ICES Advisory 01/2019- Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2019

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS NEW CUSTOMS HOUSE, PANAMBUR, MANGALURU - 575 010 C.Nos-26/05/2019 cus. Tech Date: 15.02.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2019 Sub: ICES Advisory 01/2019- Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry- Reg. It is brought to the notice of all the Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and all Trade Formations that 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. The info-Type in the Single Window Table will be CHR and Info_QFR (Qualifier) will be $QC 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. The declaration of the SQC will be made mandatory from 18th of February' 2019. Submission Bills of Entry will not be possible unless the above details are declared. In view of the above, Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and all Trade Formations are advised to file the declarations correctly and accurately from the date of implementation. PARAG C. BORKAR COMMISSIONER