars in the form at Annexure C (Export) 8.2 The Officer will verify the quantity of the goods actually received against that entered in the system. He will enter Annexure C particulars in the system. The system would identify the Examining Officer (if more than one are available) who would be carrying out physical examination of goods. The system would also....
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....s drawn, if any, in the factory should be brought to the Export Shed in ICD/ CFS along with the container and handed over to designated officer, who would enter the details in the system and forward the samples to the Appraiser/Supdt. in charge for inspection or for further testing etc. 9.3 The system may require re-examination of the factory stuffed container on a random basis. If the container is selected for re-examination by the system, the same shall be examined and report entered in the system. The Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent may also decide to re-examine the container in which case he will obtain the approval of AC/DC Export, before such re-examination. The AC / DC Export shall permit such re-examination for reasons to be recorded in writing. 9.4 Once the Appraiser/ Superintendent is satisfied that the goods are permissible for export in all respects, he will proceed to allow "Let Export" in the system for the shipments and inform the exporter. 9.5 This procedure will apply to containers stuffed in factories and self-sealed by the manufacturer-exporter. In respect of containers sealed in the factory after examination by the Customs / C.Excise officers, there will norma....
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....DC may, if he deems necessary, order for sample to be drawn for purposes other than testing such as visual inspection and verification of description, market value enquiry etc 12.3 "Lab Module" in ICES for use by CRCL, Textile Committee and other agencies: Under Lab Module the Examining Officer can generate test memos and record the details of the samples drawn online,as well as print test memos. Customs will duly dispatch the samples to the concerned laboratory/agency. Upon the receipt of the samples, the laboratory/agency can acess the test memo details online and when the test or analysis has been carried out, the results or findings shall be recorded online. Customs can access the results and take the appropriate action regarding the concerned consignment without waiting for the physical reports of the Laboratory. Please refer the CBEC Circular NO.03/2016 dated 03/02/2016 regarding extension of Indian Customs Single Window Project to other locations and Government. 13 QUERIES 13.1 In case of any doubt, the exporter, during examination, can clarify doubts. However, in case where the need arises for a detailed answer from the exporter, a query can be raised in the system by ....
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....t Export" order has been passed in the system to enable the goods to be accepted by the Air Line, for export. Drawback will be sanctioned on the basis of the "Let Export" order already recorded on the system. 18. RE-PRINT OF SHIPPING BILLS 18.1 Similarly, re-prints can be allowed where there is a system failure, as a result of which the print out (after the "Let Export" order) has not been generated or there is a misprint. Permission of AC/DC (Exports) would be necessary for the purpose. The misprint copy shall be cancelled before such permission is granted. 19. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER CESS 19.1 For export items, which are subject to export cess, the cess shall be applied by the System on the basis of the corresponding 8 digit Heading Schedule maintained in the system. A printed challan generated by the system would be handed over to the exporter. The cess amount indicated should be deposited with the designated bank. 20. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER CLAIM FOR DRAWBACK 20.1 The scheme of computerized processing of Drawback claims under the Indian Customs EDI System-Exports will be applicable for all exports through ICD. 20.2 The exporters who intend to export the goods through ICD un....
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....ustoms officer in the office of Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner (Export) and is entered in the system. The exporter should specify the Sl No. of drawback as 98.01 for provisional drawback in the Annexure -A (Export) 20.8 All the claims sanctioned in a particular day will be enumerated in a scroll and transferred to the designated bank. The designated bank would credit the drawback amount in the respective account of the exporter and where the account of the exporter is in any other CBS branch of any bank, the designated bank would transfer the amount to the respective CBS branch who would credit the amount to exporter's account. The exporters may make arrangement with their banks for periodical statement of credits on account of drawback. a) An exporter desirous to have his drawback credited in any core banking branch of the bank authorized for drawback payment at that EDI location or any other bank other than the authorized bank (in any core banking enabled branch which is also RTGS and NEFT enabled), the exporter will be required to declare to the Customs authorities the Indian Financial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch where he operates his bank account, in addition to t....
