ICES Advisory 01/2019 - Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry - Customs - F. NO. S2/03/2015-EDI.

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE: PORT AREA : VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 035 F. NO. S2/03/2015-EDI. Date: 11.02.2019 TRADE NOTICE NO: /2019 Sub: ICES Advisory 01/2019 - Mandatory Declaration of Standard UQC in Bills of Entry - Reg. As per the Advisory No.()1/2019 issued by DG (Systems), the following is brought to the kind notice of the TRADE. 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 SQC 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 SOC 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 of Bills of Entry will not be possible unless the above details are declared. It is therefore requested to file the declarations correctly and accurately from the date of implementation. The qualifier and its description will also be included in the SW directories and code map published on the ICEGATE website. (N. VARUN KOUNDINYA) DY.COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EDI)