Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry M/ - Customs - TRADE NOTICE: 04/2019/CCP/JMR

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE) 'SARDA HOUSE' BEDI BANDAR ROAD OPP. PANCHVATI, JAMNAGAR -361001 F. No. VIII/48-20/Sys/Single Window/ 15-16 DATED 11.02.2019 TRADE NOTICE: 04/2019/CCP/JMR Sub: Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry M/ reg. 1. Attention of all the Importers, Customs Brokers and the Members of the Trade are invited to the below mentioned advisory. 2. Data quality and standardization of the UQC (Unit Quantity Code) for the declarations filed in EDI is an imperative requirement not just for the purposes of valuation, but for introducing other quantity-based validations in the System. An additional qualifier has now been added in the Single Window Table of the Bill of Entry to mandatorily declare the Standard UQC (SQC) in addition to the commercial UQC being declared as per the invoice currently. 3. The Info_Type in the Single Window Table willbe CHR and Info_QFR (Qualifier) will be SQC for all the CTHs. The information actually to be declared against this qualifier would be in Info_MSR (measure) would be the quantity in the Standard UQC as per the Customs Tariff. In Info UQC, the actual SQC will have to be provided which would be validated against the Tariff Code directory available in ICES. Even if the SQC is the same as the UQC declared for the item, it will have to be separately declared (along with the quantity) in the Single Window Table as well. 4. The declaration of the SQC will be made mandatory from 18th of February. 2019. Submission of Bills of Entry will not be possible unless the above details are declared. The qualifier and its description will also be included in the SW directories and code map published on the ICEGATE website. 5. Any difficulties in this regard, may be communicated to [communication detail of Local EDI, Customs Formation] and [email protected]. (M.K. Srivastava) COMMISSIONER, CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE), JAMNAGAR