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Public Notice No. 16/2017/CCP/JMR Sub: Launch of Indian Customs EDI System- (ICES 1.5) for Imports and Exports, at SIKKA PORT (INSIKI) - reg.
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.... others concerned that computerized processing of Bills of Entry under the EDI system will commence from 26/5/17 at Port of SIKKA. The SIKKA Port (INSIK1) is notified as a Port vide Notification No. 62/1994-Customs (N.T) dated 21.11.1994 under section 7 of Customs Act, 1962 IMPORTS 1. Under the EDI System, the Bill of Entry shall be filed electronically and shall be processed online in an automated computerized environment. Certain declarations and certificates, etc., in original, wherever required shall continue to be attached with the assessed copy of the Bill of Entry when the same is presented in the Import Shed for the clearance of goods. The requisite documents also can be called for by the Appraising Group, if required, while acting on the Bills of Entry. There are certain pre- requisites for filing the electronic declarations which are required to be complied with before filing the Bill of Entry. 1.1 (i) Registration of IE-Code of the Importer IE-Code is being issued to the importers by DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to the Indian Customs EDI-System (ICES) on a daily basis. ICES automatically registe....
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....value of goods, freight, insurance, commission, etc., codes specified against the respective currencies indicated in the list of currency codes appended with this Public Notice should only be used. Incorrect code will result in incorrect conversion of Indian Rupees. List of Currency Codes attached as Appendix 4. 1.6 Units of Measurement Codes Against any quantity of goods, appropriate Code indicated against the respective measurement in the list appended with this Public Notice should only be used in the Bill of Entry and IGM, as the case may be .It is further informed that if UQCs, other than the Standard UQCs of the customs tariff are used, the B/E may not get any facilitation in RMS. Reference is also invited to the CBEC Circular No. 26/2013 -Customs, dated 10/07/2013 where adherence to Standard Unit Quantity Codes as prescribed in the 1.8 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 the 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 ....
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....ill of Entry (for block of five items): Rs.20 (iv) Amendments fee to Shipping Bill (for block of five items): Rs. 10 (v) Amendment fee - Each Additional block of five items: Rs. 10 (vi) Amendment fee - Other documents: Rs.10. (vii) Printing Check list: Rs.10. Note 1: The above charges are excluding Service Tax. The vendor shall collect the service tax from trade at the prevailing rates and shall make the payment of the Service Tax to the Govt. exchequer. Note 2:-The above charges include data entry of the documents, check list printing and print out of the assessed document and out charge. The check list will be provided free of charge till they are certified to be free of mistake by the customer. However, in cases where the customer wants to incorporate corrections in the original declarations provided by him, check list will be provided at an additional cost of Rs 10. Any check list in respect of remote filing of the Bill of Entry will cost Rs. 10. 2 Filing of IGM / Consol Manifest The Shipping lines or other persons as envisaged under Section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 shall submit the Import General Manifest (IGM)/Consol Manifest....
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....exure „C“ only if it finds that the SMTP No. and Bill of Lading matches the corresponding line number of the IGM. The system will accept only one declaration against a line number. If the declaration is not accepted, the Customs Broker/ importer should verify the particulars. (ii) Once the IGM is filed in the Customs Computer System, whenever a Bill of Entry pertaining to any line in the said IGM is filed, the system will cross verify the details of IGM No., the Bill of Lading, etc., and the Bill of Entry would be accepted only if the relevant particulars match with those in the IGM. If any Bill of Entry is not accepted by the system, the importers/Customs Brokers should verify whether the IGM Nos. or the Bill of Lading 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 the items in the second invoice. (iv) If the particulars of classification....
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.... Authorities periodically. 3.2 Remote filing through ICEGATE The Customs brokers/Importers having internet facility in their offices can file electronic Bill of Entry from their premises. They have also been facilitated by providing 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, shipping 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 br....
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.... 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, 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 the importer for further clarification/information. The Query on approval by the concerned AC/DC shall be transmitted to the importer for online reply. Such a Bill of Entry on which query has been r....
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.... (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 examination of goods in the system. For seeking first check examination order, the Customs Broker/Importer shall exercise the relevant option at data entry stage, the appropriate column of Annexure C format should be flagged "Y". The assessing officer shall accordingly give examination order on the system which documents necessary for assessment to the concerned Group Appraiser/Superintendent. The Assessing Officer, if satisfied, shall complete the assessment of B/E in the system. After assessment, the Bill of Entry shall move in the system as in the case of second check assessment. The Customs Broker/Importer shall take print of assessed copy of the Bill of Entry and TR-6 challan and shall deposit duty amount with the designated bank. 4.4 Audit After completion of assessment from the Assessing Officer, the B/E will be moved to the Auditors screen electronically for doing concurrent audit. The audit officer will check all the details ....
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....First Check Bill of Entry, after assessment in the case of duty free import where duty assessed is zero and after payment of duty assessed with interest(if any) in case of second check Bill of Entry, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Examination section for goods registration. (i) The Customs Broker/Importer shall present the documents, as per the list below, (the documents should be arranged in a file cover in the following order):- a) Assessed copy of Bill of Entry b) Copy of Delivery Order& Bill of Lading c) Invoice in original d) Packing List in original e) Certificate of origin, in original, if required. f) Exemption Certificate, original, if the notification so requires. g) Copy of the Bond or undertaking executed, if any. h) GATT declaration duly signed by the importer. i) Technical literature, if required. j) License, in original, and a photocopy of the license. k) Any other document/ certificate necessary for the clearance of goods. Note: The list of documents from S.No (e) to (k) is not a mandatory requirement and may be required on case to case bases. As a measure of simplification the CBEC vides its Circular ....
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.... of Entry retained by the Shed Appraiser/Supdt. The importer shall present the remaining two copies of the order of clearance to the Custodian along with the importer"s copy of the, Bill of Entry. The custodian shall issue the Gate Pass after verification of the correctness of Bill of Lading and number of packages, etc. At this stage, one copy of the order of clearance shall be returned to the importer/Customs Broker after enclosing the Gate Pass No. and date on the same. The Importer/Customs Broker will present the Importer"s copy of the order of clearance to the Customs officer at the Gate along with importer's copy of the Bill of Entry and the Custodian's Gate Pass. After inspecting the packages, the order of clearance copy will be retained by the Gate officer after endorsing number of packages cleared against the order and the copies of the Bills of Entry and Gate Pass shall be returned to the importers. 6.7 The Customs copies of the Bills of Entry shall be arranged in the order of Serial Number of the order of clearance and shall be preserved in the Import Shed for 7 days to take care of part deliveries. After seven days, the Bill o....
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....ond, etc. 11.1 Imports under DEPB Scheme DEPB Licenses shall be electronically transmitted by DGFT to the Customs system after the Shipping Bills get transmitted online to DGFT from the Custom. Such DEPB licenses shall automatically be registered in the ICES and can be utilized for debit against a Bill of Entry after approval by the Proper officer in the system. If the DEPB license has already been partially utilized, the same shall be registered in the system only for the balance Credit and FOB of exports available for further utilization 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 the DGFT shall be produced to the officer designated by Asstt/Dy. Commissioner in the 11.3 Registration of DEPB (i) Before claiming exemption under DEPB Exemption Notification 034/97-Cus., dated 7.04.1997 against a DEPB, the license in questi....
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....(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 vetem through the menu rolating to transfer release. 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 available, the System will print a check list of TRA. The check list shall be verified by the DEPB holder. If the particulars are correct the check list will be signed by the DEPB holder and returned to the proper officer who will exercise the option for issue of TRA in the System. The System shall generate three copies of the Release Advice titled as: (iv) 1. Customs copy for port of issue (office copy), ....
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....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/Customs Brokers should check the details of DEPB No. carefully to ensure that only that DEPB would be debited which he intended to do so. If the entries are correct, the checklist may be returned to the data entry operator for submission of B/E in the System. Errors, if any, noticed may be got corrected by the data entry operator. 11.8 Submission of B/E On submission of the B/E in the System, an UN-ASSESSED copy of the B/E will be printed by the System containing statement of debit of DEPB for export FOB and duty amount in respect of each item of an invoice for which exemption is claimed against DEPB. 11.9 Assessment of B/E (i) The un-assessed copy of the B/E along with all the original import documents and all the DEPB license/scripts in original indicating total amount of duty credit and export FOB utilized, in the debit sheet attached to the scrips, should be presented to the import Appraiser/Superintendent for assess....
