Operationalization of Faceless Assessment at Mumbai Customs Zone - III - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 124/2020

सीमाशुल्क आयुक्त (आयात) का कार्यालय पी॰आर०ओ॰ अनुभाग, हवाई माल संकुल सहार, अंधेरी (पूर्व), मुंबई- ४०० ०९९ F. No. S/3-MISC-PRO-05/2020-21/ACC (I) Date: 14.09.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 124/2020 Subject: Operationalization of Faceless Assessment at Mumbai Customs Zone - III reg. - reg. Attention of Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers, Shipping Lines/ Agents, Logistics Service Providers, Trade, Customs Staff and all other stakeholders is invited to Public Notices No. 103/2020 dated 31.07.2020, PN.104/2020 d dated 05.08.2020 and PN.106/2020 dated 07.08.2020 issued by this office. These Public Notices were issued consequent to issue of Circular No. 28/2020-Customs dated 05.06.2020, Circular No. 34/2020-Customs dated 30.07.2020 and instruction No. 09/2020-Customs dated 05.06.2020 issued by the CBIC. 2). Further the CBIC has issued Circular No. 40/2020 dated 04.09.2020 for All India roll-out of faceless assessment at all ports of import for all imported goods. For imports under jurisdiction of Mumbai Customs Zone - III, the faceless assessment shall be extended beyond existing phase II involving Group 2A in the following phases: (i) Phase III on 15.09.2020 for Group 5, 5A and 5B (ii) Phase IV on 01.10.2020 for Group 2G, 3 and 4 (iii) Phase V on 31.10.2020 for Groups 1, 1A, 2, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2H, 2I, 2J and 2K Accordingly, the assessments with respect to these Groups will get assigned by the Customs Automated System to officers of Faceless Assessment Groups. 3) Board has decided to constitute 11 National Assessment Centres (NACs), as mentioned as mentioned in Table-I given hereunder. These NACs are organized commodity-wise according to the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Each NAC is co-convened by Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of the Zones mentioned in column 4 of the Table. Each NAC consists of Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs from the Zones as indicated in column 3 of the Table. Table-I Sr. No. National Assessment Centre Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) Nodal Commissioners from Zones Conveners (Pr.CC/CC of the Zone) 1 2 3 4 1. Primary Products 1 (1-26) 1. Bengaluru 2. Bhubaneshwar 3. Chennai 4. Kolkata 5.Tiruchirappalli (Prev.) 6. Tiruvananthapuram 7. Vishakhapatnam Kolkata 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Delhi(Prev.) 4. Guwahati 5. Mumbai II 6. Mumbai III 7. Patna (Prev.) Guwahati 2. Mineral Products 1A (27) 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Mumbai I 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III 6. Pune Ahmedabad 1. Bengaluru 2. Bhubaneshwar 3. Chennai 4. Kolkata 5.Tiruchirappalli (Prev) 6. Visakhapatnam Bhubaneshwar 3. Chemicals 1 2A,2B,2C,2D,2E and 2F (28-38) 1. Ahmedabad. 2. Delhi 3. Delhi (Prev.) 4. Meerut 5. Mumbai II 6. Mumbai III Mumbai II 1. Chennai 2. Hyderabad 3. Kolkata 4. Mumbai I 5.Thiruvananthapuram 6. Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam 4. Chemicals 2 2G (39) 1. Chennai 2. Hyderabad 3. Mumbai I 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III 6. Visakhapatnam 7.Thiruvananthapuram Mumbai II 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bhopal 3. Delhi 4. Delhi (Prev.) 5. Kolkata 6. Meerut 7. Patna (Prev.) Bhopal 5. Chemicals 3 2H,2I,2J,2K (40-49) 1. Bengaluru 2. Bhopal 3. Chennai 4. Kolkata 5. Nagpur 6.Tiruchirappalli (Prev.) 7.Thiruvananthapuram 8. Visakhapatnam Chennai 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Delhi (Prev.) 4. Meerut 5. Mumbai II 6. Mumbai III 7. Mumbai I 8. Patna (Prev.) 9. Pune Patna (Prev.) 6. Textile Products 3 (50-71) 1. Ahmedabad. 