Paperless Customs – Electronic Communication of PDF Based Copies of Shipping Bill & e-Gatepass to Custom Brokers/Exporters

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.....2020 on the subject matter of 'Paperless Customs - Electronic Communication of PDF Based Copies of Shipping Bill & e-Gatepass to Custom Brokers/Exporters'. 2. The Board, in its continuing endeavors to promote 'Faceless, Contactless, Paperless Customs', has decided to rely upon digital copies of the Shipping Bill and do away with the requirement of taking bulky printouts from the Service Centre or maintenance of voluminous physical dockets in the Custom Houses. This reform will yield immense benefits in terms of saving the time and cost of compliance for the trade, thereby enhancing the ease of doing business, while providing enhanced security features for verification of authenticity and validity of the electronic document. 3. The Bo....

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....decided to do away with the taking the printouts referred to in para 4.1.2 above. Instead, Directorate General of Systems has enabled a functionality of communicating by email, the PDF version of the Final LEO copy of the Shipping Bill to the Customs Broker and exporter, if registered. This electronic Final LEO copy can serve multiple purposes such as being shared with DGFT, Banks etc. This Final LEO copy of the Shipping Bill will have the following features: a. 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 ICETRAK. The QR code is tamper proof, which is digitally signed by CBIC to ensure the authenticity. Key details like SB No., S....

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....y with the printing of Transference copies of Shipping Bill. The following are the features of e-Gatepass copy of the Shipping Bill: a. The electronic document provides key summary details like Container/Packages related to logistics movement and facilitates authentic, easy and quick verification by the Custodian, at the point of Entry/Exit. b. There will be two types of QR codes (i) for entire e-Gatepass document, and (ii) for each container/package covered under the e-Gate pass. This will ensure that only those containers/package move out which are covered under the Gatepass document. c. In case of packaged and other bulk cargos, the e-Gate pass copy of the Shipping Bill will be generated during LEO. d.....