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Launch of Indian Customs EDI System - (ICES — 1.5) for Imports and Exports, at ICD Kheda, [IN KHD 6] District-Dhar, Madhya Pradesh
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....09 as amended by corrigendum dated 20th January2009 issued by Central Board of Excise and Customs under Section 8(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. Posts with effect from the date(s) of actual deployment of the officer(s) for a period of one year initially- Grade Dy./Asst. Commissioner Superintendent /Appraiser Inspect or EA/TA Havaldar/ Head Havaldar (Gr. D) Total No. of Post(s) 1 1 1 - - 03 All other required formalities including pre-production have been completed successfully. 1.1. As part of the implementation of CBEC's IT Consolidation Project, the EDI operations at ICD Kheda, Dhar (Distt) would be on ICES 1.5 application, which is the centralized version of the ICES 1.0 application, earlier implemented on standalone servers at major Customs locations. The ICES 1.5 software, developed by NIC, has been implemented at CBECVs National Data Centre at New Delhi. The System Integrator for the project is M/S TCS. The application would cater to the needs of Customs officials at ICD Kheda, District Dhar and also the Service Centre operators, who would be working on CBEC's new Local Area Network infrastructure implemented by BSNL, conn....
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....e required to register their details in the ICES at the respective Custom Houses from where they have been licensed. If they intend to operate at other stations, the intimation of the same should be registered in the 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 re-registration is required in case the agency is already registered at any existing Customs location where ICESl.5 is operational. (List of Custom Houses for Customs Broker registration attached as Appendix I and format for registration attached as Appendix 2) 1.3 Registration of Shipping lines/Agents, Consol Agents IGM/ConsoI Manifest shall be filed electronically by the Shipping Lines/Agents and Consol Agents at the Ports of entry and Sub-IGM relating to respective IGM lines under SMTP at the Port. The Shipping Lines]Agents and Consol Agents, before filing [GM, should register themselves in the ICES at any of the ICES enabled Custom Stations. (Format of registration attached as Appendix 3) 1.4 E....
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....ed from UN website. (http://www.unece.org/cefact/tocode/) 1.9 Registration of DGFT Licenses If the imports are against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses, such license 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 licenses 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 of Licence registration attached as Annexure A) 1.10 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, they should register themselves with the ICEGATE. For registration at the ICEGATE, the detailed information may be seen at the web-site "http//:www.icegate.gov.in". For filing of Bill of Entry from remote, NIC has provided software which is free of cost and can be downloaded from NIC web-site. (http://ices.nic.in/ices/aspx) 1.11 Service Centre charges: Facility of data entry of IGM, Bill of Entry, etc. is availab....
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....espect of remote filing of the Bill of Entry will cost Rs. 10. 2. Filing of IGM/SIGM/SMTP / Consol Manifest: The Shipping lines or other persons as envisaged under Section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 shall submit the Sub Import General Manifest (SIGM)/ Consol Manifest through the Service Centre at (ICD) - Kheda, Dhar on all working days from 10.00 A.M to 17.00 P.M. However, the Manifest can also be electronically filed through ICEGATE on 24 hours basis. The IGWSIGM/SMTP/Consol Manifest should be presented at the service centre counter in the prescribed Performa. (Annexure B). A checklist would be generated by the Service Centre which would be verified by the authorized representative of the Shipping line and given to the service centre operator for submission after corrections, if any. 2.1 Apart from filing of SMTP/Consol Manifest through service centre, the Shipping lines would continue to file a hard copy of the SIGM with the Manifest Department. 2.2 Amendment in the IGM/SMTP/Console manifest after submission shall be carried out only after approval from the designated Customs authority. Amendment request shall be entered in the system at service centre, on s....
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....ber 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 are the 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....
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....xed with the date of filing. Thus Numeric number combined with date shall be a Bill of Entry Number. Since running number sequence is common for all-India basis, the Bill of Entry number may not be continuous. (x) The Operator shall retain the original Anncxurc 'C' declarations with copies of invoice and packing list and shall hand over all the check lists to Lhe Custotns Authorities periodically. 3.2 Remote filing through IC.EGATE 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 si....
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....ervice centre, a bill of entry number is generated by the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System for the said declaration. 4. Processing of Bill of Entry for Assessment (i) Once the Bill of Entry is submitted in the system, the ICES validates the details from various directories maintained in the system and calculates the value from the foreign currency to Indian Rupees applying the exchange rates as applicable on the date of submission of the Bill of Entry in the system and determines the assessable value for levy of duty. Directories of the rates of duty as applicable on the goods on the relevant dates are also maintained in the system. ICES calculates the amount of duty leviable on the goods on the basis of rates of duty specified in the Customs Tariff, Central Excise Tariff, Cess Schedules, various 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, the Appraising work is divided in to Apprai....
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....ed 23.07.96, 39/96 dated 23.07.96) are concerned, the debiting in the License, etc., would be required to be done by the Appraiser/ Superintendent in the Import Shed. Examination of such goods would be carried out as per the prescribed norms. 4.2 Second Check Appraisement The electronic B/E will be assessed on the basis of the claims made in Annexure 'C' In case the Assessing officer does not agree with the claim regarding tariff classification, notifications, declared value, etc., he shall raise a query in the system. On approval by the AC/DC (Group), the query will be printed in the Service Centre 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 the 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 ....
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....the B/E and the assessment done by the Appraiser/Superintendent. If the Audit Officer is in agreement with the assessment, the audit is completed and the B/E shall automatically move to the AC/DC screen. If the Audit Officer is not in agreement with the assessment, then he shall indicate his objection online and forward the document back electronically in the system to the Assessing Officer for consideration of the audit objection. The Audit Officer has the facility to view all the details in the B/E but has no authority to make any change in the data declared by the importer on the Bill of Entry. After the dispute is settled, the Auditor shall clear the Bill of Entry in Audit. This concurrent 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/lmporter from where the Bill of Entry has been submitted to the Customs system. 5 Payment of Duty and electronic transmission....
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....f 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 licence. 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 vide its Circular No. 01/2015 dated 12/01/2015 provided the importers/exporters with an option to merge their Commercial invoice and packing list if it contains the following data fields/information in addition to the details in a commercial invoice: a. Description of Goods; b. Marks and 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 ....
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....nce 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 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 ....
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....ld be filed and assessed in the same manner as indicated above. On grant of Entry Inwards, the Bill of Entry shall be regularized and shall be reassessed if the duty rates have undergone any change. If there is a delay of more than 30 days in the arrival of the vessel, a fresh B/E would have to be filed and the B/E already filed will automatically get cancelled by the system. 11. The Procedure for Clearance under Export Promotions Schemes Requiring DGFT Licence / Bond, 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....
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....ld figures with the name of Customs Station at which registered. For further activities, either for debiting against a B/E or obtaining a Release Advice, only this registration number shall be used. No claim of exemption of RA against a DEPB will be entertained for un-registered DEPBs. The DEPBs which have already been partly utilized prior to the introduction of on-line processing will be registered for the balance duty credit and FOB of exports in the manner as stated above. In case any change in the data of DEPB is required to be made after completion of registration, the same shall be made by the Assistant / Deputy Commissioner. 11.4 Transfer Release Advices (i) DEPB Licenses registered in locations running on ICES 1.5 shall be available for automatic online debits against a Bill of Entry filed at any of the ports which are operational under ICES 1.5. A common Ledger of licenses shall be centrally maintained in the system for debits in respect of the Bills of Entry filed at all the ICES location operating under ICES 1.5. Therefore, no TRA shall be required. However, TRA shall be issued for NON EDI Locations which are still operating manually. For this, the TRA shall....
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....be generated at the port for which the TRA had been issued on the basis of which the balance in the DEPB license shall be re-credited by the TRA issuing authority. 11.6 Claim of Exemption against a DEPB / DEPB-TRA (i) The normal exemption can be claimed as usual against an item in the B/E under S.No.39D of Annexure 'C'. If exemption is also claimed against a DEPB under Notification 034/97-Cusdated 07.04.1997, the entries shall be made in Annexure 'C' under Serial No.39E. For DEPBBs/E, the scheme code is 'B'; therefore while claiming exemption under the DEPB, 'B' will be entered in column I of Sl.No.39E. Similarly, codes will be assigned to other schemes when they are brought on ICES. (ii) In case more than one DEPB is required to be debited against one item, the importer will be required to indicate the DEPB Registration No. and CIF value of the goods for each DEPB to cover the entire CIF value against that item. For each item claimed for exemption under DEPB, details referred to above will be required to be indicated. The System will determine the duty amount on the basis of CIF/Quantity of goods and shall debit the ....
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....espect of all the items and shall countersign the debits in the original DEPB. The System will determine the duty amount on the basis of CIF/Quantity of goods and shall debit the duty from the DEPB credit ledger and the CIF from the FOB of Export. if sufficient balance to cover the CIF value and the Duty foregone is not available in the DEPB, the system will disallow submission of the B/E. In case, where importer wants to clear some quantity under DEPB Scrip and balance on duty payment, then he should clearly indicate in the B/E, the quantity/Weight for which he want DEPB/payment of duty. (ii) After assessment by Appraiser/Supdt, the B/E will move to the Auditor for concurrent audit and from auditor to A.C/D.C. After A.C/D.C confirms the assessment, assessed copy of the B/E will be printed along with TR-6 Challan (if any)and duty will be paid as usual. This procedure will be in place till RMS is introduced. (iii) Where the Appraising Officer/Supdt, during the process of assessment, denies the exemption claimed under Sl. No. 39E (column 5 and / or 7) of Annexure 'C'; changes the tariff heading or enhances the value resulting in increase in the d....
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....l 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 filing of a B/E under any of such Export Promotion Schemes, the related import license will be required to be registered in the system. Data entry of the license details will be made by registration clerk. Details of the license will be furnished by the license holder in the form as per Annexure-A. The form is common for all types of licenses, some of the fields may not be applicable to a category of license, and therefore, only relevant details should be filled. It will be a pre-condition of registration of license that the IE-Code of the license holder is received by the Customs system from t....
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....re proceeding further. License should not be sent by post or through a letter to custom house but should be presented by a person who shall get the data entry done, verify the correctness of data on the check list and shall present the license to the Appraiser for registration and take possession of the same after registration. 12.2 Acceptance & Debit of Bonds (i) Where the export obligation has not been fulfilled and option 'N' has bccn entered in the field 'Exp. Obligation:' the system will ask for entry of Bond number. Therefore, if expon 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....
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....iginal license and satisfy himself about admissibility of issue of TRA. The system will generate TRA No. and three copies of the TRA will be available for print. The check list signed by the license holder and the office copy of the TRA will be retained by the Appraiser for record. No amendment of TRA will be permitted after it has been issued by system. Fresh TRA can be obtained for any further quantity/ value or the license can be re-credited by entering the unutilized TRA. No TRA will be issued manually. 12.6 Debiting Of License For debits of license value and quantity, in the case of electronic Bill of Entry, the system shall make debits automatically on the basis of value and quantity of item in the Bill of Entry. For debiting against manual B/E, the figures of value and quantity will be entered by the Appraiser in the system through a Menu for this purpose. Entries of debits on- the hard copy of the license will be made by the importers and certified by the Appraiser as usual. 12.7 Exemption for Spare Parts under EPCG Scheme (i) The system will create a ledger of face value and item wise value & quantity. Item No. '0' has been created for spare parts....
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....n item in the invoice, the invoice qty should be split in to a separate item in the B/E for debit against another license or for normal assessment. Bond/BG details should also be provided wherever so required. (iii) After successful entry of data of the B/E in the system, a check list will be printed by the service center operator and given to the importer / Customs Broker. The Importer/ Customs Broker will check the details entered in the system and errors, if any, pointed out to the service center operator for carrying out corrections in the system. The Customs Broker/ Importer before returning the check list to the operator for submission of B/E in the system should ensure that license details are also correct. The operator will exercise the option of submission of B/E in the system. After submission of the B/E in the system, a check list of submitted B/E should be obtained by the Customs Broker / Importer from the service center operator. This check list will incorporate B/E number and item/license wise details of debit of qty., value and duty forgone for debit in the Bond, etc. 12.10 Assessment of B/E (i) For ease of distribution of various categories of documents ....
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....ented Units including STP / EHTP, etc. will be required to be registered as EOU in the System before filing of a Bill ol' 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 l E - EOU- gems and jewellery I F - EOU- Others (specify) II - STP III - EHTP 2. EOU Approval No. 3. Approving Authority 4. Approval date 5. Valid till 6. Importer Exporter Code (IEC) 7. IEC Branch Code. 8. ECC (Assessee's Excise Control Code) 9. Central Excise office location code Commissionerate Division Range Separate Registration would need to be made for each factory (based on the v....
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....ted. 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 the 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 un-assessed 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 shall recall the relevant Bill of Entry on the screen and complete the assessment on the system after scrutiny of the documents. The system will display EOU Bond details or Central Excise certificate. The appraiser ....
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....ained 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 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. Details of notification, Bond/BG debits will be printed on the respective copies of the B/E. The procedure for execution and maintenance of Bo....
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....her details of item like the CTH, Customs Notification, CET, Excise Notification, etc., as in the Warehousing B/E will be displayed by the system. Tariff Headings and the Notifications can be changed if, so required. On completion of data 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 ex-Bonding 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. 15.2 Assessment The B/E will be allocated by the system to the Assessing Groups on the basis of the 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....
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....ll be for the Bond Section. No exchange control copy will be generated for EX-Bond B/E. The system will also print along with B/E three copies of Order of Clearance (O/C). One copy of the O/C will be retained by the Bond Section, one 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. d) In terms of Board's Circular no. 47/2002 dated 29.07.2002, payment of interest before extension of warehousing period can be captured in the system. Benefit of any interim interest so paid will be adjusted in 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 are subject to execution of End use Bond, Undertaking or Re-export Bond, it would be necessary t....
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....ent, the officer may verify the details of goods covered by the certificate and B/E on the basis of original certificate retained in the group. A print out of the statement of items assessed on the basis of certificate can be obtained for reference to the concerned Central Excise authority. 18. Certificates/NOC from other Authorities- 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 G....
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....Details of Description of Items', col. (3) in the table B1 of Annexure C should be left blank and indicate only qty in SQM in col. (4) above. Similarly, if the invoice qty. is SQM then indicate only qty. in Kgs. in col. (3) and col. (4) be left blank. (iii) However, if the qty. in the invoice is in units of measurement other than Kgs. or SQM, in that case the qty. in Kgs. and SQM should be indicated in columns (3) & (4) respectively. 21 Bond Management System And Processing Of Bills Of Entry Relating To Goods 21.1 Bond Management System. (i) ICES contains centralized Bond Section, which will be responsible for the maintenance of documents related to Bonds, Bank Guarantees and Undertakings. The rn 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 Sect....
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....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 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 Cont....
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.... debiting, the system will pose the query "Whether the language of the Bond meets the legal requirement of the assessment of the B/E". If the amount to be debited 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 -Reasons for credit (a) Assessment finalized no recovery (b) Assessment finalized and differential deposited separately. (c) Necessary end use certificate submitted. (d) Re-warehousing certificate submitted. (e)Test results received confirming 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 ....
