Updation of New Tariff lines as per Finance (No.2) Act, 2019 - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 04/2020

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (NS-III), RMS FACILITATION CENTRE, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, NHAVA SHEVA, URAN, RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA 400 707 F. No. EDI/MISC-118/2016/JNCH Part-ii Date: 06.01.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 04/2020 SUB: Updation of New Tariff lines as per Finance (No.2) Act, 2019 - reg. Kind attention of Importers/ Exporters/ Custom Brokers and the trading public is invited to Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 vide which certain new tariff lines were introduced in the Customs Tariff Act and certain old ones were replaced/ omitted. 2. The said changes in the Tariff have come into effect from 01.01.2020 as notified by CBICs Notification No. 89/2019 - Customs (N.T.) dated 10.12.2019. Consequent upon these changes, necessary updates have also been made in the Customs EDI System to accept only the valid CTHs with effect from 1.01.2020. Notifications are also being issued by TRU wherever amendment would be required in the existing entries. 3. With effect from 01.01.2020, the declarations (Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills) have to be filed with new/valid CTHs only. Even the ex-bond BEs against the old Warehouse BEs will have to be filed with the new CTHs in case the old CTHs are getting invalid. Advance/ Prior BEs filed before 01.01.2020 but pending for OOC will have to be recalled and reassessed in case change in CTH is required. 4. Further, since more than 300 new tariff lines are being added and many becoming obsolete, the declarations of the correct CTHs on the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills along with the application of notifications, clearance (NOC) from other Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) etc. on the newly introduced tariff lines may also be checked manually and any discrepancy found may immediately be brought to the notice of Joint Commissioner of Customs (EDI Section), JNCH, Nhava Sheva vide Email ID [email protected]. (Authority: ICES Advisory 29/2019 - Changes introduced in Budget on the Customs Tariff w.e.f. .01.01.2020) Sd/- (SUNIL KUMAR MALL) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, NS-I