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TMI BlogLaunch of the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES 1.5) Exports, at ICD – Sachin (Surat) & ICD-Valvada (Vapi)-Reg.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sion of the ICES 1.0 application, earlier implemented on standalone servers at major Customs locations. The ICES 1.5 software, developed by NIC, has been implemented at CBEC s National Data Centre at New Delhi. The System Integrator for the project is M/s TCS. The application would cater to the needs of Customs officials at ICDs - Sachin (Surat) Valvada (Vapi), and also the Service Centre operators, who would be working on CBEC s new Local Area Network infrastructure implemented by M/s HP Sales India Private Ltd. Connectivity to the Central servers at the National Data Centre has been provided through CBEC s MPLS network, as part of the Wide Area Networking project implemented by a consortium led by M/s BSNL Ltd. 2. Under ICES 1.5, the computerized processing of shipping bills would be handled in respect of the following categories: 1. Duty Free white Shipping Bills 2. Dutiable Shipping Bills (Cess) 3. Drawback Shipping Bills 4. DEEC Shipping Bills 5. EPCG Shipping Bills ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y of the Custom Stations where ICES 1.0 is operational. They would be required to furnish information as per Appendix 2. No re-registration is required in case the agency is already registered at any existing Customs location where ICES 1.0 is operational. 3.4 Registration of Bank Account with Authorized Dealer of Foreign Exchange: Except for NFEI shipping bills, the account number of the exporter opened with Authorised Dealer of foreign exchange is required to be available in the ICES 1.5. The Directory of Authorised Dealers Codes is maintained in the ICES 1.5 on the basis of details made available by the RBI. The exporters may note that it would not be possible for the local customs officials to add the details of the AD code unless the information is available from RBI. In case the details are not available the matter may be brought to the notice of the ICEGATE team. Members of the trade may please note that ICEGATE provides 24X7 Helpdesk facility for trade to report problems related to electronic filing. The ICEGATE helpdesk can be contacted on e-mail address [email protected] and the replies to the queries shall be sent through e-mails. The Helpdesk can also ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... a shipping bill/EGM. Note: Due to constraint of size, it is not possible to attach the list of port codes with this Public Notice. Correct code may be obtained from the respective Carriers or checked from www.unece.org/etrades. A list of all relevant codes would also be available at the service center. 3.12 Registration of DGFT Licences: If the exports are in discharge of export obligation against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses or Advance application, such licence/advance application should be first registered in the ICES and Licence No. or the Registration No. or advance application should be indicated against each item of goods in the shipping bill. However, EDI messages between Customs and DGFT for licence are in the process of being enabled. No separate registration shall be required for those licences which are received from DGFT online. 3.13 Self Sealed Container cargo: Exporters who are allowed self-sealing of containers should get registered themselves in the ICES 1.5 before the goods registered for exports. 4. DATA ENTRY FOR SHIPPING BILLS 4.1 Shipping bills can be filed through the service center located in or through Remote EDI System if the Exporter or the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is of declarations (Duly filled forms of Annexure A) made by the CHAs/exporters. After completion of data entry, a checklist of the data entered by the operator will be printed by the Data Entry Operator and handed over to the exporters/CHAs for confirming the correctness of the electronic declaration. The CHA/Exporter will make corrections, if any, in the checklist and return the same to the operator duly signed. The operator shall make the corresponding corrections in the data and shall submit the Shipping Bill. The operator shall not make any amendment after generation of the checklist and before submission in the system unless the corrections made by the CHAs/exporters are clearly indicated on the checklist against the respective fields and are signed by CHA/Exporter. 4.5 The system automatically generates the Shipping Bill number. The operator shall endorse this shipping bill number on the checklist in clear and bold figures. It should be noted that no copy of the Shipping Bill would be available at this stage. This check list endorsed with Shipping Bill No. shall be used for bringing export goods to the ICD. 4.6 It may be noted that since the document numbers are to be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ocessing of export documents, the exporters would need to mention the name of the bank and the branch code as mentioned in the certificate from the bank. The Customs will verify the details in the declaration with the information captured in the system through the certificates registered earlier. 6 ARRIVAL OF GOODS AT EXPORT EXAMINATION SHEDS IN ICD. 6.1 In respect of goods intended to be exported against an electronic shipping bill, the Custodian of ICD will permit entry of the goods on the strength of the checklist. 6.2 If at any stage subsequent to the entry of goods in ICD, it is noticed that the declaration has not been registered in the system, the exporters and CHAs will be responsible for the delay in shipment of goods and any damage, deterioration or pilferage, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken. 7 PROCESSING OF SHIPPING BILLS 7.1 The S/B would be processed by the system on the basis of the declaration made by the exporter. The following kinds of S/B shall require clearance of the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (AC/DC Exports): - i. Duty free S/B for FOB value above ₹ 10 lakh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ination officer and package Sl. Nos to be examined) on the checklist and hand it over to the exporter. He would hand over the original documents to the Examining Officer. No examination orders shall be given unless the goods have been physically received in the Export Shed. It may, however, be clarified that Customs Officers have the discretion of examining any or all the packages/goods. 