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....yable. The appraiser at the time of the assessment can change the Bond/BG amounts. Where the Bond details have been entered at the time of data entry, the same shall be displayed by the system & debit details will be printed on the Bill of Entry. Where Bond has not been debited at the time of data entry of B/E, Bond requirement shall be on the Bill of Entry. (c) The Bond shall be registered with the designated Bond Officer and debited in respect of a B/E. Unless the Bond is debited in the system, Bill of Entry cannot be registered for examination & out of charge at the shed / docks. (viii) Provisional Assessments (a) Where an item of the Bill of Entry is assessed provisionally by the Appraiser irrespective of the fact, whether EOU /Warehousing Bill of Entry, PD Bond will also be required in addition to the EOU / Warehousing Bond. The details of the Bond can be entered at the time of data entry as explained for EOU Bill of Entry. The Bond code for provisional assessment shall be 'PD'. The System will indicate sum of the duty assessed provisionally for assistance of the Appraiser for determining the amount of Bond / BG for debiting. The Apprai....
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....pees. The additional amount would get distributed proportionately amongst the various items in the invoice for determination of assessable value. In case goods relate to more than one invoices, the High Seas sales charges should be indicated against each invoice, proportionate to the value of goods in the invoice. The system shall add these charges to the CIF value of the goods for computation of assessable value for the purpose of levy of duty. (iii) The data entry operator at the Service Center shall enter these details in the relevant field in the system. These details will be printed on the check list. The IEC & the name of the seller of the goods shall also be printed at the end of the check list for verification by the Importer / Customs Broker. (iv) After submission, the B/E shall be processed under the EDI-System as a normal B/E. The Appraiser, Auditor, AC/DC at the time of processing the B/E will be able to view the details of rate or value of High Sea sale charges. The Appraiser assessing the B/E will also be able to change the rate or value of High Sea Sales charges through change option. Principles of natural justice would need to be followed whe....
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....ay be carefully verified by the Importers/Customs Brokers before handing over the check list to the Service Centre Operator for submission of the Bill of Entry. It may also be ensured that all the articles covered in the invoice are carefully checked and Retail Sale Price declared in respect of all such articles, which require declaration of Retail Sale Price. Provision has also been made for amendment of declared Retail Sale Price at different stages subject to appropriate approvals wherever required. 24. Assessment of Special Valuation Branch Bills of Entry through EDI 24.1 The assessment of provisional SVB Cases shall be carried out in the EDI system. The following steps need to be followed carefully: a. In provisional SVB cases, the Bills of Entry shall be submitted in EDI System and not manually. b. In Rule 10 Valuation Declaration, against Sr.No.24, a remark should be given as 'PROVISIONAL' by the importer to ensure that correct and complete declaration has been filed by them. c. The Provisional Revenue Deposit Amount (i.e. either 1% or 5% of Assessable Value, as the case may be) of the Bill of Entry shall be paid electronically on a s....
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....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 the Central Government notifying the rates of anti-dumping duty has been created in the system. Notifications issued do not have a defined structure; therefore, these notifications have been re-structured in tabulated form providing a unique Serial No. of an item and a unique Serial No of producer/exporter of goods from a specified country. Due to re-structuring of the notifications into a defined format, the Serial No. at which the goods/country/producer/exporter is appearing in the notification of the Ministry may differ in the notification directory. Therefore, the directory may be carefully studied to identify the correct Serial No. of the item and producer/export for applying the relevant rate of duty. The notification directory is available at 'www.cbec.gov.in' and 'www.icegate.gov.in' websites. The directory can be downloaded from the said websites for reference. (ii) Filing of Bill Of Entry The importer would be required to dec....
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....lue 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 Item No. RITC 8 digit CTH ANotfn IS No PS No QTY T Notifn No IS No Qty Exemp. NotfYr Sl No. CTH Not n Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Abbreviations in Col. (3) above refer as under. T Notn. = Tariff Value notification number/year I S No. = S. No. in the notification QTY = Qty in the unit of measurement on the basis of which Tariff value fixed. 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 va....
