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

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....t), JNCH, regarding payment of Customs duty. In addition to the facility of payment of Customs duty at Bank of India, Nhava Sheva and State Bank of India, Nhava Sheva, a facility of payment of Customs Duty through net banking is being extended to the importers at JNCH. 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 Public Notice outlines the changes to the Customs procedures, on the ICES for importers/CHAs who choose to pay duties through e-Payment mode. 3. Existing Procedure for payment of duty on the ICES (a) After the assessment is completed, the ICES sends a challan message el....

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....following procedures. (a) The person desirous of availing the E-Payment facility must approach the designated bank viz Bank of India, Nhava Sheva and State Bank of India, Nhava Sheva Branch for opening an INTERNET ACCOUNT. (b) CBEC has set up a CUSTOM E-Payment Gateway (CEG) at ICEGATE (www.icegate.gov.in). The users who are already registered with ICEGATE will automatically be able to avail the facility of e-Payment as REGISTERED USER without any further registration process. However, even the users who are not registered with the ICEGATE can avail e-Payment facility as an UNREGISTERED USER. (c) In the ICEGATE home page, a person can select the e-Payment icon from the main menu or if he is using any other module of ICEGATE (like docu....

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....ntout of the cyber receipt for his reference. The bank will prompt the user to come back to the CEG (Customs E-Payment Gateway) after completion of the bank transaction. (k) The user must come back to the ICEGATE site to complete the transaction. (l) In case of an incomplete transaction or link failure, a VERIFY option is automatically activated against the concerned challan for verification of the duty payment details. In case of incomplete transaction, the Importer/ CHA must go back to ICEGATE and select the VERIFY option against the challan. On selecting the VERIFY option, the Importer/ CHA is taken back to the site of the Bank for completion of the transaction. The VERIFY option must be exercised on the date of payment itself, and t....