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Computerized Processing of Bills of Entry under the Indian Customs EDI System - Imports (ICES –I) at ICD Maliwada

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..... ites for filing the electronic declarations which are required to be complied with before filing Bill of Entry. 1.1 Registration of IE-Code of the Importer (i) IE-Code is being issued to the importers by DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to the Indian Customs EDI-System (ICES) on daily basis. ICES automatically registers the IE-Codes after confirming its validity to enable the importers to file the Bill of Entry electronically. Before filing the Bill of Entry the importers are advised to check from DGFT as to whether their IE-Code has already been transmitted to ICES. If their IE-Code has not been transmitted to ICES by DGFT, they should first get the same transmitted from DGFT, failing which they shall not be able to file Bill of Entry electronically for clearance of imported goods. (ii) In case the IE-Code is registered for exports the same shall hold good for imports also. The DGFT has notified certain generic Codes for certain classes of importers in the EXIM Policy and exempted them from taking a specific IE Code. Such importers should use respective codes for filing the Bill of Entry. However, if an importer do not fall in the exempted category and also do not .....

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..... ublic Notice should only be used in the Bill of Entry and IGM as the case may be. List of Measurement Codes attached as Appendix 2 1.7 Country Codes: Wherever in the Bill of Entry or IGM etc. reference to country name is required to be made appropriate Code of the country as indicated in the list of country codes appended to this Public Notice should only be used. List of Country Codes attached as Appendix 3 1.8 Port Codes: All the port of the world have been codified by United Nation and allotted UN Locodes. Appropriate port code should only be indicated wherever reference to port name is required to be made in a Bill of Entry and IGM or any other document. It is not possible to attach list of all port codes being too large. Correct code may be obtained from the respective Carriers or checked from UN website. (http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/) 1.9 Registration of DGFT Licences If the imports are against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses, such licence should be first registered in the ICES and the Registration No. should be indicated against each item of goods in the Bill of Entry. However, EDI messages between Customs and DGFT for licence are in the process of establishing. N .....

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..... ven to the service centre operator for submission after corrections, if any. 2.1 Apart from filing of SMTP/Consol Manifest through service centre, the Shipping lines would continue to file a hard copy of the SIGM with the Manifest Department. 2.2 Amendment in the IGM/SMTP/Console manifest after submission shall be carried out only after approval from the designated Customs authority. Amendment request shall be entered in the system at service centre, on submission in the system it shall appear before the designated officer for approval. If the designated officer is satisfied with the amendment requested he will approve the same in the system. 2.3 The acceptance of cancellation or otherwise, will be confirmed to the custodian as well as to the Shipping Lines electronically if filed through EDI interface or it is communicated as a "printed check up cancellation message" from the service center and can also be checked up from the enquiry window of the Service Center. Note: - It may be noted that in case of cancellation of IGM, all the Bills of Entry filed against the IGM will get cancelled. 3. Cargo/Goods Declaration The Importer or the CHA as the case may be, can file electroni .....

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..... ption of the item. The Service Centre Operator will feed first the List no. and Serial no., and if there is space left, generic description of the item. (vii) For example, Nebulizers are covered by S. No. 363 of the Table of Notification No. 021/02 (list 37, Sr. No. 19). This entry would be described as: - Generic Description CTH Notfn./Year, Sr. No L37/19, Nebulizers 90189093 021/02, Sr. No. 363 (viii) The Service Centre Operator shall carefully enter the data in the system as is indicated in Annexure 'C'. On completion of entry of data the system shall assign a Job No. and generate a Check List which is draft Bill of Entry. The service centre operator shall print a copy of Check List and hand over the same to the CHA/Importer. The CHA/Importer shall check the correctness of the data entered in the system. If any error is noticed the error shall be circled in bold ink and correct detail should be written. The corrected check list duly signed by the CHA/Importer should be handed over to the service centre operator for entry of corrected data. The Operator shall make corrections in the corresponding data and hand over the revised checklist to the CHA/Importer for reconfirmat .....

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..... so maintained in the system. ICES calculates the amount of duty leviable on the goods on the basis of rates of duty specified in the Customs Tariff, Central Excise Tariff, Cess Schedules, various notifications imposing rates of duty on imported goods and exemption notification as claimed by the importers in the Bill of Entry. Processing of the Bill of Entry takes place in an automated environment and workflow according to the jurisdiction of Customs Officers as provided under the law. (ii) The Appraising work is divided in to Appraising Groups and sub groups, based on the Chapter/Tariff Headings of Customs Tariff Schedule. The roles of the officers for Appraising Groups are allotted by the Systems Manager on the basis of workload of assessment. More than one role of appraising groups can be allotted to one officer (more than one group can be allotted to one officer). Based on total assessable value of the individual items in a Bill of Entry, the Bill of Entry on its submission is automatically assigned by the system to a particular Appraising Group of which the assessable value is the highest. All the Bills of Entry assigned to a particular Appraising Group are put in a queue and .....

