Bank Realisation Certificate (BRC) verification module for EDI System-Exports (ICES/E) at the Custom House, Chennai - Customs - Public Notice No. 60/2005

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PORT) CUSTOM HOUSE, NO.60 RAJAJI SALAI CHENNAI - 600 001 F.No.S.Misc.36/2005-Sys.Unit Dated: 28-04-2005 Public Notice No. 60/2005 Sub:- Bank Realisation Certificate (BRC) verification module for EDI System-Exports (ICES/E) at the Custom House, Chennai Reg. The importers, the exporters, the Custom House Agents and the trade are informed that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to waive the submission of declaration in Form GR/SDF/PP/SOFTEX in respect of the goods and software of value up to US$ 25,000 or its equivalent. Therefore the outstanding exports of value up to US$ 25,000 shall not be reported in the XOS half yearly statement falling due on 31-12-2004. 2. It has therefore, been decided by the Central Board of Excise and Customs that the Customs Department must ensure the receipt of the foreign exchange in case of drawback cases. 3. Accordingly, a BRC Verification Module for drawback cases has been developed. The salient features of the BRC module are as follows: a) A screen for BRC entry has been created in the Service Centre Menu to allow entry of BRC at the Service Centre. b) Checklist shall be generated at the Service Centre, which is required to be approved by the exporter. Thereafter job numbers shall be given to the exporter. c) The BRCs shall be verified by the Customs Officer specially designated in this regard. A new role has been created for this purpose. The Customs Officer will select a job for verification by entering / selecting the job number. The BRC wise data captured for the selected job will be displayed by the System. He will verify the correctness of this data against the hard (ORIGINAL) copies of the corresponding BRCs provided by the exporter. He is allowed to add/delete/update data while verification. He will register his consent for Acceptance/Rejection against each BRC. Only accepted BRCs will be considered for drawback release/stop purpose. d) If the BRCs are not submitted by the exporter within the stipulated time (which is taken as six months for now), then the Systems shall alert the AC/DC (Exports) about the drawback SB where either the BRC is not submitted or not for the full realisation. The officers must take necessary action for recovery of the drawback. e) The System shall simultaneously block the sanction of drawback to the exporter to the extent of the FULL DRAWBACK INVOLVED IN THE UNREALISED SHIPPING BILL. f) The AC/DC (Exports) may free the blocked drawback amount either fully or partially after realising the drawback relating to the pending BRCs. 4. All exporters must are required to submit the BRCs details of all the Drawback Shipping Bills filed on or after 01-04-2004, which should be entered in the new module. The System shall start generating alerts for the AC/DC (Exports) for all cases of drawback Shipping Bills where BRC is not submitted within six months of date of Shipping Bill from 1st June 2005. (M. AJIT KUMAR) Commissioner of Customs (Exports)