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.... 8. Jobbing Shipping Bills 9. Other Exim Scheme Shipping Bills 10. NFEI Shipping Bills 11. Reward Schemes PROCEDURE 3. The procedure to be followed in respect of filing of Shipping Bills under the Indian Customs EDI System 1.5 at ICD Kheda shall be as follows: - Under the EDI System, the Shipping Bills shall be filed electronically and processed online in an automated environment. Certain declarations and certificates, 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 3.1 IE-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 th....
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....stem branch of any bank in the country. Before filing of Shipping Bill under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES I . 5. Annexure E (Export) 3.6 Exchange Rates of un-notified currencies: The ICES 1.5 maintains exchange rates in respect of currencies the rates of which are notified by the Ministry of Finance on a monthly basis. However, in respect of currencies which are not covered in the notifications of the Ministry of Finance, the concerned bank's certificate indicating the exchange rate applicable for the date on which the Shipping Bill is filed should be produced to the customs officer and details of the same should be entered in the ICES 1.5 while filing the Shipping Bill. The Shipping Bill should be submitted in the system on the same date for which the rate of exchange is certified. 3.7 Exim Scheme Codes: The 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, Code19 sho....
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.... under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES 1.5. Annexure G (Export) 4. DATA ENTRY FOR SHIPPING BILLS 4.1 Shipping Bills can be filed through the service center located in ICD Kheda or through Remote EDI System if the Exporter or the Customs Broker has registered themselves at ICEGATE. In case the Shipping Bill is filed through Service Centre, the Exporters/Customs Brokers would be required to submit a filled up form (Annexure A) at the Service Centre with the following documents: i) A declaration of all particulars in the SB in the format placed at Annexure - A (Export) ii) Copy of Invoice iii) SDF declaration at Annexure B (Export) iv) DES/EPCG declarations etc. as applicable Annexure D (Export) 4.2 The formats should be duly complete in all respects and should be signed by the exporter or his authorized representative/Customs Broker. Forms, which are incomplete 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 respects so th....
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....EGATE. 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 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, shipping lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class Ill 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, shipping 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 I....
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....iii. EOU iv. EPCG v. Any other Exim Scheme if so required 7.3 Apart from verifying the value and other particulars for assessment, the AO/Supdt. and AC/DC may call for the samples for confirming the declared value or for checking classification under the Drawback Schedule / DEEC / DFIA / EOU, etc. He may also give special instruction for examination of the goods. 7.4 If the S/B falls in the categories indicated in Paras 7.1 and 7.2 above, the exporter should check with the query counter at the Service Centre whether the S/B has been cleared by Assistant Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner, before the goods are brought for examination. In case AC/DC raises any query, it should be replied through the Service Centre or through ICEGATE, for those Exporters/Customs Brokers who are registered with ICEGATE. After all the queries have been satisfactorily replied to, AC/DC will pass the SIB. 7.5 RMS Facilitation - First Phase: When the RMS facility is launched in this site, following would be the procedure. (i) Movement of Shipping Bills: All the Shipping Bills filed electronically in ICES will be perused and processed by RMS on submission and a....
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....ions. 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 make the RMS database containing these instructions as comprehensive as possible, certain requirements might have escaped notice. These are mandatory requirements under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) and other Allied Acts which must be fulfilled before allowing clearance. In case it comes to ....
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....on, including 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 san)e. A brief remark on the reasons....
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....ns. The assessing officer should check the description of the item, besides the correctness of classification, valuation, claim of benefits under export promotion schemes, if any, and also ensure compliance with mandatory requirements prescribed under Foreign Trade Policy and/or allied enactments. They are required to check all critical aspects of description like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc. which may have a direct bearing on valuation, classification or claim of benefits under export promotion schemes. They shall make sure that all mandatory fields in the SB are properly filled. While discharging their functions, they would be required to follow 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 piecemeal queries should be avoided and the query should be detailed and covering all....