2. Bengaluru 3. Delhi 4. Delhi(Prev.) 5. Kolkata 6. Patna (Prev.) Bengaluru 1. Chennai 2. Mumbai I 3. Mumbai II 4. Mumbai III 5.Tiruchirappalli (Prev.). 6.Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli (Prev.). 7. Metal Products 4 (72-83) 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Delhi(Prev.) 4.Guwahati 5. Meerut 6. Mumbai I 7. Mumbai II 8. Mumbai III 9. Kolkata Delhi(Prev.) 1. Bengaluru 2. Bhopal 3. Chennai 4. Hyderabad 5. Nagpur 6. Pune 7. Vishakhapatnam 8.Thiruvananthapuram Nagpur 8. Mechanical Machineries 5 (84) 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Delhi(Prev.) 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III Mumbai III 1. Bengaluru 2.Chennai 3.Hyderabad 4.Kolkata 5.Thiruvananthapuram Hyderabad 9. Electric Machineries 5A (85) 1. Delhi 2. Ahmedabad. 3.Mumbai I 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III Delhi 1. Bengaluru 2. Chennai 3. Hyderabad 4.Kolkata 5.Thiruvananthapuram Meerut 10. Automobiles and Instruments 5B (86-92) 1. Bengaluru 2. Chennai 3. Hyderabad. 4. Kolkata 5.Thiruvananthapuram Chennai 1. Ahmedabad 2. Delhi 3. Delhi(Prev.) 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III Pune 11. Misc. products/Project Imports 6 (93-98) 1. Ahmedabad. 2. Kolkata 3. Mumbai I 4. Mumbai II 5. Mumbai III 6. Hyderabad Mumbai I 1. Bengaluru 2. Chennai 3. Delhi (Prev.) 4.Delhi 5.Thiruvananthapuram 6. Visakhapatnam Thiruvananthapuram 4) Responsibilities of NAC: The important responsibilities of the NAC include the following: I. Monitor the assessment practice for enhancing uniformity of classification, valuation, exemption benefit and compliance with import policy conditions. II. Assess the application of Compulsory Compliance Requirements (CCRs) and ensure uniform practices in accordance with the relevant statutes/Legal provisions. III. Study audit objections and take corrective actions regarding assessments, wherever necessary and provide inputs to the concerned ports of import. IV. Analyse the RMS facilitated Bills of Entry pertaining to Chapters falling under their purview and advise the DGARM regarding possible interventions or review of risk parameters. V. Liaise with Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs at ports of import about interpretational issues pertaining to classification, valuation, scope of exemption notifications and trade policy conditions. VI. Interact with sectoral trade and industry for inputs, and on issues relating to assessment. VII. Function as a knowledge hub or repository for that particular Chapter(s); VIII. Examine the orders/appellate orders in relation to assessment practices pertaining to goods assigned to each Faceless Assessment Group and provide inputs to the Commissionerates for uniformity of assessment orders before legal fora. IX. Constitute Working Groups for matters relating to: a) Monitoring for timely assessment of Bills of Entry; b) Valuation and related issues; c) Classification and related issues; d) Restrictions and prohibitions and Co-ordination with PGAs; e) Communication and Outreach for departmental officers and trade; f) Any other matter relevant to timely and uniform assessment, as may be decided. 