Exemption from levy of amendment fee and charges for late filing of Bill of Entry - Customs - FACILITY NOTICE No. 13/2017

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS IMPORT AIR CARGO COMPLEX SAHAR ANDHERI E MUMBAI -400099 F.N0. EDI-401/2017-18 CC ACC Date: 14.7.2017 FACILITY NOTICE No. 13/2017 Sub: Exemption from levy of amendment fee and charges for late filing of Bill of Entry -Reg. Attention of all the Custom House Brokers, Exporters/ Importers, Trade, Customs Staff and Stakeholders Public Notice No. 11/2017 dated 4.4.2017 concerning changes in the provisions of Section 46 and 47 of the Customs Act, 1962 and Public Notice No. 19 dated 28.6.2017 regarding implementation of GST with effect from 1st July, 2017. 2. Pursuant to the implementation of GST since 1.7.2017, as the ICES has not yet stabilised due to which the trade has been experiencing difficulty in filing the BSE within the time the period stipulated under Section 46 of the Customs Act, 1962 and Regulation 4 (1) of the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1976. 3. As a measure of trade facilitation, it has been decided that the facility provided vide Facility Order No. 10/2017 dated 05.07.2017 is further extended and accordingly for the consignments having entry inward date from 06.07.2017 to 22.07.2017, there will be no charge on late presentation of Bill of Entry. However, the Customs Brokers or the importer has to submit evidence to show that efforts were made for submitting a job in ICEGATE for filing BSE but no positive acknowledgement was received from ICES for such consignments. Further all such cases of waiver of late filing charges pertaining to the above said period would be dealt with by the respective DC/AC on merits. 4. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned at the earliest. This is issued with the approval of Commissioner of Customs (Import). (Pawan Kumar Khetan) Joint Commissioner of Customs EDI Section