Implementing Integrated Declaration under the Indian Customs Single Window - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE: 05/2016/CCP/JMR

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE) 'SARDA HOUSE' BEDI BANDAR ROAD OPP. PANCHVATI, JAMNAGAR -361001 F. No. VIII/48-20/Sys/Single Window/2015-16 Dated 31.03.2016 PUBLIC NOTICE: 05/2016/CCP/JMR Sub: Implementing Integrated Declaration under the Indian Customs Single Window- reg. Attention of all the Trade Association including steamer agents / importers / Exporters / Customs Brokers / Console Agents is invited to the Board's Circular No. 03/2016-Cus dated 3rd February, 2016 and Circular No. 10/2016-Cus dated 15th March, 2016 regarding implementation of Single Window and Integrated Declaration of Bill of Entry for imports. 2. In this regard, it is informed that substantial changes have been made in the BE format and several additional fields have been added, few of which are mandatory in nature. Hence, if the declarant does not compulsorily fill in these key fields, the BE job is liable to get rejected on filing. 3. The technical specification of BE message format is already available in ICEGATE website under Downloads- ICEGATE Guidelines - Integrated BE Declaration. All the directories needed for integrated BE Declaration is made available in ICEGATE website under Downloads - Single Window - Single Window Directories. PGA Agency wise guidelines for filing up Integrated Declaration, is also available in ICEGATE. 4. The important aspects to be considered in the integrated declaration in general (other than Single Window Requirement for which detailed guidelines are being issued separately) are given below for quick reference. For details, the detailed message documents may be referred. I. Certain fields in message documents are sufficed with indicating that no data is expected to be entered presently, can be sent as blank. These are provisioned for future utility, which would be notified later. (Eg. AEO, UCR etc.) II. Third party details for RBI purpose may be entered in invoice table, if applicable. III. RSP applicability field is expanded to include more flags Q, T, D to declare exemption related to bulk quantity, Institution Industrial consumers respectively. IV. End use of the items in item table was mandatory text field. This field is now restricted to Coded value to be declared mandatorily. Code list is published in the ICEGATE website which includes generic code GNXIOO for Trading Purpose or GNX200 for Manufacturing Purpose. V. Accessory status field is included to declare about the availability of accessories as per Accessories (Condition) Rules, 1963. VI. Preceding Level column is added in HSS table to capture details of multiple transactions involved in HSS transactions. If there is only one transaction, Preceding Level would be O. VII. New flag 'E' is added in Commercial Tax Type to capture Central Excise Registration Number when goods are imported following the IGCR (Import of goods under concessional rate of duty of excisable goods) Rules, 2016. VIII. Statement Table is added to enable Importers to electronically declare / undertake various statutory requirements, which is precursor for doing away with paper documents, Statement codes are mandatory to be declared are CUG00, CUG01, CUV01, CUV02, CUV03. The statement text is provided in ICEGATE. Statement Type is to be provided as DEC. Statement text can be left blank and forwarding code is sufficient. 5. Any difficulties in this regard, may be communicated to communication detail of Local EDI, Customs Formation and [email protected]. (Ajay Jain) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER, CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE), JAMNAGAR