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....ation, ARE-1, etc. to the Examiner in the concerned shed. After registration of goods, the shipping bill will be marked to an Examiner for verification of documents and seal. If seal is found intact the Shipping Bill will be recommended for LEO, which will be given by the Shed Appraiser. However, if seal is not found intact, the goods will be marked for examination and LEO will be given if the goods are found in order. 22. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER THE EPCG/DES SCHEME 22.1 The procedure for online transmission of Licenses/Authorizations issued under Duty Exemption Scheme (DES) (except those issued under Scheme Code 17) and Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) from DGFT to Customs through an Electronic Message Exchange System is operational at this port in respect of DES / EPCG licences issued on or after 30th September 2008. As per the procedure prescribed by DGFT, exporters apply for Advance licenses under Duty Exemption Scheme (DES) and licenses under Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) to DGFT. As per the Handbook of Procedures Vol I, exports under DES can be started immediately on generation of file no. which is generated by DGFT on submission of application for ....
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....ls of Shipping Bills to Customs which would also be made available at this port. Based on this EODC, the designated officer at this port would release the bonds / LUTs and the BG, if any, after causing necessary verifications. 22.4. For any amendment in licenses issued under above schemes by DGFT, importer would obtain a log print of usage of license in prescribed format. DGFT would process amendment(s) of license based on log print of usage of license issued by Customs and transmit online the necessary amendment(s) of license to Customs. No imports under such license would be allowed after issuance of log print till the amendment message is received from DGFT. 22.5. The above procedure would be applicable in respect of file nos./ Licenses/Authorizations issued under Duty Exemption Scheme (DES) and Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) on or after 30th September 2008 by DGFT. The existing procedure in case of manual registration of file nos./ Licenses/Authorizations issued under these schemes on or up to 30th September 2008, would continue to be followed. 22.6 In case of EPCG/DES (EXCEPT THOSE ISSUED UNDER Scheme Code 17) issued on or after 30th September 2008 there is no....
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....not fill up column titled "DESCRIPTION OF RAW MATERIALS". c. If some inputs which are not in Part-C of the EPCG/ DES have been used in the manufacture of the goods under export and the exporter wants to declare such inputs, he shall give the description of such inputs in column titled "DESCRIPTION OF RAW MATERIALS", d. In the column "IND/IMP", the exporters are required to write "N", if the inputs used are indigenous and "M", if the inputs used are imported, e. In column titled "Cess Schedule Sl. No." the relevant Serial No. of the Schedule relating to Cess should be mentioned 23. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER DFIA SCHEME The details pertaining to export products i.e. input materials utilized as per SION should be clearly mentioned at Annexure A (Export) at the time of filing. 24. Stuffing Report After the LEO the Container shall be stuffed with the goods and a stuffing report shall be entered in the System by the designated officer. The officer designated to supervise stuffing of containers is expected to enter the stuffing report on same day. 25. Filing of EGM The shipping bills shall be finally closed on receipt of Train Summary from the Custodian of ICD. The Custodian shoul....
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....er for the entire Customs port or for an individual exporter by entering the IE code of the exporter and accordingly initiate action to recover drawback. (g) The BRC entry module gives three options for entering the details of foreign exchange realization. (i) If the exporter furnishes the BRCs as a proof of foreign exchange realization, the officer will choose option (1) and enter the specific Shipping Bill numbers and dates. Such Shipping Bills will be deleted by the system from the list of shipping bills pending for realization of export proceeds. (ii) If the exporter produces a "negative statement" for a specified six monthly period from the AD/chartered accountant that no foreign exchange is pending realization for the exporter in the given period, the officer will choose option (2) The system will automatically display the S/Bs pertaining to the given period on screen and once the officer approves, all such shipping bills shall be deleted from the pendency list. (iii) If the negative statement furnished by the exporter gives the list of S/Bs, for a particular six month period, for which foreign exchange has not been realized (and implication foreign exchange has been r....
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....k account for receiving drawback amount. The Customs officer having 'CLK' role will enter these details in ICES 1.5 and generate a checklist. Exporter/ his authorized representative will check the checklist and confirm its correctness. Once the details are found correct, the same shall be saved in system. (For this purpose additional officers may be mapped to CLK role if required.) Refer Annexure G (Export). Exporters who have their bank account numbers registered for drawback purpose need not register their bank accounts again. The existing account itself shall be used for crediting S.T Refund also. It may be added that there is no option of having separate accounts for drawback and S.T Refund. 28.2 Registration of Central Excise registration number or service tax code number (including service tax registration number) Besides bank accounts, each exporter claiming S.T refund need to provide central excise registration number or PAN based service tax code number (including PAN based service tax registration number)and register the same in ICES 1.5. Necessary details should be provided in part 'B' of said Annexure 'A' along with self certified copy of central excise registration c....
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.... Shipping bills. However print copy of Scroll shall contain a consolidated breakup indicating Drawback amount and ST refund amount. d. Exporters can check status of STR through ICEGATE as well as Touch screen application. e. MIS has been suitably modified to indicate drawback and STR amount separately for Reporting and accounting purpose. 28.4 Claim for Availment of Chapter 3 benefits: Exporters intending to claim chapter 3 benefits are required to declare "Y" in the item segment of Reward claimed (Table 28(14) without which their Shipping Bill will not be transmitted to DGFT for availing such benefits. 29. Grievance Handling The Assistant commissioner [Deputy Commissioner of customs may be approached by importers [exporters or their Customs brokers for redressal of any problems faced at any stage of the import/exporter clearance Regarding Help desk facilities the following may be noted: a) ICEGATE users would continue to interact with the Helpdesk at 011- 2337902 and 011-2337013 or through [email protected] This Helpdesk is managed by M/S Wipro. b) Users requiring any other clarifications regarding the new application may interact with the toll free Helpde....
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.... (INMDA1) Custom House, Pipavav (INPAV1) Surat Diamond Park (INSAC6) ICD Sanand (INSAU6) ICD Ankleshwar (INAKV6) ICD Valvada (INVP16) ICD Tumb, (INSAJ6) Custom House Kandla ICD Malanpur ICD Nagpur ICD Raipur ICD Mandideep ACC Indore ICD DHANNAD Surat Hira Bourse INKBC6 16 Jamnagar Customs (Mundra) Custom House Mundra 17 Jaipur ICD Jaipur ACC Jaipur ICD Bhilwara ICD Bhiwadi 54 ICD Alwar ICD Thar Dry Port, Jodhpur ICD RAJSIICO, Bansi ICD Concor Jodhpur LCS Rail Rajasthan ICD Concor Kanakpura, Jaipur 18 Goa CH Custom House Goa ACC Goa 19 Raxual 55 55 LCS Raxaul LCS Jogbani, Bihar LCS Jaynagar, Bihar LCS Berni, UP LCS Khunwa, UP LCS Tikonia, UP LCS Bhimnagar, Bihar LCS Banbasa, UP LCS Bairgania, Bihar APPENDIX-2 Customs broker Registration Form Information Requirement for filing details for Customs broker Registration Customs broker Master Data (Single record per Customs broker) PAN ORIGINAL POLICY SECTION Customs broker NAME REGISTRATION DATE EXPIRY DATE Customs broker Branch Data (Multiple records per Customs broker possible) PAN BRANCH SL NO. ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 STATE PIN PHONE EMAIL MESSAGE TRANSFER EMAIL* ICEGATE REGISTRATION ID* (* ICEGATE routing-related information) Customs broke....
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.... Bulk License Confessional duty EPCG Scheme. Zero Duty EPCG Scheme. CCP. Import License for restricted items of Imports. Special Import License (SIL). Export License. Advance License for annual requirement. Duty Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC). Drawback (DBK). Jobbing (JBG)/EOU/EPZ/SEZ/EHTP/STP/ Duty free credit Certificate DFIA Drawback and Advance License Drawback and DFRC Drawback and Zero Duty EPCG Drawback and Concessional Duty EPCG Drawback and Pre-Export DEPB Drawback and Post Export DEPB Drawback and JBG Drawback and Diamond Imprest License Drawback and EOU/EPZ/SEZ EPCG and Advance License EPCG and DFRC EPCG and JBG EPCG and Diamond Imprest License EPCG and Replenishment License EPCG and DEPB (Post Exports) EPCG and DEPB (Pre-Exports) EPCG and DFIA EPCG, Drawback and DEEC EPCG, Drawback and DFRC EPCG, Drawback and Jobbing EPCG, Drawback and Diamond Imprest License EPCG, Drawback and DEPB Post Export EPCG, Drawback and DEPB (Pre-Exports) EPCG, Drawback and DFIA 66 66 10 67 ANNEXURES ANNEXURE - A LICENCE DATA ENTRY FROM LICENCE MASTER DETAILS EXIM SCHEME CODE DGFT FILE NO. IN LICENCE EXEMPN NOTFN. NO. BASIS (QV- QTY /VALUE) (FOR ADVANCE LICENCE) DEEC NO / DATE ISSUED BY....
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.... (A) First Check requested : Yes/No (B) Green Channel facility for clearance without examination requested : Yes/No (C) Urgent clearance requested against temporary documentation (Kachcha B/E): Yes/No (D) Extension of time limit requested under Section 48 If yes, reasons for late filing of BE : Yes/No 69 7. Port of Shipment 8. Country of Origin (If same for all goods of the consignment, otherwise declare at the item level at S.No.39) 9. Country of Consignment IGM Details: 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Whether it is Transhipment Cargo (to Sea or ICD): Yes/No Additional information for Transshipment Cargo (at Sea and ICDs) Name of the gateway port Gateway IGM Number (c) Date of entry inwards at gateway port : (a) Import General Manifest (IGM) No./Year (b) Date of entry inward (a) Master Airway Bill (MAWB) No./ Bill of Lading (MBL) No. (b) Date (a) House Airway Bill No. (HAWB)./ House Bill of Lading (HBL) No. (b) Date Marks & Numbers 15. 16. (a) Number of Packages (b) Type of Package 17. (a) Gross Weight (b) Unit of weight 18. Container details, (in case of clearance at ICDs and Sea Ports) wherever applicable Container Number FCL / LCL Seal Number Bond Details: 19. (a) Whether clearance of impo....
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....lties and licence fees (i) Value of proceeds which accrue to seller (j) Cost of warranty services, if any, provided by the seller or on behalf of the seller (k) Other costs or payments, if any, to satisfy the obligation of the seller (I) Other charges and payments, if any Discount, if any If yes, (a) Nature of Discount (b) Rate (%) or amount : : Yes/No Additional charges, if any, for purchase Rate (%) OR Amount (In Rs.) on high seas Any other relevant information which has a bearing on value: Details of SVB loading wherever applicable (at Invoice level): (if same for all goods of the consignment, otherwise declare at the item level at S.No.39) Whether the buyer & seller are related : Yes/No If yes, whether relationship has been examined earlier by SVB : Yes/No If yes, (a) Ref. No (b) Date (c) Custom House (d) Load on : (A) Assessable value (B) Duty (C) Both (e) Loading rate Assessable Value Duty Rate in %age (f) Provisional (P)/ Final (F) 72 Currency 40. 40 Items of Import: A. Detailed Description of Items: (1) Invoice Serial Number: (2) Actual Invoice Number Item S.No Item in Generic Unit Quantity Description Description Price Unit of Accessories, Manufacturer's Quantity if any Na....
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....ms, UNIT PRICE of each item shall be mandatory. DECLARATION: I certify that aforesaid declaration, the documents & the information contained therein is true and correct in all respects. Date: Signature: Name of the Signatory: Name of the Importer / Authorized Customs House Agent: 74 ANNEXURE ‘D' OUT GOING AND INCOMING R.A. DATA ENTRY 1. Advance Licence/EPCG Reg No. 2. Advance Licence/EPCG No........ 3. IC Code No.: 4. Party Name : 5. TRA Quantity: 6. TRA Value: 7. Item Name & S. No. : 8. BG Debit Amount : 9. Bond Debit Amount : 10. RA Issue Port : 11. BE No. : Signature Customs broker/ Importer 75 .Date... .Date..... ANNEXURE ‘E' DIRECTORY OF CODES FOR GOODS NOT LEVIABLE TO EXCISE DUTY UNDER THE CENTRAL EXCISE TARIFF ACT, 1985 CODE DESCRIPTION OF GOODS AD.VAL SPEC. RATE RATE UQC FOR SPEC. RATE A. Goods leviable to excise duty under the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations duties) Act, 1955. 1. Allopathic Medicinal Preparations : (Excise (i) Medicinal preparations containing alcohol which are not capable of being consumed as ordinary alcoholic beverages - 001011 001012 (b) Others (a) Patent or proprietary medicines 20 20 (ii) Medicinal preparation containing which are not c....
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.... SPEC. UQC RATE FOR SPEC. Goods of heading 220590 of Customs Tariff Act-75 002611 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 150 002612 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case 100 002613 Exceeding US $ 40 per case 75 Goods of heading 220600 of Customs Tariff Act- 75 002711 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 150 002712 002713 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case Exceeding US $ 40 per case 100 75 Goods of heading 220820 of Customs Tariff Act- 75 002811 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 150 002812 002813 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case Exceeding US $ 40 per case 100 75 Goods of heading 220830 of Customs Tariff Act- 75 002911 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 150 002912 002913 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case Exceeding US $ 40 per case 100 75 Goods of heading 220840 of Customs Tariff Act- 75 003011 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 150 003012 003013 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case Exceeding US $ 40 per case 100 75 Goods of heading 220850 of Customs Tariff Act- 75 003111 Not exceeding US $ 20 per case 003112 Exceeding US $ 20 but not exceeding US $ 40 per case 150 100 77 RATE 003113 Exceeding US $ 40 per case 75 78 Goods ....
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....Name & Address of Buyer [NA] Not Applicable Yes No Invoice Currency Nature of Contract [1] - FOB [Enter Exchange Rate Particulars in case of Non-Standard Currency at point 26] [2]-CIF [3]-CF [4] - CI 83 33 26 Charges Rate Currency Amount Commission Discount on FOB Rate Packing & Misc. Charges Other Deductions Freight Insurance Whether the Unit [F] - Freight [I] - Insurance 25 [B] - Freight & Insurance [N] - None Price Includes 27 Exchange Rate Details for non-standard Currency Currency Code/Name Unit in Rupees Exchange Rate Effective Bank Name Certificate Date Number Certificate Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 84 28. Item Wise Details (To be provided for each invoice separately) Whether Presen Categor Third Item Sr. RITC Code Description of Goods Accessori es, No. Accountin Schem Quantity Accoun- ting Unit Item Rate No. if any of Units g Unit For Rate t Market Value e Code y, if Party NFEI Export Exports (Y/N) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Note: Column 12 whether third part export: Need to be provided for Scheme Codes involving DBK and DEPB only. For the scheme code involving DEEC, EPCG, Job Work, DFRC etc. system would determine the third party export automatically. 29. Drawback Particulars 30. ....
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....umber Item Serial IE Code Number Name of the Manufacturer Branch Serial Address Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note: If the third party is also a regular exporter, IE Code and branch serial number as registered with DGFT has to be provided. Otherwise, name and address of the manufacturer is to be declared. 39. AR4 Particulars Invoice Serial Serial Item Number AR4 Particulars AR4 Number AR4 Date Commissionearate Range Number Division Remarks 1 2 3 LO 5 91 6 7 8 40. Documents & Releasing Agencies Particulars Document Type Document Description Invoice Number Item Number Agency Code Agency Name Document Name (Q/I/L/C/O) 2 3 41. Quota Allocation Particulars Invoice Serial Number Item Serial Number 5 6 7 Agency Country Allocation Serial Number Code/Year/Region Number/Category/Quota or Non Code/Serial Quota Country/Token #) 1 2 3 Ex. -US/2/24/516690/0237/2/232039 22 92 4 Expiry Date 5 DECLARATION I/We declare that the particulars given herein above are true and correct. I/We enclose herewith the copies of the following documents. (To be submitted with the export goods in the warehouse). -2345 1. GR Declaration 2. DEEC Declaration 3. Invoice 4. Quota/Inspection Certificates Others(Specify) Name of the....
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....e declare that the particulars given herein are and true and correct. Date: broker Signature of the Customs Card No. Goods arrived, verified the number of packages and numbers thereon and found to be as declared. Date: Name and Signature of PO/EO 95 95 ANNEXURE - C1 (EXPORT) OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENTRAL EXCISE DIVISION... RANGE... COMMISSIONERATE.. C.No. Date Shipping Bill No. Date EXAMINATION REPORT FOR FACTORY SEALED PACKAGES/CONTAINER 1. Name of Exporter 2. a) IEC No. b) Branch code c) BIN (PAN based Business identification Number of the exporter 3. Name of the manufacturer (if different from the exporter) 4. Factory address 5. Date of the examination 6. Name& destination of the examining officer-inspector/EO/PO 7. Name & destination of the supervising officer Appraiser/superintendent 8. (a) Name of commissionerate/Division/Range (b) Local Code** 9. Particulars of export invoice (a) Export invoice no. (b) Total No. of packages (c) Name and address of the consignee abroad 10. (a) Is the description of the goods, the quality and their as per the particulars furnished in the export invoice? 11. (b) Whether sample is drawn for being forwarded to port of export? (c) if yes....
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....rect. Signature Exporter/Authorized Representative 100 Annexure H As the facility of Transshipment of goods from an Air Cargo location to another Air Cargo location or to an ICD has beenmade available in ICES 1.5, the said transshipment from Air to Air locations & Air to ICD shall be done electronically on the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) 1.5 application The Salient features of the of the procedure to be followed is given below for the familiarization of Airlines/ Importers/Customs Brokers and the trade. The following types of transshipments are covered in this Public Notice:- (a) From Air Site to Air Site (by Air) (b) From Air Site to Air Site (by Road) (c) From Air Site to ICD Site (by Road) 2. In the transshipment procedure, various processes are to be carried out at the service centre at the Gateway Air Site as well as at Primary at the Gateway Air Site. The following processes have to be carried out in the location of service Gateway Air Site: centre at • Filing of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) request by airline or consol agent Request for cancellation of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) by airline Filing of Transshipment Permit(TP) request by Transshipment Agency (TA)....
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....ustodian which takes custody of cargo from Importing Airline, IGM number and IGM date, list of cargo lines under the IGM which are to be transshipped. This will be specified in terms of Master Airway Bill Number (MAWB) and optionally House Airway Bill number of the (HAWB) respective lines. If all the houses under one Airway Bill are to be transshipped, then individual House Airway Bill Numbers need not be specified. There will be an option in the form to indicate this. However, if only a subset of the Houses under a particular Master Airway Bill is to be transshipped, then the House Airway Bill Numbers are to be individually specified. 4.3 After data entry at the Service Center, the service centre operator will provide a checklist and after confirmation, the request will be submitted. On submission, the system validates the furnished data with the IGM/Consol data already submitted by the importing Airline. In case of invalid or inconsistent IGM/MAWB/HAWB information or any other code mismatch, the CTM request will be rejected in full and a negative acknowledgement will be sent back to the Service Center. In case of successful submission, a positive acknowledgement will be sent. Aft....
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....ites to submit a request for cancellation of Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM), and they are firstly, that the Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) is already approved by Customs and already generated. And secondly, that Transshipment Permit (TP) on any of the corresponding line is not yet processed. 6.3 Request for cancellation of Cargo Transfer Manifest involves Six processing steps, such as, importing airline are the Original Cargo Transfer Manifest filing agency will file Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) Cancellation request at the service centre of the concerned gateway air site, in the cancellation request form, the Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) number and date information is to be furnished, a check list will be generated and after confirmation, the request will be submitted in the service centre. On submission, system validates the furnished data with the Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) data in the ICES primary and if a matching report is found and necessary pre-requisites are met, the cancellation request is accepted by the system and the admitted Cargo Transfer Manifest (CTM) request will show as pending in the queue of the AC/DC Transshipment. 103 7.0 Approval of Cargo Transfer Manifest....
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....n given to the Custodian. b) Bill of Entry for the specified cargo lines has not been filed. c) Transshipment Agency should be registered with ICES Directory Module (Airline Code Directory or Agency Code directory, as per type specified above. d) The Transshipment Agency has registered a running TP Bond with adequate balance. e) The Transshipment Agency has registered a running PLA account for payment of TP fee. 104 8.2 Transshipment Agency shall file TP request for transshipment at the Service Centerof this Commissionerate with the details on the letter head of Transshipment Agency as annexed in Annexure II to this PN. Processing Steps: 1. 2. Transshipment Agency will file request for transshipment at the Service Center of the concerned Gateway Air Site. In the Data Entry form, the following information will be captured: a. Type and Code of the Transshipment Agency (as stated in previous section). b. Destination Site Code: This is the 6-char UNLOCODE of the destination Air or ICD to which the cargo is marked (Eg. INBLR4, INWFD6). c. Gateway Custodian Agency Code: This is the 10-char Custodian Agency Code registered with Customs. It refers to the custodian which is the current cust....
