Declaration of proper UQC in the EDI System at the time of filing of Bill of Entry - Customs - 59/2007

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, SHEVA TAL. URAN, DIST. RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA 400707 F.No. S/22-Gen-250/2007 AM(I) Date : 18.12.2007 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 59/2007 Sub.: Declaration of proper UQC in the EDI System at the time of filing of Bill of Entry Attention of Trade and CHAs is invited to the declarations made at the time of filing of bill of entry in respect of imports of apples, fresh fruits, metals and some other items wherein it has been noticed that despite the instruction to mention the UQC in standard units, UQC declared as Cartons, packages, cases, box, tins, cans, drums, barrels, bundles, sheets, sacks, coils, gross, bags, bottles, rolls, etc. These are not measurable units and do not make any sense for data analysis. Further, items like textiles are declared in running lengths without specifying width or as rolls in numbers without giving the dimension or weight of each roll. It is essential to use recognized standard units of quantity to do any meaningful clustering and data analysis. These standard units are already prescribed in the Customs tariff against each tariff heading. Omission to follow these standard units results into poor quality of data being fed into NIDB which can not be used for comparison or statistical analysis. All these cases give misleading results in a data analysis. The concerned importers and CHAs are hereby directed to file the Bill of Entry with UQC in Kg or standard units only as prescribed in Customs Tariff against relevant tariff heading. Any problem related to filing of UQC code in Kg/Standard units may be brought to the notice of the Additional Commissioner of Customs in charge of EDI systems. Sd/- 18.12.2007 (SANJEEV BEHARI) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) JNCH, NHAVA SHEVA