Measures to make Bill of Entry Amendment Process contactless and paperless - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 48/2020

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIR CARGO COMPLEX (IMPORT) NEW CUSTOMS HOUSE NEAR IGI AIRPORT NEW DELHI-110037 C.No. VIII(12)Import/Teach./PN/06/2020/Pt. 1 Dated: 09.06.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 48/2020 Subject: Measures to make Bill of Entry Amendment Process contactless and paperless - reg. Continuous efforts are being made by CBIC to make the Customs clearance process contactless. While these initiatives have greatly helped Trade, one of the areas where physical interface has continued in Imports is the Bill of Entry amendment process. The amendments are presently being filed only through the Service Centre atong with paper copy of the checklist for approval by the proper officer. The amendment fees, if levied by the proper officer is also collected through manual TR-6 challans. Certain changes have now been introduced in ICES to streamline this process and make it electronic, which are elaborated as below:- (a) Online Filing of Bill of Entry Amendment : The facility for filing the amendment online through ICEGATE has been operationatized. The message id for the same would be CACHIOI A, the details of which have been incorporated in the message format published on ICEGATE (https://www.icegate.gov.in/msg_guideline.html) for the benefit of the Trade. NIC's Remote filing software (RES package) has also been upgraded to include amendment filing. Once the amendments are filed online, ICES would queue them before the proper officer the same way as is done currently. The additions made in Supporting docs table would continue to be auto approved while other amendments, including deletion/modification in supporting documents would require approval by the proper officer. (b) Electronic levving and payment of BE Amendment Fee : An option has been added in the Amendment approval form to enter amendment fees levied in terms of Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Amendment Regulations, 1970 as amended from time to time. The fees can be entered by the Group Appraiser/ Superintendent and can be edited by the Group AC/DC. Since the field is mandatory, zero can be entered if no fee is to be levied. Once the amendment is approved and the Bill of Entry is assessed, the amendment fees will automatically get included in the duty challan for electronic payment through ICEGATE. An email will also be triggered by the ICES to the Importer/Customs Broker informing about the approval/rejection of the amendment by the proper officer along with the amendment fees levied (in case of approval) or the reasons for rejection. 5. All trade associations/members of Customs Brokers Association are requested to take note and publicize the contents of this Public Notice among their members/constituents. 6. For the departmental officers, this may be treated as Standing Order. 7. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of Additional Commissioner of Customs (Technical), ACC Import, New Customs House, New Delhi. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, ACC (Import). [Source: ICES Advisory No. 17/2020 dated 22.05.20201 (Nagendra Yadav) Additional Commissioner of Customs (Technical) ACC (Import)