Streamlining of UOCs in Bills of Entry and shippine Bills - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 26/2020

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, PANAMBUR, MANGALURU 575 010 C. No.S-26/01/2020 Cus Tech Dated: 18.08.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 26/2020 Sub: Streamlining of UOCs in Bills of Entry and shippine Bills - reg. Kind attention of all the importers, exporters, Customs Brokers and all other stakeholders is invited to the CBIC Advisory No.29/2020 -Customs dated 17.08.2020 on the above mentioned subject. 2. Board had undertaken an exercise towards standardization of Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) for the purposes of export / import declarations filed on EDI. It has been noted that many importers and exporters use UQCs like BGS, BTL, BOX, CTN, GGR, HPT, KPC, ODD and DRYI etc. which are neither stipulated in the Customs Tariff Act nor prevalent in the normal business transactions. These non- convertible/inappropriate UQCs lead to a poor quality of data capture and related implications. 3. As a first measure, declaration of quantities in Statistical UQCs (SQCs) as prescribed under the Tariff Act have been made mandatory in both imports (since Feb 2019) and exports (since Feb 2020) for every item in addition to the quantities declared in the commercial units as per the invoice. The SQC declarations are being captured in the Single Window table of the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills. 4. In order to further improve data quality, even among the commercial UQCs declared for the items as per the invoice, henceforth only codes as mentioned in the Annexure would be permitted in BEs/SBs. Declarations in any other UQC will not be accepted. 5. Action to be taken in terms of decisions taken in this Public Notice will be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of officers/staff. In case of any difficulty, the specific issue may be brought to the notice of JC, of Shri Joannes George, Joint Commissioner of Customs, New Customs house, Panambur, Mangaluru (Mobile No.9747872349). (MAMUDDIN AHMAD) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS MANGALURU