Abolition of Group-7 and Other Exports related developments - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 17/2018

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE: PORT AREA: VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 035 P3/06/2017-A.M. (Pt.1) Dated: 08.05.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 17/2018 Sub:- Abolition of Group-7 and Other Exports related developments reg. ***** All the Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and Members of Trade are informed that Group-7 has been discontinued in ICES w.e.f. 08.05.2018. Only the Bills of Entry filed before this date and pending assessment shall be available in the erstwhile group. All the new License/Scheme Bills shall be allotted to Group-1 to 6 as any other bill depending on the classification of the item with highest assessable value. This Bill of Entries shall follow the First-in- First out rule like the regular group bill. 2. As a step towards furthering Department s commitment to Digital Customs, the following facilities to Exporters have been introduced (a) E-payment facility has been operationalized for the payment of Export duty/cess. The payment can be made through ICEGATE the same way as for import duties. (b) Bank account validation by PFMS is now mandatory for Drawback also. Unless the exporter s account is PFMS accepted, his SB s shall not be available for the final dbk scroll. This is a step towards making Drawback payment completely electronic through PFMS like IGST Refunds and RoSL, Which too shall begin soon. 3. Difficulties if any may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. (Dr. D. K. Srinivas) (Commissioner of Customs)