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....rgone due to exemption under DEPB and the CIF of goods imported being cleared against DEPB will be computed manually in respect of each DEPB scrip. (ii) The designated officer in the assessing group will debit the original DEPB. He will also enter the amount of duty foregone and the CIF of the exempted goods in the System, in the respective field of duty credit and export FOB. The debit screen can be accessed through the DEPB Registration Number. After debiting, the System will print the statement of debits of the DEPB in triplicate. The copies of this print will be attached with the manual B/E, DEPB file and DEPB scrip. Importers are therefore required to register the DEPB license even when clearances are sought against manually assessed B/E 12. Processing of B/E under Other Export Promotion Schemes Requiring Import License Bills of Entry relating to Export Promotion Schemes like DEEC/ADVANCE AUTHORISATION, DFRC/DFIA, EPCG, REP, etc. which require import license for availing benefits of exemption notifications will be processed under ICES 1.5. The procedure mentioned below will be followed: 12.1 Registration of License (i) Before ....
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....the same after registration. 12.2 Acceptance & Debit of Bonds (i) Where the export obligation has not been fulfilled and option „N" has been entered in the field „Exp. Obligation:" the system will ask for entry of Bond number. Therefore, if export obligation has not been fulfilled, the respective category of Bond should be registered before the registration of license / RA. (ii) The Bond registered against a license / RA will be utilized only in respect of the clearances against that license and at the time of filing B/E electronically, the Bond will automatically be debited by the system for the amount of duty foregone. Bond types for export promotion schemes are as under: Scheme Bond type EPCG EC DEEC DE DFRC DE REPL DE 12.3 Registration of incoming Transfer Release Advice (TRA) 12.4 Submission of License/TRA in the system The license/ TRA holder will present the check list of the license/TRA along with the original documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered in the system with the original license/TRA. After satisfying himself with its correctness, Officer wil....
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....dger of face value and item wise value & quantity. Item No. „,0" has been created for spare parts against EPCG license. 20% of the CIF of the goods debited to a license will be credited by the system as value permissible for the import of spares under exemption notification against the EPCG license. This value of spares will be within the total face value of the license, i.e., the sum of value of all IL 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. License status code at the time of registration will be „,0". The license, if suspended or cancelled after registration, the officer shall amend the status code to 2, 3 and 4 for cancellation, suspension and re-instatement respectively. 12.9 Filing of Bill of Entry (i) License 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 the same as per the license. In case the unit of measurement in the invoice ....
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....atisfied about the eligibility of exemption under related notification and the license 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 license 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 duty- paying challan if duty is payable and statement of debit of license for value/ qty and debit of Bond for duty foregone in respect of each item. The figures of these debits should be endorsed on the hard copy of the license. 12.12 Examination/Out of Charge Procedure for goods registration, examination, out of charge and printin....
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.... NONE. The data entry operator shall enter the related option „Y" or "C" and enter the details of the Bond or the certificate, as the case may be, in the respective field in the system. (iii) In the field of claim of assessment, normal details shall be indicated. However, in the fields of "Additional information for claiming benefits under specified exemption schemes", in Col. (I) the prescribed Exim code for the relevant scheme related to imports like EOU/STP/EHTP would be required to be indicated. The Exim codes for the various schemes have already been notified in the Handbook of Procedures issued by the DGFT in column No 2.The relevant applicable exemption notification No./Year with SI.No. of item in the notifications is required to be indicated against the respective 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....
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....ment, the Bill of Entry shall be put to Bond queue for execution / debiting of Bond. Where any duty amount has been assessed, the duty shall be deposited in the bank as usual. Unless the Bond Officer completes the action of 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 dated 01.04.97, 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 the benefit under the 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 documen....
