Procedure for E-Payment of Customs Duties under the Indian Customs EDI system – (ICES) Imports

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....ation of goods for examination. In addition to the facility of payment of Customs Duty at the Extension counter of Harbour Branch, Indian Bank and Chennai Main Branch, State Bank of India, a facility of payment of Customs Duty through net banking is being extended to Importers at Chennai Sea Port. This service of e-Payment through net banking is offered by the banks without any extra cost. It will reduce the transaction cost of the Importers and expedite the time taken for customs clearance. 2. This Trade Notice outlines the changes to the Customs procedures, on the ICES for Importers/CHAs who choose to pay duties through e-Payment mode. 3. After the introduction of the ICES at Chennai port, only the Indian Bank, Harbour Branch at Chenna....

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.... presents all the four copies of the TR-6 challan at the designated bank along with the monetary instruments (demand draft, pay order, instruction of debit of bank account at the designated bank etc) for payment of duty. (c) The bank enters the particulars of receipt of the amount in their System and returns two copies of TR-6 challan to the CHA / importer duly stamped and signed. The bank retains two copies of the TR-6 challan. (d) After receipt of the duty, the bank conveys this information electronically to the ICES. The ICES permits registration of goods, which is a prelude to Customs examination, only after receipt of electronic payment confirmation from designated bank. (e) The stamped challans are then presented, along with oth....

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....ess than 5 days old) for the Bills of Entry filed by him. (e) If the person is an UNREGISTERED USER, or he intends to make payments of duties on the documents not filed by him through ICEGATE, then he can make E-Payment by entering the IE Code of the importer. The CEG will display all the unpaid challans against the IE Code. (f) Once the list of unpaid challans is displayed to the registered / unregistered user, he must select "PAY" option against the challan for duty payment. (g) On selection of the challan the user will be shown the options of the "designated" banks for the purpose of E-payment. The user can select any bank authorized for e-payment Chennai Sea Port. (at present this facility is offered by the Corporation Bank, Kelly....