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....ical examination of goods. The system would also indicate the packages (the quantity and the serial numbers) to be subjected to examination. The Officer would write this information (Name of examination officer and package Srl. Nos. to be examined) on the checklist and hand it over to the exporter. He would hand over the original documents to the Examining Officer. No examination orders shall be given unless the goods have been physically received in the Export Shed. IL may, however, be clarified that Customs Officers have the discretion of examining any or all the packages/goods. 8.3 The Examining Officer may inspect and/or examine the shipment, as per instructions contained in the checklist and enter the examination report in the system. There will be no written examination report. He will then mark the Electronic S/B and forward the checklist along with the original documents to the Appraiser / Supdt. in charge. If the Appraiser / Supdt.is satisfied that the particulars entered in the system conform to the description given in the original documents and the physical examination, he will proceed to give "Let Export" order for the shipment and inform the exporter. The Appraiser....
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....factory after examination by the Customs / C. Excise officers, there will normally be no further examination at the ICD. 10. GENERATION OF SHIPPING BILLS 10.1 As soon as the Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent gives "Let Export" order, the system would print 6 copies of the Shipping Bills in case of Free and scheme Shipping Bills. All copies of the Shipping Bill would be duly signed by the Appraiser / Shed Superintendent. The examination report would be signed by the Appraiser / Shed Superintendent, Examination Officer as well as exporter / representative of the Customs Broker (Name and ID Card number of the representative of the Customs Broker should be clearly mentioned below his signature). 10.2 Any other certificates required for permitting export will be retained by Customs along with the Shipping Bills. 11. PAYMENT OF MERCHANT OVERTIME (MOT) 11.1 The present manual system for payment of Merchant Overtime (MOT) charges will continue. 11.2 MOT charges will be required to be paid by exporter when the goods are examined by Customs for allowing "Let Export" beyond the normal office hours. No charges would be required to be paid on normal working days when the examinat....
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....an 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 the Appraiser/Supdt., which needs to be approved by concerned AC/DC(Exports). The SIB will remain pending and cannot be printed till the exporter replies to the query to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner. The reply to query if any can be submitted through ICEGATE or through Service Centre. 14 AMENDMENTS 14.1Corrections/amendments in the checklist can be made at the Service Centre provided the system has not generated the S/B number. Where corrections are required to be made after the generation of the SIB No. or, after the goods have been brought in the docks/CFS, amendments will be carried out in the following manner. 1. If the goods have not yet been allowed "Let Export", Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner may allow the amendment. 2. Where the "Let Export" order has been given, the Additional/Joint Commissioner (Exports) would allow the amendments. 14.2 In both the cases, after the permission for amendments has been granted, the Assistant Commissioner (Exports) will approve the....
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....K 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 Kheda. 20.2 The exporters who intend to export the goods through ICD Kheda under claim for Drawback are advised to open their account with the bank as stated in Para 3.5 above. This isrequired 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 indicated in the declaration form. 20.3 The exporters are also required to give their account number along with the details of the Authorized Dealer bank through which the export proceeds are to be realized. 20.4 As indicated earlier Export declarations involving a drawback amount of more than Rupees One lakh will be processed on the system by the AC/DC before the goods can be brought for examination and for allowing "Let Export". 20.5 The drawback claims are s....
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....r 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 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) Central Bank of India, Pithampur Branch, Distt. Dhar is authorized for disbursement of drawback amount onli....