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....anged if, so required. On completion of data entry, a check list will be generated by TL noure that the details. 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 the B/E with respect to debit of Bond amount and other details. 15.4 Printing of Assessed B/E and Duty Paying Challan After the B/E has been assessed by the Appraising Officer, the Assessed copy of the B/E and duty paying challan will be available for printing at service center. The same should be obtained by the Importers/ Customs Brokers from the service center operator. 15.5 Payment of Duty Duty will be paid at the designated bank against a challan of Ex-Bond B/E in the same manner as in the case of a Home consumption B/E including e-payment. 15.6 Order of Clearance of Goods for Home Consumption (i) After payment of duty and completing any other requirement of debiting of Bond, license, etc. the assessed Ex-Bond B/E along with all ....
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....item in the notification which require execution of end use Bond, undertaking or re-export Bond for availing exemption. Exemption under such notification will not be permitted by the system if the respective Bond/undertaking number has not been entered at the time of data entry of B/E. Therefore, all the importers who are claiming benefits of such exemption notifications should get respective Bond accepted and registered in the system as continuity Bond of that category in respect of each notification separately. The Bond registered for one notification cannot be utilized for another notification. Bond Codes for the types Bond are as under Bond type Bond code End use Bond EU Undertaking UT Re-export Bond RE 17. Certificate from CEX Authorities (i) Where the exemption notification provides for production of a certificate from the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities in terms of the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996, the same should also be registered in the system. For this purpose, the certificate obtained from the central excise office sh....
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....nue to be used if there is a balance in Bond amount and validity period has not expired. All the documents on the basis of which the items are closed and the Bond is cancelled will be kept in the related Bond file for the purposes of record. 20 (i) Assessment of Goods under Chapter 55 of Customs Tariff In case of goods of aforesaid Chapter, under certain sub-headings where the duty of Customs under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is chargeable on the basis of value or weight in Kgs. or area in SQM of the textile fabrics covered under the said sub-headings and the duty chargeable will be the highest among the duties so determined on the basis of above mentioned three parameters. It is therefore, necessary to capture qty. in Kgs. and also the qty. in SQM in addition to the value of such goods. Provision has been made in the system to enter qty in Kgs. and qty in SQM in respect of above sub-headings. The system will calculate duty on value, on Kgs. & on SQM and will determine the highest among the three amounts. The highest amount will be taken for levy of duty. 40 B.1 of Annexure C may be filled up accordingly. (ii....
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....bmitted. After submission, the job shall be forwarded to designated AC/DC to accept the Bond. The importer shall present the original Bond documents to the respective designated AC / DC for acceptance. (iii) The AC/DC shall observe all the instructions regarding acceptance of Bond issued by the Board / Commissionerate from time to time after satisfying that the documents submitted are in order & acceptable. The AC/DC shall retrieve the Bond details on screen by entering the job no., view the entries made in the system. If the information in the system match with the documents & conditions for acceptance of the Bonds are satisfied, the AC / DC may accept the Bond in the system. The AC/DC can also make corrections in the system if so required. After acceptance of the Bond by AC / DC, the Bond documents shall be taken by the Bond officer / Bond clerk. The Bond officer/ Bond clerk after receipt of the Bond / BG / Security, etc., shall enter in the system location of Bond storage where the Bond documents have to be physically stored. At this stage, the system will generate the Bond registration number. This registration number has to be endorsed....
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....d is more than the credit balance in the Bond and BG Ledgers, the system will not allow debit and the AC/DC has to raise a query to the Importer for filing fresh Bond/BG. The system will not allow goods registration and out of charge, if the debit entries not made against the B/E in the Bond and BG Ledgers. Bond re-credits AC/DC has the option to re-credit value after finalization of assessment. Following entries will be made in the Bond and BG ledgers; -Date of credit - B/E No. and Date - Amount credited - 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 ....
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.... guarantee. The duty, if any, assessed shall be deposited with the 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 finalize the assessments of provisionally assessed Bills of Entry by the group Appraiser and AC/DC. 22. High Sea Sales Consignments (i) This category would cover all imports where the goods have been transferred by the original importer by sale or otherwise before their clearance from Customs. The EDI system has been designed to provide for both the options....
