Paperless Customs — Electronic Communication Of PDF based Gate pass and OOC Copy of Bill of Entry to Custom Brokers/ Importers

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....nprecedented situation due to Covid-19 pandemic, CBIC has taken a number of measures to facilitate & expedite Customs clearance process making it more and more contact-less i.e. automated and online as well as paper-less. These measures include the facility to clear goods on the basis of an undertaking (not bond), acceptance of electronic Country of Origin certificate etc. These steps complement the earlier reforms unrolled as a part of Turant Customs such as online query module, e Sanchit, web based goods registration, electronic processing of DGFT issued licenses, machine release of imported goods based on Customs Compliance Verification and electronic transmission of PDF based First copy of Bill of Entry (BOE) to Customs Brokers and regi....

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....ntout from the Service Centre to be produced before the Customs Officer. It has now been decided to do away with the paper printout of the Final OOC copy of BOE. Instead, DG Systems will enable a functionality to immediately email the PDF version of the Final e-OoC copy of BOE generated after OOC to the concerned Customs Broker and/or the importer, if registered. This Final e-OoC copy of BOE will have the following features- (i) The PDF version will bear a digitally signed and encrypted QR code which can be scanned to verify the authenticity of the document using Mobile App ICI%TRAK. The QR code is tamper proof, which is digitally signed by CBIC to ensure the authenticity. Key details like BOE No., BOE Date, Duty, Package Details are avai....