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....led complete application for fixation of brand rate under rule 7, subsequent drawback payments may arise against such shipping bill on account of provisional brand rate letter issued by Central Excise in terms of para 5A-5B of Instruction No.603/01/2011-DBK dated 1 1.10.2013 and/or the final brand rate letter and here the above said provisional drawback amount already paid shall also be taken into account. iv) However, in case of a timely filed complete application for fixation of brand rate under rule 7, if the brand rate request is denied after verification, the rejection letter issued by Central Excise and endorsed to the Customs formation should carry the information about the details of the eligibility for the rate and cap specified in 'A' column of AIR Schedule in terms of all the Notes and Conditions with the Schedule and on this basis the Customs shall 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. The....
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....iled or when Cenvat facility has been availed, respectively, instead of the usual suffix 'A' or suffix 'B'. In the option to claim Brand Rate of duty drawback in terms of rule 7 of the Drawback Rules 1995 with the Special Advance Authorization, the procedure in Annexure I with Circular No. 29/2015-Cus dated 16.11.2015 has relevance. However, the exporter shall have to declare the figure '9807' as identifier (in the shipping bill under the Drawback details) followed by the tariff item number of the goods as shown in column (l) of the Schedule and followed by the character 'D'. Based on this, the shipping bill shall be processed for payment of provisional drawback amount equivalent to the Customs portion of these alternative AIRs. iii). The above mentioned DGFT and Customs notifications are effective from 1st September 2016. The CBEC's Systems Directorate is making all the necessary EDI related arrangements for implementation including specifying the appropriate new scheme code that would need to be declared by exporters making exports under the Special Advance Authorization Scheme cum AIR Drawback and these shall be publicized to exporter....
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....ports under DES. As, the exports under EPCG can be started only after issuance of license; the DGFT would transmit the License messages immediately on issuance of licenses under DES and EPCG scheme. The licenses under above mentioned schemes issued by DGFT would be received online by Customs. Such licenses would be subjected to the prescribed online validation checks at ICEGATE and thereafter, the same would be available for use by the exporters at the port of registration for imports. Details of such licenses would also be available on the home page of websitewww.icegate.gov.in. As mentioned above, exports under DES can be started immediately after receipt of file number message from DGFT by quoting the relevant File Number allocated by DGFT on the export documents. After issuance of licenses, exporters would be required to quote the relevant license number on the export documents. 22.2 There is no need of registration of file number / license number and obtaining a Customs Registration number at this port. As the licenses issued under DES / EPCG will now be received online from DGFT and would be available at this port, Importers would be required to produce the hard copies of ....
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.... 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 EPCGDES 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 declarations have been processed and accepted, the goods can be presented at the Export Shed along with EPCG/DES licences for examination and "Let Export" as in other export goods. All exporters availing of the EPCG/DES facilities are requested to immediately get their EPCG/DES registered in the EDI System so that the export declarations are processed expeditiously. 22.8 Further, exporters availing of EPCG/....
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....lementation of this scheme. ROSL Scheme: In the ROSL scheme, the Central Govt. provides rebate of State levies comprising of State VAT/CST on inputs including packaging, fuel, duty on electricity 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 belo....
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....that their RES versions are compliant to changes in ( l ) & (3) as stated above. SB Message format has also been revised accordingly. ROSL Disbursal: ROSL would be disbursed as per procedure detailed in para 8 of the above referred Board Circular. For speedy disbursal, Exporters may ensure that the Account No. already registered for drawback disbursal is live and valid, as the ROSL disbursal would be made to the same account. The disbursal shall be in parallel with drawback albeit separately. The status of disbursal would be displayed on ICEGATE separately. The above changes would be effective from the 20th September, 2016. Suitable public notices and standing order should 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 realizati....
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....ccordingly initiate action to recover drawback. g. The BRC entry module gives three options for entering the details of foreign exchange realization. h. If the exporter furnishes the BRCs as a proof of foreign exchange realization, the officer will choose option (l) 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. i. 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. j. 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 realized for all other SIBS) then, the officer will choose option (3). This wi....
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....l 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. 29.2 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 certificate or service tax code number certificate. This will be entered in ICES 1.5 by the designated customs officer having 'CLK' role. ICES 1.5 will ....