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.... relevant column should be filled(Y/N). If yes following particulars should be furnished. Invoice S No Item Sr No. -No. ------- Description No. of Units Retail Sale Price "1 (with specifications) Rs. Per unit......" (iii) The importers/Customs Brokers 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 and which are notified under a notification issued under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. It would be advisable to specify these details at Serial No...... (Claim of assessment)for each pack size of the imported item. For example, if tooth paste is imported in sizes of 50 gms, 100 gms. and 150 gms. it is suggested that these be noted as three separate entries in the aforesaid Serial No. (Claim to assessment) since they would be having three separate retail prices. Each article, which has different characters, specification including the difference in size of packing should be declared as separate items in the Bill of Entry with a separate unit retail sale price. (iv) The retail sale ....
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....garding the same so that Provisional Bills of entry pending there for finalization can be finalized at the earliest. In case importers declare in Annexure 2 SVB inquiries shall be initiated in pursuance of Circular No. 5/2016 dated 09/02/2016 by serving upon the importers questionnaire at Annexure A and B attached to the said Circular no. 05/2016. If Extra Duty Deposit (EDD) is being obtained in such cases the same shall be reviewed and the sequence provided in Para 3.2 of the said Circular No. 05/2016. All SVB investigations (other than renewal) where EDD is being obtained are required to be reviewed in terms of the said Para 3.2 of Circular no. 5/2016. In cases where the importers have provided all the requisite documents, EDD should be dispensed forthwith. In cases where EDD is enhanced to 5%, due to non-submission of the documents/information by the importers, for any SVB inquiry the immediate recourse to the appropriate provisions of the Customs Act will be taken by Commissioner for obtaining the documents and dispense the EDD accordingly. 25. Anti-Dumping Duty (i) Notification Directory A directory of the notifications issued by....
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....per unit of measurement of quantity whereas in the case of anti- dumping duty it will be rate of duty. The rates of value are applicable to imports from all countries and all suppliers in respect of goods specified therein, the S.No. of item in the notification and system directory is the same. (ii) Filing of Bill of Entry The importers are required to declare the Tariff value notification number and S.No. of item in the notification applicable to the goods in question. For the purpose of data entry in the system, the details of Tariff Value should be indicated in Column (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 27 Assessment of Bill of Entry The tariff value is itself the assessable value, therefore, invoice value will be ignored by the system and the duty would be calculated on the basis of tariff value. If the Tariff value is in any foreign currency, the same would be converted into Indian rupees on t....
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....rtificates, etc., that are required to be provided in hard copy should be attached with the export documents when the goods are presented for export. The following pre-requisites are to be complied with before filing shipping bills: 3.11E-Code of the exporters-Import Export (IE) Codes are being issued to the exporters by the DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to ICES on a daily basis. ICES automatically registers 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 the DGFT, as to whether their IE Code has already been transmitted to ICES. If their IE Code has not been transmitted to ICES by the DGFT, they should first get the same transmitted from the DGFT, failing which the exporter shall not be able to file the 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....
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....f 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 the 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 appropriate Code of the country as indicated in the list of country codes appended to this Public Notice have to be used. Appendix 6 3.11 Port Codes: An appropriate port code must be....
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....ors shall carefully enter the data on the basis of declarations (Duly filled forms of Annexure A) made by the Customs Broker/Exporters. After completion of data entry, a checklist of the data entered by the operator will be printed by the Data Entry Operator and handed over to the Exporters/Customs Broker for confirming the correctness of the electronic declaration. The Customs Broker/Exporter will make corrections, if any, in the checklist and return the same to the operator duly signed. The operator shall make the corresponding corrections in the data and shall submit the Shipping Bill. The operator shall not make any amendment after generation of the checklist and before submission in the system unless the corrections made by the Customs Broker/Exporters are clearly indicated on the checklist against the respective fields and are signed by Customs Broker/Exporter. 4.5 The system automatically generates the Shipping Bill number. The operator shall endorse this Shipping Bill number on the checklist in clear and bold figures. It should be noted that no copy of the Shipping Bill would be available at this stage. This check list endorsed with....
