Mandatory uploading of documents in e-Sanchit — Further Clarifications - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 08/2021

Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (Import), Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi-110020 C. No. VIII/ICD/TKD/Tech/Imp/111/2018/Pt-I/3135-3144 Dated: 02.02.2021 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 08/2021 Subject: Mandatory uploading of documents in e-Sanchit - Further Clarifications -reg. Attention of all Importers, Exporters, Custom Brokers, Shipping Lines/Agents and all other stake holders is invited to the CBIC Advisory No. 06/2021 dated 29.01.2021 on the above subject. Reference is also invited to Circular No. 55/2020-Custom dated 17.12.2020, CBIC Advisory No. 02/2021 dated 14.01.2021, CBIC Advisory No. 04/2021 dated 26.01.2021 and this office Public Notice Nos. 04/2021 dated 29.01.2021 and 07/2021 dated 01.02.2021 issued in this regard. 2. As per the feedback received from Trade and field formations, Board had taken up with the respective PGAs to upload all the required mandatory documents. Consequently, the mandatory document code list has been revised removing some document codes/CTHs. The updated list is given as Annexure I. 3. Further, for some of the document codes, the earlier requirement of uploading by PGA only has been kept at abeyance for some time. The doc codes where uploading continues to be accepted only by PGA are given in Annexure Il. All other document codes can now be uploaded by the IEC/Customs Broker on eSanchit. This list as given in Annex Il will be revised to include more document codes in due course. It is reiterated that PGAs will only be able to upload documents for the IECs registered on ICEGATE, Therefore. the importers are urged to immediately avail the facility of simplified registration of ICEGATE. 4. Doubts have been raised whether the amendment to the Statement table Of BE can be filed to include the exception reasons for non-applicable cases as elaborated in Para 2(d) of ICES Advisory 04/2021. It is clarified that the amendment can be filed through service centre as well as online. The amendment has to be filed at item level giving the Inv Sl No and Item Sl No of the item against which exception is being claimed. For online filing of the amendment, Amend Code S STMT has to be used. 5. Considering that there are consignments facing difficulty in clearance due to nonavailability of certain documents in the initial days, the Systemic checking of mandatory documents at OOC stage has been disabled for BES filed before 23.01.2021. 6. All trade associations / members of Customs Brokers Association are requested to take note and publicize the contents ofthis Public Notice among their members / constituents. For the departmental officers, this may be treated as Standing Order. 8. The Public Notice (alongwith Annexure - I Il) may be downloaded from the Delhi Customs website www.delhicustoms.gov.in. 9. Difficulties, if any, may be brought 'to the notice of Joint Commissioner of Customs (Technical). ICD(Import), Tughlakabad, New Delhi through email at [email protected]. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, LCD (Import). Tughlakabad, New Delhi. Shekhar Kumar Commissioner of Customs Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad