Modification in ICES Software regarding. - Customs - 37/2001

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CENTRAL REVENUES BUILDING, P.B.NO. 5400, QUEENS ROAD BANGALORE-1. PUBLIC NOTICE: 37/2001 DT: 30/3/2001 Subject: Modification in ICES Software regarding. Attention of Exporters, Custom House Agents , Airlines, and other members of trade is invited to the following changes in the ICES Exports Software and the consequential changes in procedure, which would be implemented with effect from 2nd April 2001. 1. Changes in the procedure for calculation of Export Cess. As per the current procedure, Cess is being calculated as follows: Amount of Cess = (FOB Value x Rate of Cess)/100 For FOB value of ₹ 500 and a Cess of 1% advalorem, this procedure would result in Cess being calculated as ₹ 5/-. As per the representations received from certain Custom Houses and as approved by the Board the revised procedure for calculation of Cess would be as follows: Amount of Cess = (FOB Value x Rate of Cess)/(100+Rate of Cess) Now for FOB value of ₹ 500 and a 1% of advalorem cess, the amount of cess collected would be ₹ 4.95 only. 2. Changes in the information required to be submitted at the time of filing a shipping bill (modification in annexure A B) With effect from 2nd April 2001, the following fields would be incorporated in the existing formats of Annexure A/B, for entry at the service center. a) Gross weight of Consignment b) Unit of Weight. c) Total no of Packages. d) Marks and Numbers e) Cargo type Trade is therefore advised to indicate these particulars at the time of filing shipping bill. Where details for S No. (a-d) above are not available at the time filing Annexure A/B, they would be required to be entered at the time of goods registration. It may also be noted that it would be mandatory to declare the code for the type of Cargo being exported, at the time of filing the Shipping bill. The code (which depends on the status when goods are actually loaded onto the export vessel) is as follows: C CONTAINERISED P NON- CONTAINERISED PACKAGED LB LIQUID BULK DB DRY BULK CP CONTAINERISED AND PACKAGED (NON CONTAINERISED)* (* This would be relevant for consignments comprising of both packages as well as containerised cargo) If changes were required to be made in the above particulars prior to LEO, these would be carried out by the inspector/Supdt, on the system. Changes, if required to be made after LEO, would be carried out by AC EXPORTS as usual. It may be noted that for Air Cargo Complexes, the default option would always be P i.e., non-containerised packages. 3. Changes in the movement of shipping bill, after submission of replies raised by more than one officer. In view of the problems being faced in respect of shipping bills where multiple queries were raised by different officers and replies could not be submitted at the service center, certain changes have been made in the software. The revised flow, in respect of all ICES Shipping Bills would now be as follows: 1) A query can be raised on a document either by the EO/Inspector or by the Appraiser/Superintendent. The EO/Inspector's query may be rejected or approved by the Appraiser/Superintendent. If approved it would then be sent to AC/DC for final approval. If no query has been raised by the Inspector/EO and the Appraiser/Superintendent has directly raised a query, this too would require approval of AC/DC. 2) The AC/DC may raise supplementary queries on the document, i.e., in addition to the queries already raised by the EO/Inspector or Appraiser/Superintendent. 3) Replies to all the queries would be routed through the AC/DC to the concerned Officer. In case of query raised by EO/Inspector, the reply would routed through AC/DC, but not through the Appraiser/Superintendent. The latter would however be able to view the reply when the document is marked back to him by the EO/Inspector. At that stage he would also be able to raise a separate query if required. It may be noted that this is different from the existing procedure where the query having been approved by the AC/DC, the reply is directly marked to the concerned officer and not routed through the AC/DC. Any documents already pending in the error queue on this account may kindly be brought to the notice of DC (EDI)/system manager for necessary remedial action by NIC. Capturing data regarding House Airway Bill on a Shipping Bill (Modification in Annexure C) Annexure C is being modified so as to capture details regarding master airway bills and house airway bill in the case of consignments exported as console cargo. The Software is being modified so as to verify the number of packages covered by the House Airway Bill against the total number of packages for the corresponding master Airway bill. These details would be captured at the goods registration stage itself and any discrepancies would be detected before the export of goods. This is likely to reduce the errors noticed after filing of the EGM by the airlines. Provision has been made in the software for rectification of errors in the number of Packages registered at the stage of registration itself or at the stage of LEO or even thereafter. However no amendments are permitted after filing of the EGM. (A. P. SUDHIR) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS ANNEXURE - C Shipping Bill No Date ------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRWAY BILL PARTICULARS 1.A. For Console Cargo 1.B. For Other Cargo (i) Master Airway Bill No. ---------------------- (i) Airway Bill No. ------------------------------------- (ii) Total No. of Pkgs against the MAWB------ (ii) No. of packages against the airway Bill --------- (iii) House Airway Bill No ---------------------- SHIPPING BILL DETAILS 2. Total No. of Packages in S/B ---------------------------------------------------- 3. Type of Packages (Boxes/Cartons/Bags etc.) -------------------------------- 4. Numbers marked on the Packages (1 -25 etc.) ------------------------------- 5. Gross weight (in Kgs.) ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. Net Weight (in Kgs.) -------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Freight Charges ---------------------------Currency --------------------------- 8. Insurance Charges -------------------------Currency ------------------------- 9. Details of AR4, if any Sr. No AR4 No Date Commissionerate Division Range 10. Seal No. and name of the Sealing agency. I/We declare that the particulars given above are true and correct. Name of the Exporter/CHA I D No: of authorised signatory of CHA: Date: - Signature of Exporter/CHA Goods arrived Verified the number of packages and marks and numbers there on and Found to be as declared. Signature of the Examining Officer Date: - Name of the Examining Officer