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..... PROCEDURE FOR GR-1 5.1 As per the procedure in EDI, there would be no GR-1 nor SDF. Only in the case of Shipping Bills processed manually, the existing arrangement of filing GR 1 forms would continue. 6 ARRIVAL OF GOODS AT EXPORT EXAMINATION SHEDS IN PORT. 6.1 In respect of goods intended to be exported against an electronic Shipping Bill, the SIKKA Port will permit entry of the goods on the strength of the checklist. 6.2 If at any stage subsequent to the entry of goods at SIKKA Port, it is noticed that the declaration has not been registered in the system, the Exporters and Customs İ. Duty free S/B for FOB value above Rs.10 lakh ii. iii. Free Trade Sample S/B for FOB value above Rs.25,000 Drawback S/B where the drawback exceeds Rs. one lakh 7.2 The following categories of Shipping Bills shall be processed by the Appraiser/Supdt. (Export Assessment) first and then by the Asstt./Deputy Commissioner: į. DEEC ii. DFIA iii. EOU iv. EPCG 7.3 V. Any other Exim Scheme if so required Apart from verifying the value and other particulars for assessment, the AO/Supdt and AC/DC may call for the....
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.... the screen carefully and assess the SB in compliance of the RMS instructions. Officers shall enter the reasons in the Departmental Comments if any of the RMS instructions are not followed. The officer need not limit his scrutiny to the strict confines of RMS instructions. The officer has the freedom to go beyond the instructions and scrutinize other sensitive aspects of the SB which are not referred to in RMS instructions. Whenever the Officer assessing the SB feels that any specific RMS instruction is not in tune with the declaration in the SB, he/she should enter a detailed comment in the departmental comments and proceed to take decision as per law. The Risk Management System will also provide to the officers a category of instructions termed Compulsory Compliance Requirements (CCRs). This term refers to compliance requirements that have to be mandatorily fulfilled such as Minimum Export Price (MEP) and clearance from the Other Governmental Departments (OGDs) like Drug Control authorities, Inspection Agencies, Narcotics Commissioner and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers etc. It may be noted that while all efforts have been made to ....
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....ding critical parameters like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc., which may have a direct bearing on valuation, benefits under Export Promotion schemes and classification etc. The examination of the goods and Let Export Order (LEO) shall be completed by the officers, only after ensuring that the compulsory compliance requirements (CCRs) mentioned in the RMS instructions are duly complied with. Whenever the Officers examining the cargo feel that the CCRs figuring on their screen are not applicable to any specific SB/ item, they must enter a departmental comment in the SB in the EDI specifying the reasons thereof before giving clearance. It is also clarified that officers in the shed may examine a consignment even if it is facilitated and directly selected for LEO by the RMS, if they have a valid reason for doing so. However, such examination should be done only after prior approval of the Commissioner or an officer authorised by him for this purpose, who shall not be below the rank of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and after recording the reasons for the same. A brief rema....
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.... all the existing instructions /Standing Orders on the subject. In this regard, attention is invited to Standing Order No. 18/2013 dated 13.12.2013 and Public Notice No. 42/2013 dated 13.12.2013 issued by this office. The instructions contained therein are required to be followed scrupulously. Additional information, wherever required may be sought from the exporters. However, frivolous and piece-meal queries should be avoided and the query should be detailed and covering all aspects. The Additional/Joint Commissioners in-charge of Export shall monitor the queries closely. (viii) Recall of facilitated Shipping Bills: Recall of SB and subsequent reassessment of the facilitated Shipping Bills (where no assessment and no examination are prescribed by the RMS), contrary to RMS instructions, should be avoided as a matter of routine. However, under extraordinary circumstances or on the request of the Exporter/CHA, the AC/DC in- charge shall take written approval of the Commissioner or an officer not below the rank of Additional/Joint Commissioner authorized by him before recalling a SB and the details of the same shall be recorded as departmen....
