Amendment in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016 - Customs - TRADE NOTICE NO. 02/2018

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS GST BHAVAN, 41/A, SASSON ROAD, PUNE-411001 F. No. VIII/CUS//Tech/PN SI/48-47/2016/Pt-III Date: 23.01.2018 TRADE NOTICE NO. 02/2018 Subject: Amendment in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016- reg. Attention of the Importers, Exporters, Port Trust, Customs Brokers, Port Terminal operations, Shipping Lines/ Shipping Agents, Container Freight Stations (CFSs)/Inland Container Deports (ICDs) of Customs Pune Zone and GST Pune Zone, is invited to the Circular no. 3/2018 dated January 17, 2018 issued by the Board regarding Amendment in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/07/2016. 2. In this context, it is bring to your notice that consequent to the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) wherein certain additional benefits have been assigned to AEO Certified entities, and in order to maximize the reach of the AEO programme to meet the objective of trade facilitation and ease of doing business following modifications have been made in some of the paras of the CBEC's Circular No.33/2016-Cus. dated 22.07.2016, which are as below:. i. Para 1.5.1 xi may be added as: In accordance with the conditions laid down in Para 4.07A of FTP 2015-2020, where there is no SION/valid Ad-hoc Norms for an export product and where SION has been notified but exporter intends to use additional inputs in the manufacturing process, eligible exporter, who is an AEO, can apply for an Advance Authorization under this scheme on self declaration and self ratification basis ii. Para 2.4 may be read as, The application should be sent directly to the respective jurisdictional Custom Chief Commissioner's office with a copy to the AEO Programme Manager, Directorate of International Customs or in case of any doubt, to the AEO Programme Manager, Directorate of International Customs, 10th Floor, Tower Il, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001. iii. Para 2.5 may be read as, The Commissioner, Directorate of International Customs, 10th Floor, Tower Il, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001 will be the AEO Programme Manager and AEO Programme Team will comprise officers from the Directorate of International Customs or jurisdictional Custom Zones. iv. Para 3.2.6 may be added as: The details of the AEO applicants for legal compliance as per para 3.2.1 will be hosted on CBEC Website (Home- Departmental Officers- Systems / Home - Public Information - Indian AEO Programme), The field formation can directly respond to concerned office (viz. Zonal AEO Cell) with the requisite legal compliance information within 14 days of uploading the details. v. Para 3.4 may be read as, An applicant must be financially solvent during the three financial years preceding the date of application. The applicant should not be listed currently as insolvent, or in liquidation or bankruptcy. Further, the applicant should not have defaulted in payment of due Customs duties during the past three years. The applicants applying for AEO T1 and T2 status, can either submit a solvency certificate by a statutory auditor, or a solvency certificate from an independent reputed chartered accountant made on the basis of audited vii. Annexure E.2 (b) may be read as E.2 (b1): Have any SCNs been issued against you during last 3 F.Y.? If yes, please indicate the details in 'Remarks' column. E.2 (b2): Whether any SCN has been issued during last three financial years involving fraud, forgery, outright smuggling, clandestine removal of excisable goods or cases where Service Tax has been collected from customers but not deposited to the Government. If yes, please indicate the details in 'Remarks' column. viii. Para 5.1 may be read as The validity of AEO certificate shall be three years for AEO-T1 and AEO-T2, and five years for AEO-T3 and AEO-LO ix. Annexure A (4) may be read as A(4) Address: (If there are more than one site/ location, a separate list should be attached for all sites/ locations) A 4(a): Whether applicant is a manufactures or trader A 4(b): If applicant is a manufacturer, what are the main items of manufacturing A 4 (c): The economic sector of functioning of the applicant (Eg. Auto/ Pharma/ Fertilizer et al) x. Para 5.3.6 may be added as: All Jurisdictional/ Zonal AEO Cell will nominate an Officer not below the rank of AC/DC as Client Relationship Manager (CRM) for all the AEO entities in their jurisdiction . 3. In relation to para 2 (x) above, Shri D.S. Mann, Assistant Commissioner, Phone no. 020- 26058767, Mobile no.- +91-9930834974 will act as Client Relationship Manager (CRM) for Pune Customs. 4. The above circular no. 3/2018 dated January 17, 2018 may be downloaded from the website www.cbec.gov.in. 5. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. 6. All the Trade Associations, Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Members of Regional Advisory Committee under the jurisdiction of Chief Commissioner of Customs and GST Pune Zone are requested to bring the contents of the Trade Notice to the knowledge of their member and other stake holders. 7. Hindi version will follow. (M. V. S. CHOUDARY) COMMISSIONER