Turant Customs, Faceless Customs, Contactless Customs, Paperless Customs

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....s clearance process under the umbrella of Turant Customs are with the objectives of speedy clearance, transparency in decision making, and ease of doing business. Board rolled out numerous changes to the Customs clearance process, which combine together support Turant Customs. These initiatives include the self-registration of goods by importers, automated clearances of bills of entry, digitisation of customs documents, paperless clearance, etc. The Turant Customs is primarily based on Faceless, Contactless and Paperless Customs processes. 4.2 Faceless Customs 4.2.1 Indian Customs has initiated Faceless Assessment on imports from June 2020 (Reference Circular No.28/2020-Customs and Instruction No.09/2020 both dated 5th June 2020). The first phase began by linking Chennai and Bengaluru which was gradually expanded to other geographical locations till eventual all India coverage by 31.10.2020. Briefly put, Faceless Assessment uses a technology platform to separate the Customs assessment process from the physical location of a Customs officer at the port of arrival. This measure is with the intent of bolstering efforts to ensure an objective, free, fair and just assessment. Key obj....

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....rvention of Customs officers. Linked to this decision, the existing Direct Port Delivery (DPD) scheme has also been revamped to shift to a regime of Customs document based DPD from existing client based DPD. CBIC has also prescribed time limits for assessments and has taken a call to further re-organise composition of Faceless Assessment Groups (FAGs) under the NACs with the intent to foster faster clearances and better facilitation. (Reference Circular No.14/2021-Customs dated 7th July 2021). 4.2.6 Standard Examination Order: In order to enhance uniformity in assessments across various customs ports across the country, CBIC has implemented Standard Examination Orders in the Customs system. The said implementation started for goods covered under Assessment Group 4 in all the Customs Stations. This functionality is expected to enhance the uniformity in examination, and lower the time taken in the process as well as reduce associated costs. Considering the on track implementation and to harmonize the examination orders across FAGs, the Board has implemented the Standard Examination Orders to the goods across all other Assessment Groups also. [Refer Circulars No.14/2021-Customs dat....

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....toms Compliance Verification (CCV) which operates after an importer registers the imported goods even while duty has not been paid or its payment is in process. Once the goods are registered, the proper officer carries out all necessary verifications as per Sections 17/18 and Section 47(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. On satisfaction that the goods are ready for clearance, but for the payment of duties, the proper officer confirms the completion of the CCV for the particular Bill of Entry in the System. Thereafter, on payment of duty by the importer, the Customs Automated System electronically gives clearance to the Bill of Entry, as provided for in the 1st proviso to Section 47(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. This facility of automated clearance of Bills of Entry has been introduced on a pilot basis in Chennai Customs House and Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House w.e.f. 06.02.2020. The said facility was introduced at an all India level w.e.f. 05.03.2020. [Refer Circular No.09/2019-Customs dated 28th February 2019, Circular No.05/2020- Customs dated 27th January 2020, Circular No.15/2020-Customs dated 28th February 2020] 4.3.4 Registration of Authorised Dealer Code, Bank Accounts through ....

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....during examination for validation with goods would continue to be done during examination, as at present. (iii) One or more TSKs may be set up for the convenience of the trade. (iv) Suitable procedures are to be devised for handling & safe keeping of the documents produced at TSKs. Ideally these documents should also be kept in electronic form [Refer Circular No.32/2020-Customs dated 6th July 2020] 4.4 Paperless Customs: CBIC has taken initiatives to enable digital submission and transmission of both Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills in 2020. Besides saving time, the cost of printing paper documents has also been substantially reduced. 4.4.1 PDF copies of Bills of Entry and gatepass- Board has decided to enable electronic communication of PDF based Final eOoC (electronic Out of Charge) copy of BoE and eGatepass to the importers/Customs Brokers. This electronic communication would reduce interface between the Customs authorities and the importers/Customs Brokers and also do away with the requirement of taking bulky printouts from the Service Centre or maintenance of voluminous physical dockets in the Customs Houses. The Final eOoC copy of BoE and eGatepass copy is now email....