Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for eSealed Export Cargo - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 33/2019

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHENNAI VIII (GENERAL) CUSTOM HOUSE, NO.60 RAJAJI SALAI, CHENNAI - 600 001 F. No. S. Misc.05/2019 - sys Unit Dated: 16-05-2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 33/2019 Sub: Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for eSealed Export Cargo reg. Kind attention of Exporters/ Customs Brokers brought to the Public Notice No.025/2019 dated 02.04.2019 regarding Entity Registration and Approval under new Sea Manifest Regulations. 2. It is informed that one of the first manifests which is being developed under the new regulations is the Customs Inland Manifest (CIM) which would cover the inland movement of any cargo. The CIM to be filed by the Exporters availing the facility of eSeal as per Board's circular 26/2017 dated 01.07.2017 read with circular 36/2017 dated 28.08.2017 has now been made operational. 3. The CIM will have to be filed by the Exporter just before the export cargo leaves the factory/ premises of the Exporter and would help in tracking the cargo till it reaches the port of export. 4. In this regard, the technical guidance on the SCMTR including the Customs Inland Manifest, and the message format of CIM have both been uploaded on ICEGATE web portal for the benefit of the Trade. The CIM will have to be filed for each rail/ truck carrying the cargo separately but can have cargo of pertaining to multiple Shipping Bills. 5. In this regard, the Exporters are requested to avail the benefit of eSeal by obtaining ICEGATE registration immediately. If not obtained already, requested to submit application from their login to operate under the new regulations as per ICES Advisory 04/2019. 6. After registration for E-Seal, it is requested to go through the technical guidance note and message format of the CIM and start filing the same. To assist the Exporters, a downloadable Excel based utility has also been made available on ICEGATE for submission of CIM. The exporters can use this utility to fill the required information for CIM and generate the required JSON file automatically which can be sent to ICEGATE by email at the designated email id. 7. Exporters are advised to start filing of the Shipping Bills in advance since the Shipping Bill Number has to be quoted in the CIM, which in turn has to be filed before the goods leaves the exporter's premises. 8. The CIM filed by the Exporters for the eSealed cargo would have the details of Shipping Bill, along with the details of the vehicle, containers and the espective eSeals. These details would be shared with RMS for real time tracking of the cargo from the exporter's premises till the port of export. 9. On arrival of the vehicle at the port of export too, the Preventive Officer at the gate has been given the option in the ICES System to enter the CIM number and check the actual vehicle/ seal/ details against the declarations The Preventive Officer shall enter in ICES whether the made in the CIM. detail matches or not and whether eSeal has been tampered with, depending on the reading from the eSeal reader device. These details will also be shared with RMS to further strengthen its risk analysis. This would further help RMS in facilitating eSeaIed cargo without examination wherever eSea1 is found to: be intact and untampered, thereby benefitting the Exporters. 10. The vehicle, container and eSeal details will be displayed on the main manifest tab for verification. The Preventive Officer will have to submit his report on this screen by feeding the status for each container and eSeal in the Cont Code and Seal Code fields. For a more detailed verification before submission, other details of cargo and supporting docs can also be verified by the Preventive Officer. 11. This being a significant development, a pilot is being implemented at ICD Tughlakabad. However, the option to file the CIM and to Gate in the same by the Preventive officer is available at all ports. Before the same is made mandatory across the Boards, it is advised that all Exporters availing Self Seal facility are requested to begin filing the CIM immediately. 12. Exporters can email their queries and difficulties in filing the CIM to [email protected] and [email protected] with the subject line SCMTR - CIM Filing (Authority: ICES Advisory 11/2019 (SCMTR) - Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for eSeaIed export cargo dated 10.05.2019) (Dr. ANIL K. NIGAM) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHENNAI VIII - GENERAL