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..... ed Appraiser 4.2 Second Check Appraisement The electronic B/E will be assessed on the basis of the claims made in Annexure 'C'. In case the Assessing officer does not agree with the claim regarding tariff classification, notifications, declared value etc., he shall raise a query in the system. On approval by the AC (Group), the query will be printed in the Service Centre for being passed on to the CHA/Importer. Replies to the queries will be submitted in the Service Centre which will be fed in the system. In case the importer agrees with the classification/valuation proposed by the assessing officer, the B/E would be assessed accordingly. The Assessing Officer can change Tariff classification, deny exemption incorrectly claimed, change unit price of goods in the system. In case Assessing officer and AC/DC, as the case may be, agrees, ab-initio or on receipt of the reply, with the claim made by the importer, they shall assess the Bill of Entry in the system. After assessing the Bill of Entry, the system will generate one assessed copy of Bill of Entry. The CHA/Importer shall take print of the assessed copy of B/E along with three copies of TR-6 challan. Before presenting the Bill .....

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..... n of the audit objection. The Audit Officer has the facility to view all the details in the B/E but has no authority to make any change in the data declared by the importer on the Bill of Entry. After the dispute is settled the Auditor shall clear the Bill of Entry in Audit. 4.5 Printing of Assessed copy of Bill of Entry: After completion of assessment and audit, print out of one assessed copy of Bill of Entry and 3 copies of TR-6 Challan shall be generated by the system. The print of the same can be obtained from service centre or at the premises of the CHA/Importer from where the Bill of Entry has been submitted to Customs system. 5 Payment Of Duty After the assessment is completed and the print of the assessed Customs copy of the B/E and TR-6 Challans are obtained by the CHA/Importer, copies of the TR-6 challans shall be presented to the designated bank for payment of duty. The Bank shall verify the particulars in the TR-6 challans from the system and enter the particulars of receipt of amount in the system and return two copies of challan duly stamped and signed, to the CHA. The bank will retain one copy. The Challan shall also indicate the interest amount for seven days pe .....

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..... l be retained by Customs at the time of giving 'out of charge'. Hence, only the certified photo copies of delivery order, Master Bill of Lading, House Bill of Lading should be attached instead of originals.. 6.4 On the basis of the examination report, the Appraising Group may revise the assessment or raise a further query to the importers, if necessary. 6.5 After completion of the examination of the goods, if the Shed Appraiser/Supdt.is satisfied that the requirement of Section 47 of the Custom Act, 1962 have been complied with, he shall give 'Out of Charge" for the Bill of Entry on system. 6.6 After the out of charge order, the system will generate print of Importer's copy and Ex-change Control copy of the Bill of Entry along with 3 copies of Order of Clearance. Print of the same shall be obtained from the designated computer terminal. The print copies of the Bill of Entry shall bear the Order of Clearance number and name of the examining Appraiser/Supt. The importer's copy and Exchange Control copy of the Bill of Entry along with one copies of the order of clearance will be attached to the Customs copy of the Bill of Entry retained by the Shed Appraiser/Supdt. The importer sha .....

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..... along with the revised assessed Bill of Entry. 8.2 After Out of Charge Order no amendment shall be allowed in the Bill of Entry. However, in case amendment is warranted after Out of Charge Order but before delivery of goods, the System Manager can cancel the out of charge Order in the system. The original prints of the Importer's and Exchange Control copies of Bill of Entry shall be retained by the System Manager in a file. After fresh Out of Charge Order new prints of the copies of Bill of Entry shall be given. 9. Re-assessment Any time after assessment and before Out of Charge Order, a Bill of Entry can be recalled and reassessed and put to reassessment by the AC/DC concerned, if it so warranted for any reason. 10 Advance Noting Advance B/E can also be filed in the ICES before the arrival of the vessel. In such cases, a B/E may be presented before the delivery of the import manifest, if the vessel by which the goods have been shipped is expected to arrive within 30 days from the date of presentation. The CHA/Importer may file an Advance B/E if he has the copies of the Bill of Lading and the invoice. The B/E would be filed and assessed in the same manner as indicated above. O .....

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..... . 11.3 Registration Of DEPB (i) Before claiming exemption under DEPB Exemption Notification 034/97-Cus., dated 7.04.1997. against a DEPB, the licence in question is required to be registered in the import system. The officer designated by Asst./Dy. Commissioner to register the DEPB in the system shall ensure that verification of DEPB with reference to the exports on the basis of which DEPB is issued by DGFT has been done prior to its registration in imports. (ii) All importers/CHAs are advised to ensure that their IEC details with PAN have been transmitted by DGFT to Customs at the time of obtaining the DEPB. The CHA/Importer shall furnish details of DEPB licence in pro-forma given as ANNEXURE A (iii) The designated officer shall make data entry of the DEPB details in the system. After entry of data a checklist will be printed. The DEPB holder shall verify the details of DEPB in the check list, sign the check list and return the same to the officer. The officer shall then complete the registeration process in the System. After the DEPB is registered in ICES a "registration number" shall be generated by ICES which will be endorsed on the face of the original DEPB in bold figu .....

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..... ystem will print a check list of TRA. The check list shall be verified by the DEPB holder. If the particulars are correct the check list will be signed by the DEPB holder and returned to the proper officer who will exercise option for issue of TRA in the System. The System shall generate three copies of the release advice titled as: 1. Customs copy for port of issue (office copy), 2. Customs copy for port of clearance and 3. Importer's copy. (iv) The office copy for port of issue shall be retained by the TRA issuing Customs Station and placed in the respective TRA file. Customs copy for port of clearance will be dispatched to the respective Customs Station and the importers copy of TRA shall be handed over to the applicant. (v) The requirement of production of original DEPB licence with incoming or outgoing TRAs at the respective port of clearance shall continue as per instructions issued from time to time in this behalf. 11.5 Re-credit of unutilized Release Advices Any unutilized credit in the Release Advice may be re-credited to the DEPB by the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner. A certificate of unutilized portion shall be generated at the port for which the TRA had been .....

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..... only that DEPB would be debited which he intended to do so. If the entries are correct, the checklist may be returned to the data entry operator for submission of B/E in the System. Errors, if any, noticed may be got corrected by the data entry operator. 11.8 Submission Of B/E On submission of the B/E in the System, an UN-ASSESSED copy of the B/E will be printed by the System containing statement of debit of DEPB for export FOB and duty amount in respect of each item of an invoice for which exemption is claimed against DEPB. 11.9 Assessment Of B/E (i) The un-assessed copy of the B/E along with all the original import documents and all the DEPB licence/scrips in original indicating total amount of duty credit and export FOB utilized, in the debit sheet attached to the scrips, should be presented to the import Appraiser/Superintendent for assessment and signatures on debit sheets of DEPB scrips. The Appraiser/Supt. will retrieve the B/E on screen and assess the B/E in respect of all the items and shall countersign the debits in the original DEPB. The System will determine the duty amount on the basis of CIF/Quantity of goods and shall debit the duty from the DEPB credit ledger a .....

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..... E (i) If a Bill of Entry is processed manually, importers may choose to avail the exemption under the DEPB Scheme and get the DEPB debited for exempted amount of duty. In such cases manual B/E will be assessed as usual. After assessment, the amount of duty forgone due to exemption under DEPB and the CIF of goods imported being cleared against DEPB will be computed manually in respect of each DEPB scrip. (ii) The designated officer in the assessing group will debit the original DEPB. He will also enter the amount of duty foregone and the CIF of the exempted goods in the System, in the respective field of duty credit and export FOB. The debit screen can be accessed through the DEPB Registration Number. After debiting, the System will print the statement of debits of the DEPB in triplicate. The copies of this print will be attached with the manual B/E, DEPB file and DEPB scrip. Importers are therefore required to register the DEPB license even when clearances are sought against manually assessed B/E 12 Processing Of B/E Under Other Export Promotion Schemes Requiring Import Licence Bills of Entry relating to Export Promotion Schemes like DEEC/ADVANCE AUTHORISATION, DFRC/DFIA, EPCG, .....

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..... Registration clerk will make correction, if any and will return the same to the licence holder. It is the sole responsibility of the licence holder to verify and confirm the correctness of the data entered before proceeding further. License should not be sent by post or through a letter to custom house but should be presented by a person who shall get the data entry done, verify the correctness of data on the check list and shall present the licence to the Appraiser for registration and take possession of the same after registration. 12.2 Acceptance & Debit Of Bonds (i) Where the export obligation has not been fulfilled and option 'N' has been entered in the field 'Exp. Oblg:' the system will ask for entry of Bond number. Therefore, if export obligation has not been fulfilled the respective category of Bond should be registered before registration of licence/RA. (ii) The Bond registered against a licence/RA will be utilized only in respect of clearances against that licence and at the time of filing B/E electronically the Bond will automatically be debited by system for the amount of duty foregone. Bond types for export promotion schemes are as under: Scheme Bond type EPCG E .....

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..... reafter verify the details from the original licence and satisfy himself about admissibility of issue of TRA. The system will generate TRA No. and three copies of the TRA will be available for print. The check list signed by the licence holder and the office copy of the TRA will be retained by the Appraiser for record. No amendment of TRA will be permitted after it has been issued by system. Fresh TRA can be obtained for any further quantity/value or the licence can be re-credited by entering unutilized TRA. No TRA will be issued manually. 12.6 Debiting Of Licence Licence will be automatically debited in respect of Electronic B/E and Electronic Transfer Release Advice and for debiting manual B/E. For debits of licence value and quantity, in the case of electronic Bill of Entry the system shall make debits automatically on the basis of value and quantity of item in the Bill of Entry. For debiting against manual B/E the figures of value and quantity will be entered by the Appraiser in the system through a Menu for this purpose. Entries of debits on the hard copy of the licence will be made by the importers and certified by the Appraiser as usual. 12.7 Exemption for Spare Parts un .....

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..... over whole qty &/or value of an item in the invoice, the invoice qty should be split in to a separate item in the B/E for debit against another license or for normal assessment. Bond/BG details should also be provided wherever so required. (iii) After successful entry of data of the B/E in the system, a check list will be printed by the service center operator and given to the importer/CHA. The importer/CHA will check the details entered in the system and errors if any pointed out to the service center operator for carrying out corrections in the system. The CHA/importers before returning the check list to the operator for submission of B/E in the system should ensure that licence details are also correct. The operator will exercise option of submission of B/E in the system. After submission of the B/E in the system a check list of submitted B/E should be obtained by the CHA/importer from the service center operator. This check list will incorporate B/E number and item/licence wise details of debit of qty., value and duty forgone for debit in the Bond etc. 12.10 Assessment of B/E (i) For ease of distribution of various category of documents among the officers the provision has b .....

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..... stration of an EOU. All verifications and authentications including all checks to determine the eligibility of the importer to be registered as an EOU and for exemption from duties shall be carried out before a unit is registered in the System as an EOU. Following details should be furnished by the EOU for registration. 1. EOU type: I. A - EOU - General I. B - EOU - Aquaculture I. C - EOU - Agriculture/Floriculture I. D - EOU - Granite I, E - EOU - gems and jewellery I. F - EOU - Others (specify) II - STP III - EHTP 2. EOU Approval No. 3. Approving Authority 4. Approval date 5. Valid till 6. Importer Exporter Code (IEC) 7. IEC Branch Code. 8. ECC (Assessee's Excise Control Code) 9. Central Excise office location code Commissionerate Division Range Separate Registration would need to be made for each factory (based on the various branch codes of the IEC) in case a 100% EOU has more than one factory. 13.2 Filing of Bill of Entry Entry of Bond details (i) In the Annexure 'C' format for declaration for data entry, S. No. 18 has been added to capture the details of registration of various Bonds including the Bond for 100% EOUs. (ii) For a Bill of Entry for impo .....

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..... eck the correctness of the details in the check list & return it to data entry operator for submission of the same in the system. On submission, the Bill of Entry shall be directed to Group VII for assessment. An un-assessed copy of the Bill of Entry after submission shall be taken by the importers. 13.3 Appraising of EOU B/E. (i) The importer/CHA shall present the un-assessed Bill of Entry along with the Bonds/certificate and other documents supporting the claims of assessment under EOU to the designated Appraiser/Supdt. for making assessment. The Appraiser shall recall the relevant Bill of Entry on the screen and complete the assessment on the system after scrutiny of the documents. The system will display EOU Bond details or Central Excise certificate. The appraiser will also be able to view the details of EOU approvals. (ii) In case the importer has already executed the Bond and it is registered in the system, the system will display the amount debited in the Bond which is equal to the duty foregone. If the appraiser desires to change the amount for debiting the Bond he can select through change option and change the amount for the Bond debit & BG. Where the BG is not requir .....