8.3 The Examining Officer may inspect and/or examine the shipment, as per instructions contained in the checklist and enter the examination report in the system. There will be no written examination report. He will then mark the Electronic S/B and forward the checklist along with the original documents to the Appraiser/Supdt. in charge. If the Appraiser/Supdt. is satisfied that the particulars entered in the system conform to the description given in the original documents and the physical examination, he will proceed to give Let Export order for the shipment and inform the exporter. The Appraiser/Supdt. would retain the checklist, the declaration and all original documents with him. 8.4 In case of any variation between the declaration in S/B and the documents or physical examination report ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... order, the system would print 6 copies of the Shipping Bills in case of Free and scheme Shipping Bills. In case of DEPB there are 7 copies of Shipping Bills. If the Shipping Bill (DEPB) is assessed provisionally, then E.P copy will be generated only after AC/DC finalizes the assessment. All copies of the Shipping Bill would be duly signed by the Appraiser/Shed Superintendent. The examination report would be signed by the Appraiser/Shed Superintendent, Examination Officer as well as exporter/representative of the CHA (Name and ID card number of the representative of the CHA should be clearly mentioned below his signature). 10.2 Any other certificates required for permitting export will be retained by Customs along with the Shipping Bills. 11. PAYMENT OF MERCHANT OVERTIME (MOT) 11.1 The present manual system for payment of Merchant Overtime (MOT) charges will continue. 11.2 MOT charges will be required to be paid by exporter when the goods are examined by Customs for allowing Let Export beyond the normal office hours. No charges would be required to be paid on normal working days when the examination itself is being done for Let Export up to 05.00 P.M. However, if t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ner. 1. If the goods have not yet been allowed Let Export , Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner may allow the amendment. 2. Where the Let Export order has been given, the Additional/Joint Commissioner (Exports) would allow the amendments. 14.2 In both the cases, after the permission for amendments has been granted, the Assistant Commissioner (Exports) will approve the amendments on the system. Where the print out of the S/B has already been generated, the exporter will surrender all copies of the Shipping Bill to the Appraiser for cancellation before amendment is approved in the system. 15 SHORT SHIPMENTS, SHUT OUT, CANCELLATION AND BACK TO TOWN PERMISSIONS 15.1 AC/DC (Export) will give permission for issue of short shipment certificate, shut out or cancellation of S/B, on the basis of an application made by the exporter. The S/B particulars would need to be cancelled/modified in the system before granting such permission. AC/DC would check the status of the goods, before granting permission. 16. AMENDMENT OF FREIGHT AMOUNT 16.1 If the freight/insurance amount undergoes a change before Let Export is given, corresponding changes would also need to be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sed Dealer bank through which the export proceeds are to be realized. 20.4 As indicated earlier Export declarations involving a drawback amount of more than Rupees One lakh will be processed on the system by the AC/DC before the goods can be brought for examination and for allowing Let Export . 20.5 The drawback claims are sanctioned subject to the provisions of the Customs Act 1962, the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules 1995 and conditions prescribed under different sub-headings of the All Industry rates as per notified by the Ministry of Finance from time to time. 20.6 After actual export of the goods, the drawback claims will be processed in the EDI system by the officers of Drawback Branch on first come first served basis. There is no need for filing separate drawback claim. The claims will be processed based on the Train Summary. The status of the Shipping Bill and sanction of drawback claim can be ascertained from the Enquiry Counter set up at the Service Centre or remote system though ICEGATE. If any query has been raised or deficiency noticed, the same will be shown on the terminal and a printout of the query/deficiency may be obtained by the auth ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r s bank account number the same procedure is required to be followed by the exporter for fresh registration of new bank account number. 20.9 Supplementary Drawback Claims: If the drawback amount initially paid is less then entitlement the exporter can file application for supplementary claim for additional amount. For such claims after approval of sanction of supplementary claim on file by the AC/DC Drawback. The Appraiser/Supdt. (DBK) shall process claim online submit it for approval by AC/DC( DBK). After sanction of drawback against supplementary claim Drawback Scroll shall be generated by system and amount transferred to the bank in the same manner as normal in scroll. 21. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER DEPB 21.1 A procedure for online transmission of shipping bills to DGFT and online receipt of DEPB licenses is in place in this port. As per this procedure, the DEPB licenses issued by DGFT are being received online and are being subjected to prescribed online validation checks. After these checks, the licenses are available for use of importers. The details of such DEPB licenses are available on the home page of website www.icegate.gov.in. It is also clarified that in respect o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Exporter s Copy For record of Exporters 3. E.P. Copy For office of DGFT 4. DEPB Copy For use in the ICD for registration of license. 