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.... "Let Export" order for the shipment and inform the exporter. The Appraiser / Supdt. would retain the checklist, the declaration and all original documents with him. 8.4 In case of any variation between the declaration in S/B and the documents or physical examination report, the Appraiser / Supdt. will mark the electronic S/B to AC/DC Exports. He will also forward the documents to AC / DC and advise the exporters to meet the AC / DC for further action regarding the discrepancy. In case the Exporter agrees with the views of the Department, the S/B would be processed finally. Where the exporter is not in agreement with the views of the Department, the matter would be handled outside the EDI system. 9. PROCEDURE IN CASE OF CONTAINERS STUFFED OUTSIDE PORT AREA 9.1 Containers stuffed in factories would enter the ICD/CFS on the basis of the checklist. Customs will verify the seal on each container and make an endorsement on the checklist and Annexure C. Thereafter, the exporter would present the Invoice, Annexure C and the checklist along with all the original documents such as, Packing list, ARE-1, etc., to the designated Customs officer w....
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.... of Customs orders for samples to be drawn and tested, the Examining Officers will proceed to draw two samples from the consignment and enter the particulars thereof along with name of the testing agency in the system. Record of samples shall be maintained in the System Therefore, no separate registers 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 access 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 doub....
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....ed 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 computerised processing of Drawback claims under the Indian Customs EDI System-Exports will be applicable for all exports through SIKKA Port. 20.2 The exporters who intend to export the goods through SIKKA Port under claim for Drawback are advised to open their account with the bank as stated in Para 3.5 above. This is required to be done to enable direct credit of the Drawback amount to the exporter's account, as no cheques would be issued for payment of drawback. The exporters are required to indicate their account number opened with the Bank. It would not be possible to accept any shipment for export under claim for Drawback in case the account number of the exporter is not....
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....n addition to the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address in the prescribed format (As per the Annexure F to this Public Notice). The IFS Code No. can be obtained by the exporter from his bank branch. b) At the time of registration of the bank account with the Customs authorities the exporter will be required to produce a certificate from the bank branch, where he operates his bank account, certifying the correctness of the IFS code and bank account number of the exporter and a copy of the same shall also be submitted to the authorized bank branch at the EDI location. c) Whenever there is a change in the exporter"s bank account number the same procedure is required to be followed by the exporter for fresh registration of new bank account number. d) State Bank of India, Lal Bunglow branch, Jamnagar, is authorized for disbursement of drawback amount online. 20.9 Supplementary Drawback Claims: If the drawback amount initially paid is less then entitlement the exporter can file application for supplementary claim for additional amount. For such claims after approval of sanction of supplementary claim on file by the (....
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....update the record and after taking into account the payments already made, finalise the claim in terms of the AIR provisions. (v) It may be noted that only the first drawback amount processed through the EDI system is electronically validated with respect to Rule 8A of Drawback Rules, 1995. Therefore, wherever there is any subsequent EDI processing on basis of the AIR, this validation must be enforced by the Customs officer for the total drawback amount against relevant tariff item. (vi) For shipping bills filed before 23.11.2015, the exporters opting for claim of brand rate under rule 7 of the Drawback Rules, 1995 would, as before, have declared the figure "9801" as an identifier in the shipping bill under the Drawback details. In such cases, if the Let Export Order date is to be on or after 23.11.2015, the exporter shall be facilitated to amend, prior to the actual LEO, the identifier along the lines mentioned in item 2 above. However, even if the LEO occurs on or after 23.11.2015 without such 20.11 Special Advance Authorisation Scheme: i) To give effect to the Special Advance Authorisation Scheme, the Notification No. 45/2016-Customs ....
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....ed and stamped by the Examining Officer and Supervising Officer at the factory. The export invoice shall also be signed and stamped by both the officers at the factory. Thereafter the goods shall be brought to the concerned Customs Warehouse for the purpose of clearance and subsequent "Let Export". The Exporters / Customs Broker shall present the goods for registration along with Examination Report in Annexure 'C1', ARE-1, Export Invoice duly signed by the Examining Officer and Supervising Officer at the factory, check list, declaration in form Annexure 'A', Annexure 'C1' and other documents EPCG licenses 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 licenses under DES. Accordingly DGFT would transmit the messages relating to File Numbers so generated by them to Customs so as to enable Customs to....