5). As mentioned in Table - l above, the Chief Commissioner of Customs,Mumbai- III and the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Hyderabad have been assigned to be the co-convenors with regard to the Mechanical Machineries (Group 5: Chapter 84) .In this regard, the details of the nodal Principal Commissioner / Commissioner of each Zone nominated for the said NAC in respect of co - Convener Mumbai - III are as per Table-A and details of Working Groups for the NAC Mechanical Machineries (Chapter.84) in respect of co- Convener Mumbai - III are as per Table-B as below: Table -A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT CENTRE (NAC): MECHANICAL MACHINERIES MEMBER OF NAC S. NAME DESIGNATION E-mail ID MOBILE NO. 1 Shri Upendra Gupta Pr. Commissioner, ACC (Import), New Delhi [email protected] 9818733777 2 Shri R K Mishra Commissioner, NS-V, Nhava Sheva [email protected] 9414012262 3 Shri M K Srivastava Commissioner, Jamnagar [email protected] 8469283638 4 Shri Subhash Chandra Agarwal Commissioner, Jodhpur (Prev) [email protected] 9599042434 5 Shri Vinayak Azaad Commissioner, ACC (Import), Mumbai [email protected] 9811302391 Table-B NATIONAL ASSESSMENT CENTRE (NAC): MECHANICAL MACHINERIES WORKING GROUP: VALUATION RELATED ISSUES MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON NAC S. NAME DESIGNATION E-mail ID MOBILE NO. 1 Shri Upendra Gupta Pr. Commissioner, ACC (Import), New Delhi [email protected] 9818733777 2 Shri R K Mishra Commissioner, NS-V, Nhava Sheva [email protected] 9414012262 WORKING GROUP: CLASSIFICATION RELATED ISSUES MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON NAC S. NAME DESIGNATION E-mail ID 1 Shri Vinayak Azaad Commissioner, ACC (Import), Mumbai [email protected] 9811302391 2 Shri R K Mishra Commissioner, NS-V, Nhava Sheva [email protected] 9414012262 WORKING GROUP: Communication outreach for Departmental Officers and Trade MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON NAC S. NAME DESIGNATION E-mail ID 1 Shri M K Srivastava Commissioner, Jamnagar [email protected] 8469283638 2 Shri Subhash Chandra Agarwal Commissioner, Jodhpur (Prev) [email protected] 9599042434 6) The following Pr. Commissioner/ Commissioner shall be nodal officer for NAC in respect of Mumbai Customs, Zone III( CCO PN.No.09/2020-21 dated 14.09.2020): Sr. No. National Assessment Centre (NAC) Faceless Assessment Group (chapters covered) Details of nodal Pr. Commissioner/ Commissioner (Member of NAC) Name Designation Email ID 1 Mineral Products 1A (27) Ms. Reshma Lakhani Pr. Commissioner (Preventive) [email protected] 2 All other specified in Annx II to Cir 40/2020 Cus All other specified in Annx II to Cir 40/2020 Cus Shri Vinayak Azaad Commissioner, ACC (Import) [email protected] The Pr. Commissioner (Preventive) shall have jurisdiction over the Faceless Assessment Group (FAG) 1A and the Commissioner, ACC (Import) shall have jurisdiction over remaining Faceless Assessment Groups in respect of Mumbai Customs Zone III; and Pr Commissioner ( Prev) and Commissioner (Import) ACC are also administratively responsible for monitoring and ensuring speedy and uniform assessments, in regard to the Bs/E assigned by the System to the officers of the respective Faceless Assessment Groups specified above in their jurisdiction. 7) The stakeholders are also informed that the CBIC has issued Notification No. 85/2020-Customs (N.T.) dated 04.09.2020 for the purpose of empowering the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) to take up appeals filed in respect of Faceless Assessments pertaining to imports made in their jurisdiction (even though the faceless assessing officer may be located at any other Customs station). 8) For all other clarifications/guidelines on Faceless Assessment, above mentioned CBIC Circulars and instructions may be referred. 9) Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of Additional Commissioner of Customs, (Import), ACC, Mumbai (E-mail id: [email protected]) -Sd/14.09.2020- (Vijay Singh Chauhan) Commissioner of Customs, Import Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai