TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Manual filing and processing of bills of entry / shipping bills - regarding
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.... Director Generals under CBEC Sir/ Madam, Subject: Manual filing and processing of bills of entry / shipping bills - regarding I am directed to invite attention to Board's instructions of even no. dated 04.05.2011 read with Corrigendum dated 12.05.2011 and instruction dated 07.04.2011 on the subject mentioned above. It has been reiterated by the Board that manual bill of entry shall be allowed to be filed in EDI locations only in exceptional and genuine cases where permitted by the Principal Commissioner/ Commissioner of Customs strictly in accordance with the legal provisions. 2. The Principal Commissioner/ Commissioner of Customs is required to issue suitable public notice specifying the exceptional and r....
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.... e) Port of Destination f) Customs Site g) IGM No. h) IGM Date i) Master BL/AWB j) House BL/AWB k) GSTN No. l) Assessment Group In certain cases, where IGM details are not applicable (such as Domestication of Containers), a separate entry option has been provided for the same. Once a Job number is assigned by the system, the IGM details (where applicable) are matched and linked with the cargo declared in BE. b. The declaration with the job number shall then move to the Assistant Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner of the concerned group who may approve the job in the Role of ACL in ICES after recording the reasons f....
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....ner or Assistant Commissioner, Noting Section, may ensure that post clearance of goods, the complete details have been entered in the ICES 1.5 on the date the OOC is given, and not later than the next day in case of adequate reason. Commissioners' Chief Commissioners are advised to prescribe a procedure to ensure that the post-clearance updation is monitored on a regular basis. This procedure would facilitate forwarding the Manual BE details in a timely manner to various integration partners such as GSTN, DGCI&S, RBI, DGFT etc. h. No BE at any EDI location shall be filed with a BE number other than the running number generated by the system. 4. The process shall be implemented from 15.06.2017 for all EDI formatio....
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....ted on account of manual documentation as well as of casual manner in which this facility is being extended, which is prone to be detrimental to revenue. Accordingly, to redress the issue it has been decided that manual processing and clearance of import/export goods shall be allowed only in exceptional and genuine cases when it is not feasible to process the import/export documents through EDI. Further, in accordance with Sections 46 and 50 of the Customs Act, 1962, this authority shall be exercised only by the Commissioner of Customs. It is reiterated that the facility of manual processing of import/exports documents shall be provided as an exception to the rule of EDI processing and whenever granted it shall be withdrawn no sooner EDI pr....
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....or which manual processing is allowed on a regular basis according to public notices and standing orders issued in this regard. 2. The matter has been examined in the Board. In order to redress the issue, it has been decided that only in the rarest of rare and genuine cases manual processing and clearance will be allowed and data for manual documents is compulsorily entered and transmitted at all locations within the stipulated time period. 3. The Board has taken a serious note of the cases of misuse detected on account of manual documentation as well as of casual manner in which this facility is being extended, which is prone to be detrimental to revenue. Accordingly, to redress the issue it has been decided that manual process....