5. Exchange Control Copy For negotiating documents in bank 6. TR-1, TR-2 Copies Copies to be accompanied with the export goods up to gateway port. 21.6 There is a provision for changing the Group Code No./Item No./Value for DEPB credit purposes and such changes will be reflected in the print out of the Shipping Bill. Such changes may be done by Appraiser/Supt (DEPB Cell), A.C./D.C. (Export) as well as by Appraiser/Supt (Exam). The credit will be allowed by the DGFT at the rate/value (for credit purposes only) as approved by Customs. 21.7 In case, for credit purposes, the Exporter accepts the lower value as determined by Customs, such lower value will be entered by Appraiser (DEPB Cell), A.C./D.C. (Exports) or by Appraiser (Examination) for each item(s). Printout of Shipping Bills at item level will indica ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... orts. 22. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER 100% EOU SCHEME 22.1 The Exporters can get the export goods examined by Central Excise/Customs Officer at the factory even prior to filling of Shipping Bill. Self sealing facility is also available. He shall obtain the Examination report in the form annexed as Annexure C1 to this Public Notice duly signed and stamped by the Examining Officer and Supervising Officer at the factory. The export invoice shall also be signed and stamped by both the officers at the factory. Thereafter the goods shall be brought to the concerned Customs Warehouse for the purpose of clearance and subsequent Let Export . The Exporters/CHA shall present the goods for registration along with Examination Report in Annexure 'C1', ARE-1, Export Invoice duly signed by the Examining Officer and Supervising Officer at the factory, check list, declaration in form Annexure 'A', Annexure 'C1' and other documents such as document of transportation, ARE-1, etc. to the Examiner in the concerned shed. After registration of goods, the shipping bill will be marked to an Examiner for verification of documents and seal. If seal is found intact the Shipping Bill wi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n accordance with the provisions of the Customs Circular(s) in force and as per the statutory requirements of the relevant Customs Notifications, to the designated officer, at this port as this port is the port of registration in the licenses, for raising debits in bonds/LUTs and monitoring such bonds/LUTs. Importers are required to quote the license number on the respective Import documents in case they intend to use the licenses. No manual debits would be made in hard copies of licenses at the time of assessment of Bills of Entry for imported cargo. 23.3. For monitoring of export obligation under licenses issued by DGFT under above mentioned schemes, Customs would transmit online all such Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills to DGFT wherever imports/exports have been affected under licenses received online from DGFT under DES/EPCG schemes. DGFT would transmit online an Export Obligation Discharge Certificate (EODC) in prescribed format containing details of Shipping Bills to Customs which would also be made available at this port. Based on this EODC, the designated officer at this port would release the bonds/LUTs and the BG, if any, after causing necessary verifications. 23.4 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... DES facilities are requested to immediately get their EPCG/DES registered in the EDI System so that the export declarations are processed expeditiously. 23.8 Further, exporters availing of EPCG/DES benefits in terms of various notifications should file the relevant declarations in Annexure D along with Annexure A. 23.9 It is further clarified as follows: - a. While giving details relating to EPCG/DES operations in the form at Annex-D, the exporters/CHAs should indicate the S.No. of the goods being exported in the Column titled ITEM S.NO. IN EPCG/DES PART E OF Annex. D. b. If inputs mentioned in EPCG/DES only have been used in the manufacture of the goods under export, in Column titled ITEM SR.NO. IN Advance Authorization of Annex. D, the exporters/CHAs are required to give S.No. of inputs in Part-C of the DES Book and Exporters need not fill up column titled DESCRIPTION OF RAW MATERIALS . c. If some inputs which are not in Part-C of the EPCG/DES have been used in the manufacture of the goods under export and the exporter wants to declare such inputs, he shall give the description of such inputs in column titled DESCRIPTION OF RAW MATERIALS , d. In the column ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hly basis in respect of exports which have become due for realization in the previous 6 months. For example, for the six-monthly period of January- June 2008 (during which exports were effected), the statement/BRC needs to be submitted after 1st July, 2009. (e) Such certificates shall be filed by the exporter AD wise at each port. The relevant date for filing certificates shall be calculated from the date of let export order (LEO) which is the date when the export goods are permitted to be exported. An endorsement on the exporters copy of S/Bill would be made specifying the due date for realization of export proceeds (f) The system shall indicate list of the shipping bills under drawback where the BRC/negative statement has not been furnished by the exporter within the prescribed date. The Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (Export) may peruse such lists either for the entire Customs port or for an individual exporter by entering the IE code of the exporter and accordingly initiate action to recover drawback. (g) The BRC entry module gives three options for entering the details of foreign exchange realization (i) If the exporter furnishes the BRCs as a proof of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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