Digitization of Customs Bonded Warehouse procedures relating to obtaining Warehouse Licenses, Bond to Bond Movement of warehoused goods and uploading of Monthly returns

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....er the jurisdiction of JNCH, Nhava Sheva is invited to the Board's Circular No. 19/2024-Customs dated 30.09.2024 on the above subject. 2. To facilitate ease of doing business in respect of the Customs Bonded Warehouses, CBIC has introduced a Warehouse Module on ICEGATE to enable - i. online filing of application for obtaining a Warehouse License; ii. online submission and processing of requests for transfer of warehoused goods to another person and/or another warehouse; and iii. uploading Monthly returns for the Customs Bonded Warehouse. 3. The Directorate General of Systems (DG Systems) has issued detailed User Manuals for providing necessary guidance to the members of the trade as well as the Departmen....

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....ccept or reject the application for licensing shall be processed at the back-end. Once the application for license is accepted, the officer can generate a warehouse code online, and the license would be forwarded to the applicant. 3.1.3. It is noted that in some Customs Zones, the work of Customs warehouse licensing is handled only at the Commissionerates specifically designated by the Zone. Therefore, all Customs Zones shall issue Public Notice, clearly specifying the port code(s) of the jurisdiction(s) for receiving and processing warehouse license applications filed on ICEGATE. For example, Delhi Customs Zone may specify INDEL4 as the appropriate port code. The applicant will, accordingly, fill-in the port code specified by the ....

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....ils through the successive transfers to different warehouses and/or owners. It will also monitor goods flowing into and out of a warehouse in precise terms, thus facilitating filing and processing of monthly returns. 3.2.2. Regulation 3 of the Warehouse Goods (Removal) Regulations, 2016 prescribes a physical Form for transfer of goods from one warehouse to another warehouse. The Form provides for inter alia recording of physical dispatch of goods from the originating warehouse and recording of physical receipt of goods at the destination warehouse. The said recordings are required to be signed by the licensee or the bond officer, as the case may be. While the module on ICEGATE will capture all relevant transaction details in the IC....

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....) of the Customs Act, 1962 which requires furnishing of such security, as may be prescribed, in addition to execution of the warehousing bond. Accordingly, the requirement of security has been prescribed under Circular 21/2016-Customs dated 31.06.2016, as amended. Para 5 of the said Circular mandates that the security to be furnished by the importer or owner of goods shall be furnished at the Port of Import where the bill of entry for warehousing was filed. Accordingly, it is reiterated that the proper officer at the Port of Import must ensure submission of the triple duty bond and security in terms of Section 59 of the Customs Act read with Circular 21/2016-Customs dated 31.05.2016 (as amended). 4. The users of the Warehouse Module i.e.....