Processing of Bills of Entry (BE)/ Shipping Bill (SB) in ICES - Customs - FACILITY CIRCULAR 20/2019

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 (Part I) Dated: 04-03-2019. FACILITY CIRCULAR 20/2019 Sub: Processing of Bills of Entry (BE)/ Shipping Bill (SB) in ICES Kind attention of Importers/ Exporters/ Customs Brokers is drawn to processing of Bills of Entry (BE)/ Shipping Bill (SB) in ICES and taking print of First copy/ OOC copy of BES and LEO copy of SBS. 2 It is informed that on the occasion of the international Customs Day, CBIC announced two new initiatives, one for electronic communication/ transmission of Customs documents to the trade under the name iCODE - and the other, ICEDASH - an EODB dashboard to monitor daily clearances at each port. 2. Under Project iCODE (Indian Customs Original Document of EDI), the department plans to send the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills electronically to the Importers and Exporters. The BES and SBS will be digitally signed arid bearing the QR codes for authentication and will be sent through email to the registered email IDs of respective IECs and the Customs Brokers. These electronic (PDF) copies are slated to replace the physical paper copies signed by OOC officers currently and will make the entire clearance process faster and greener. 3. As a pilot implementation under iCODE, generation transmission of first copy of BE (copy after assessment, presented for examination) in PDF has now been made operational. As of now, the pdf BES will have QR codes but without the digital signatures. In this regard, the feedback especially if there is any inconsistency/ discrepancy in the data or if any more date fields are to be added is requested from the trade and the same may be forwarded to Email ID of System Manager [email protected] on or before by 14th March 2019. 4. After making changes as per the feedback and incorporating the digital signature, PDF version of the final (OOC) copy would also begin to be sent electronically; thus doing away with the requirement to take any printout of the BE copy from the service centre. In the second phase, the facility will be extended to Shipping Bill copies as well. 4. The Importers and Exporters under Chennai Zone are advised to obtain registration on the ICEGATE portal at the earliest with their email ids and phone numbers, so as to receive PDF copies of BE and event notifications on their mail. (Authority: ICES Advisor 05/0019 (Turant Customs) - Electronic (PDF) Version of First Copy of BE - reg. (Dr. ANIL K. NIGAM) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHENNAI (GENERAL)