Advisory circular for registration of beneficiaries on ICEGATE - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 18/2018

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS NEW CUSTOMS HOUSE, PANAMBUR, MANGALURU 575 010 www.customsmangalore.gov.in Phone No: 0824-2408164 E-Mail ID: [email protected] Fax No: 0824-2407100 F.NO.S-26/27 /2016 Cus Tech Date: 08.10.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 18/2018 Subject: Advisory circular for registration of beneficiaries on ICEGATE- reg. Attention of the Importers, Exporter, Customs Brokers, Steamer Agents, Liners and the members of Trade is invited to the Board's Circular No. 35/2018- Customs dated 01.10.2018, on the above mentioned subject. 2(i). Customs has introduced Single Window Interface for facilitating Trade (SWIFT) as part of ease of doing business initiative to integrate Customs and other Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) for seamless processing of import and export clearances. One of the components of SWIFT is e-SANCHIT. Under e-SANCHIT, the system allows a trader to submit all supporting documents for clearance of consignments electronically with digital signatures. This obviates the need for the trader to approach different regulatory agencies with hardcopies of the documents, thereby making the entire process of consignment clearance faceless and paperless. It has been made mandatory that all the importers are required to upload the documents relating to regulatory compliance electronically from 01st April, 2018 onwards. Shortly e-SANCHIT facility will be extended to exports also, for which a pilot project is underway. (ii). Further, CBIC is embarking on a project under SWIFT to bring all the Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) under e-SANCHIT wherein instead of importer/exporter the PGAs who issue Licences, Permits, Certificates and Other Authorizations (LPCOs), will upload the documents themselves. (iii). Once the LPCO is uploaded by a PGA, a unique IRN (Image reference number) will be generated by the system and the same will be communicated to the beneficiary. For availing this facility, the email id of the beneficiaries registered with ICEGATE will be used. In future, a view facility will also be available, wherein a beneficiary will be able to view the documents uploaded by the PGAs during a given period. (iv). A pilot project is expected to be launched shortly for testing the e-SANCHIT facility for PGAs with three PGAs. Thereafter on successful testing, the facility will be extended to all the PGAs. Once the facility of uploading the document on e-SANCHIT by PGAs is implemented, the beneficiaries (importer/exporter) will not be allowed to upload such documents themselves. (v). Therefore, all the importer/exporters, Customs brokers or any other beneficiary transacting with Customs are requested to come forward and register on ICEGATE. A detailed procedure on registration is available at ICEGATE website under the path www. icegate.gov.in- Downloads- Registartion_Demo. 3. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of this office. (DR. M. SUBRAMANYAM) COMMISSIONER