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....d 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./ designated officer for data entry. A print out of the relevant particulars (Checklist) entered will be given to the Exporter/Customs Broker. The EPCG/ DES would need to be presented to the Appraiser/ Supt, who would verify the particulars entered in the computer with the original EPCG/DES and register &verify the same in the EDI system. The Registration No. of the EPCG/DES would be furnished to the Exporter/Customs Broker, which would need to be mentioned on the declaration forms (Annexure D) at this port for export of goods. It would not be necessary thereafter for the Exporter/Customs Broker to produce the original EPCG/DES for processing of the export declarations. 22.7 All the export declarations for EPCG/DES would be processed on the system by the Appraiser/Supdt., Export Department and the AC/DC Exports. After the decl....
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....icity generation and duties and charges on purchase of grid power, as accumulated through the stages of production from yarn to finished garments. There is no need for separate application or supporting documents except for making a specific choice in the Shipping bill. The rebate amount would be credited into the Exporter"s A/C mentioned for drawback automatically after processing. The ROSL scheme is not mandatory for an exporter. Therefore, an exporter has to make a conscious choice to opt for the ROSL scheme by making a claim for rebate in acceptance of terms and conditions of the ROSL scheme (including under the aforementioned Circular) along with a declaration of eligibility for the rate and rebate. OPTING FOR ROSL SCHEME: The claim cum declaration of eligibility has to be made by the exporter by using specified scheme codes for drawback exports, at the item level. The options in permutation with the ROSL Scheme are being provided with separate scheme-codes as listed below: Scheme Code 60 61 64 65 Description Drawback and ROSL EPCG, Drawback and ROSL Drawback, Spl AA (4.04A) and ROSL EPCG, Drawback, Spl AA....
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....hould be issued for guidance of the trade and officers in this regard. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of this Directorate at ([email protected]). 26. Filing of EGM The shipping bills shall be finally closed on receipt of Train Summary from the Custodian of ICD. The Custodian should transmit the Truck/Train Summary of the containers moved out of ICD to gateway port. The final EGM shall be filed by Shipping lines at the gateway port. 27. Monitoring of foreign exchange realization: a. The exporters filing Shipping Bills (S/Bs) under drawback shall furnish a declaration to the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (Drawback) account. A Performa for furnishing such negative statement was enclosed as Annexure to the Board Circular 5/2009 dated 2.2.2009 (available at www.cbec.gov.in). Further, the exporters also have the option of giving a BRC from the concerned authorized dealer(s). d. Such certificates shall be furnished by the exporters on a 6 monthly basis in respect of exports which have become due for realization in the previous 6 months. For example, for the six-monthly period of January- June 2013 (d....
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....es, the officer may choose option (1) and enter the order no./challan no. and date and also the no. and date of all shipping Bills for which the drawback has been. should be registered with ICES 1.5. Details of the process of registration in ICES 1.5 are being shared for providing clarity to officers and stake holders. 29.1 Registration of Bank Account The S.T Refund Scheme will be similar to drawback scheme. STR amount processed under the ICES will be disbursed through the branch of the authorized bank at each customs location. The STR amount in respect of individual exporters will be credited directly to the bank account of the exporter, in the authorized bank branch at a Custom location or to any core banking enabled banking account of the exporter, in any branch/bank anywhere in the country (through the NEFT/RTGS). For this purpose, the exporters are required to register with Customs, the Indian Financial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch in which exporter wishes to receive the STR amount, the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address, using „Annexure-A" enclosed with Board's circular. The procedure for re....
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....of Post-registration processing of ST Refund in ICES 1.5. as follows: Salient features of processing of service tax refund through ICES 1.5 are a. ST refund through ICES 1.5 shall be claimed by exporter by declaring "Y" in relevant field at the time of filing of shipping bill and declaring STR serial no. (Heading/sub-heading number as per STR schedule to be notified shortly. b. Shipping Bill with only STR amount will move directly in scroll in queue after EGM is filed. However, drawback shipping Bill having STR also will continue to move to DBK- Superintendent screen and DBK- AC screen (in case of DBK is more than Rs. 1 Lakh). c. In the final scroll, a single amount indicating DBK and STR amount shall be shown against Shipping Bills. However, print copy of Scroll shall contain a consolidated break up 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. 29.4 Claim for availment of Chapter 3 benefits: Exporters intending to claim....