Deferred payment of Customs Duty - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2017

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIR CARGO CHENNAI VII COMMISSIONETE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, MEENAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI - 600 027 F. No. S. Misc.09/2017 -Appg. Main. Date: 06.4.2017 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2017 Sub: Deferred payment of Customs Duty - reg. Attention is invited of all the AEO's and non-AEO Importers to the Board's Circulars No. 32/2016-Customs dated 13.07.2016, 52/2016-Cus dated 15.11.2016 on deferred payment of Customs Duty and Customs Notification No. 134/2016-Customs (N.T) dated 02.11.2016 as amended by Notification No.28/2017-Customs (N.T) dated 31.3.2017 Notification No. 135/2016-Customs (N.T.) dated 02.11.2016 permitting Importers certified under Authorized Economic Operator Programme as AEO (Tier-Two) and AEO (Tier-Three) to make deferred payment of duty of Customs. 2. Following procedure will be followed for availing facility of deferred payment of Customs Duty: a. Every importer certified as AEO-T2/AEO-T3 shall obtain ICEGATE Login which is essential to avail benefits envisaged in the AEO Programme. Further, in order to avail the facility of deferred payment, every AEO-T2/AEO-T3 is advised to nominate a nodal person borne on their establishment who would be responsible for authenticating all the customs related transactions on behalf of the AEO. Since the option of deferred payment has been extended only to AEO (Tier-Two) and AEO (Tier- Three), it is important for the AEO to exercise due caution in nominating the AEO nodal person to prevent misuse of facility of deferred payment. The contact details of AEO nodal person shall also be provided in ICEGATE login to ensure that the information reaches in time at their registered mail for authentication. b. As per rule 4 Of the Deferred payment Of Import Duty Rules, an eligible importer who intends to avail the benefit Of deferred payment shall intimate to the Principal Commissioner Of Customs or the Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the port of clearance, his intention to avail the said benefit. Intimation addressed to the AEO Programme Manager with a copy to the Principal Commissioner(s) of Customs or the commissioner(s) of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the port(s) of clearance shall be considered as intimation by an eligible importer of his intention to avail the said benefit. c. The eligible importer who intends to make deferred payment shall indicate the sat-ne using flag D t in the Payment Method column Of Bill Of Entry filed- In order to ensure that the facility of deferred payment is availed only by the eligible importer, option has been provided in ICEGATE Login for AEO Nodal person to acknowledge such intent and authenticate using One Time Password (OTP) sent to his registered e-mail address. The Nodal person would be able to authenticate multiple Bills Of Entry at once. Only on such authentication by the eligible AEO importer, customs clearance would be provided for the consignment under deferred payment Of duty Rules. d. The due dates for deferred payment Of import duty by eligible importers are specified in rule 6 of the said Rules. The eligible importer also has an option to select the challans belonging to the deferred period and pay at any time, even before the due date at their convenience. 3. Reports regarding availing of deferred payment available in ICES shall be monitored by the concerned assessment group of the Commissionerate. Appraising Main section will consolidate the deferred payment of dues, end of every month and submit the report to the Commissioner for necessary action. Defaulters Of deferred duty payment facilitation shall be viewed seriously and action will be initiated as per the rules. Therefore all importers are requested to take necessary precaution in this regard. 4. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. (K. RAGHU N. CHARY) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER (CHENNAI-VII)