ICES Advisory 18/2018 — Abolition of Group 7 and other Exports related developments - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE - 02/2018-19

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, MUNDRA PORT, KUTCH, GUJARAT- 370 421. F. No. VIII/48-02/PN/AG/CHM/2018-19 Date: 10.05.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE - 02/2018-19 Subject: ICES Advisory 18/2018 - Abolition of Group 7 and other Exports related developments reg. Attention of the Importers, Exporters, Custom Brokers and all concerned is invited to the ICES Advisory 18/2018 dated 08.052018 regarding abolition of Group 7 and other Exports related developments. 2. In the matter it is to inform that in line of Boards' letter 450/100/2017-Cus-IV dated 10.04.2018, Group VIl has been discontinued in ICES w.e.f 08.05.2018. Only the Bills of Entry filed before this date and pending assessment shall be available in the erstwhile group. All the new License/Scheme Bills shall be allotted to Group I to 6 as any other bill depending on the classification of the item with highest assessable value. Needless to mention, these bills of entry shall also follow the first in-first out rule like the regular group bills. 3. On the side of exports too, there have been following developments furthering our commitment to Digital Customs : (a) E- Payment facility has been operationalized for the payment of export duty/cess. The payment can be made through ICEGATE the same way as for Import duties. (b) Bank account validation by PFMS is now mandatory for Drawback also. Unless the Exporter's account is PFMS accepted, his SB shall not be available for the final dbk scroll. This is a step towards making Drawback payment completely electronic through PFMS like IGST Refunds and RoSL. 4. In view of the aforesaid changes, Members from trade/Exporters/ Importers are advised to avail benefit of aforesaid provisions/relaxations. 5. This issue with the Approval of Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Mundra. Difficulties anticipated/concerns, if any, should be brought to the notice of the undersigned. (G. P. Meena) Additional Commissioner of Customs Custom house Mundra.