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.... the TP request will be submitted. On submission, the system validates the furnished data with the IGM/Consol/CTM data already available in the system. In case of invalid or inconsistent IGM/MAWB/HAWB information or any other code mismatch, the request will be rejected in full and a negative acknowledgement will be sent back to the Service Center. In case of successful submission, a positive acknowledgement will be sent 9.2 The pre-requisites for filing Transshipment Permit (TP) are as follows: Transshipment Permit Request (TPR) filed already filed in service centre and successfully submitted to ICES. • • Transshipment Permit request is consistent with the corresponding IGM and CTM details. • • Inward entry has already been granted by IFO. Transshipment Agency (TA) must have Transshipment Permit (TP) with sufficient Bond and Bank Guarantee value to cover the current Transshipment request. • Transshipment Agency also has to open a PLA account to pay for the Transshipment Permit Fee to Customs (TP). 9.3 System will find the registered Bond and PLA Account of the Applicant Agencies as registered with the system. System will calculate Bond/Bank Guarantee V....
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....tion (TPC) request through EDI message mode. The application format is givenasANNEXURE-II 10.2 Request for cancellation of Transshipment Permit (TP) can be permitted on satisfying the following 3 Pre-requisites. Firstly, that Transshipment Permit (TP) is already approved by customs, and Transshipment Permit No. (TP) already generated; secondly that corresponding lines not at processed in the destination site and lastly that AC /DC Transshipment (ACT) has allowed the cancellation request of the plain paper application. 10.3 Various processing steps have to be followed while considering the request for cancellation of Transshipment Permit (TP). The Transshipment Agency (TA), (which had earlier applied for the TP) can file Transshipment Permit Cancellation Request (TP) at the service centre of the concern Gateway Air Site. In the cancellation request Form, the Transshipment Permit number and date information are to be furnished. A check list will be generated and after confirmation, the request will be submitted. There will be direct submission of the request from service centre to primary. On submission, system will validate a furnished data with the Transshipment Permit (TP) data in....
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....purpose of the process of post Transshipment Permit (TP) cargo loading report at Gateway Site is to record actual loading of Cargo on the trucks for onward Transshipment to destination site. This process is carried out in the ICES system by the Preventive Officer (PO) based on Transshipment Permit (TP) already approved by the AC/DC Transshipment (ACT). This facility will be made available through terminals provided at the premise of the Gateway custodian/Exit Gate of Customs where bonded trucks are loaded and sealed. This process is applicable only for the cargo being transported by truck or by Air. 108 12.2 The pre-requisites for Post Transshipment Permit (PTP) cargo loading, reported Gateway Site, firstly that Transshipment Permit (TP) has already been granted by ACT at the Gateway Air Site; and Secondly that the Cargo has been physically loaded on bonded truck and sealed in presence of the Customs Preventive officer at the Gateway Air Site are the Cargo has been loaded on the Air Craft for delivery to the domestic air site only the Flight number and date for the domestic carrier need to be recorded. No seal number or truck number is required for Air leg. 12.3 For post Transshipm....
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....at the destination site 4. Custodian has presented a signed copy of the list of packages / packets received line-wise. It is assumed that the custodian will furnish the arrival list of cargo after necessary segregation of cargo. For Gate-In process at the Destination Air/ICD Site, the following processing steps have to be followed. 2. The local Custodian will approach the Proper Officer assigned for Gate-in entry with a signed Cargo Arrival Report (which may contain cargo for one or multiple TPs). 3. The following parameters will be provided (as per ANNEXURE III): a. Gateway Site Code b. TP No. and Date c. Mode of Transport (Air/Road) d. Truck No. and Seal No. (in case of Road Transport)/Flight No. and date of arrival for air. e. Line No. (MAWB/HAWB No.) [list of lines] f. No. of packets received for each line g. Condition of packets received (Intact/Damaged) for each line 4. A form will be provided to the Customs Gate-in Officer to feed the information (in both Air and ICD sites). 5. On furnishing the TP Number and Date, system will show the list of lines along with no. of packets and other information. The Gate-in Officer will simply accept or disallow the line-wise number of pac....