Turant Customs — Next generation reform for Ease of Doing Business - Customs - TRADE NOTICE NO. 04/2019

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, WILLINGDON ISLAND, COCHIN-682009 F. No. C1/03/2016-TU. CUS. Date: 06-03-2019 TRADE NOTICE NO. 04/2019 Sub:- Turant Customs - Next generation reform for Ease of Doing Business - reg Kind attention of exporters, Customs Brokers and all other stakeholders is drawn to the Board's Circular Nos- 09/2019- Customs dated 28.02.2019 introducing next generation reform named Turnat Customs for ease of doing Business that would be implemented from time to time in next few months. 2. In furtherance to the Bill of Entry (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Paperless Processing) Regulations, 2018 the importers or their authorised persons would be able to themselves register the goods online on the ICEGATE web portal after the goods have arrived (and not after payment of duty, as at present). 3. A further trade facilitation initiative being introduced in the Customs clearance process is that of Customs Compliance Verification (CCV) which would operate after an importer registers the imported goods even while duty has not been paid or its payment is in process. Once the goods are registered, the proper officer would do all necessary verifications as per Sections 17/ 18 and Section 47 (l) of the Customs Act, 1962. On satisfaction that the goods are ready for clearance, but for the payment of duties, the proper officer would confirm the completion of the CCV for the particular Bill of Entry in the System. Therefore, on payment of duty by the importer, the customs Automated System, would electronically give clearance to the Bill of entry, as provided for in the 1 st proviso to Section 47 (1) of the Customs Act, 1962 4. The new features in ICES 1.5 of granting clearance post CCV will continue to be subjected to the interdictions from the RMS, alerts from agencies such as DRI, and other local contingencies which are already part of the inbuilt checks in ICES. Considering that the OOC would normally be given by the system and not by an officer, the interdicted Bills of Entry will be removed from the queue for electronic clearance by System mentioned in para 3 above. 5. Further, significant changes have been made in the ICES 1.5 for clearance of imported goods after finalisation of assessment and payment of duty under Section 47 (1) of the Customs Act, 1962. The proper officer will now have access to a fully automated queue of Bills of Entry ready for the grant of clearance in the ICES 1.5 which obviates the present necessity of the importer/ authorised person having to present the Bill Entry number and date to this officer for seeking clearance. Based upon the Bills of Entry which are ready for clearance in this automated queue the proper officer would be able to directly and immediately grant clearance on the System 6. The Bills of Entry which are fully facilitated by the Risk Management System will also be automatically routed to the proper officer for giving clearance after registration has been completed by the importer, as explained in the para above. (Authority Circular 09/2019 customs dated 28.02.2019) (SUMIT KUMAR) Commissioner of Customs