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..... n submission print of an un-assessed copy of the B/E will be taken and presented to the designated Appraiser along with all the requisite documents. The Appraiser will recall the B/E on screen for assessment. Appraiser will be able to delete the notification to deny the exemption if so warranted, specify the Bond/BG requirements and modify the Bond/BG amounts. The B/E will be audited by the Auditor and processed by the AC/DC. Details of notification, Bond/BG debits will be printed on respective copies of the B/E. The procedure for execution and maintenance of Bond/BG in the system will be like any other Bond. 15 EX-BOND Bill of Entry 15.1 This procedure will apply only to those ex-Bond Bills of Entry in respect of which the related warehousing Bill of Entry (Into Bond Bill of Entry) has been processed under ICES (Import) at the same Customs station. In the Format of Declaration at Service Center for data entry, the following details will undergo a change. Type of Bill of Entry (H) For Home Consumption (W) For Warehousing (X) For Ex-Bond: Warehouse B/E No ----,DT--- and Warehouse Code (i) Warehouse Code consists of 4-digit location code; 1-digit warehouse type; and 3digit ser .....

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..... ng Challan After the B/E has been assessed by the Appraising Officer, the Assessed copy of the B/E and duty paying challan will be available for printing at service center the same should be obtained by the importers/CHAs from the service center operator. 15.5 Payment Of Duty Duty will be paid at the designated bank against a challan of Ex-Bond B/E in the same manner as in the case of a Home consumption B/E. 15.6 Order Of Clearance Of Goods For Home Consumption (i) After payment of duty and completing any other requirement of debiting of Bond, license etc. the assessed Ex-Bond B/E along with all other documents should be presented to the Superintendent authorized to give Out of Charge of the Ex-Bond B/E. The Superintendent shall verify that:- a) The particulars in the Ex-Bond B/E correspond to the Bond register maintained in the Bond Section; b) The goods are being cleared within the validity period of Bond, interest (amount of interest will not be calculated by the system, therefore should be calculated manually) if any on the Warehoused goods as chargeable under Section 61of the Custom Act 1962 as per the rates specified under Section 47(2) of the Act ibid and/or any cha .....

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..... of item in the notification which require execution of end use Bond, undertaking or re-export Bond for availing exemption. Exemption under such notification will not be permitted by the system if respective Bond/undertaking number has not been entered at the time of data entry of B/E. Therefore, all the importers who are claiming benefits of such exemption notifications should get respective Bond accepted and registered in the system as continuity Bond of that category in respect of each notification separately. The Bond registered for one notification can not be utilized for another notification. Bond Codes for the types Bond are as under Bond type Bond code End use Bond EU Undertaking UT Re-export Bond RE 17. Certificate From CEX Authorities (i) Where the exemption notification provides for production of a certificate from the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities in terms of Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996, the same should also be registered in the system. For this purpose, the certificate obtained from the central excise office shall be produced to the Appraising Officer, before filing the B/E .....

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..... iff Act, 1975 is chargeable on the basis of value or weight in Kgs. or area in SQM of the textile fabrics covered under the said sub-headings and the duty chargeable will be the highest among the duties so determined on the basis of above mentioned three parameters. It is therefore, necessary to capture qty. in Kgs. and also the qty. in SQM in addition to the value of such goods. Provision have been made in the system to enter qty in Kgs. and qty in SQM in respect of above sub-headings. The system will calculate duty on value, on Kgs. & on SQM and will determine the highest among the three amounts. The highest amount will be taken for levy of duty. 39 B.1 of Annexure C may be filled up accordingly. (ii) In case quantity of goods in the invoice is in Kgs. as declared in Table 'A' under 'Details of Description of Items', col. (3) in the table B1 of Annexure C should be left blank and indicate only qty in SQM in col. (4) above. Similarly, if the invoice qty. is SQM then indicate only qty. in Kgs. in col. (3) and col. (4) be left blank. (iii) However, if the qty. in the invoice is in units of measurement other than Kgs. or SQM, in that case the qty. in Kgs. and SQM should be indicate .....

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..... . The corrections if any shall be made and job shall be submitted. After submission the job shall be forwarded to designated AC/DC to accept the Bond. The importer shall present the original Bond documents to the respective designated AC/DC for acceptance. (iii) The AC/DC shall observe all the instructions regarding acceptance of Bond issued by the Board/Commissionerate from time to time after satisfying that the documents submitted are in order & acceptable. The AC/DC shall retrieve the Bond details on screen by entering the job no., view the entries made in the system. If the information in the system match with the documents & conditions for acceptance of the Bonds are satisfied, the AC/DC may accept the Bond in the system. The AC/DC can also make corrections in the system if so required. After acceptance of the Bond by AC/DC the Bond documents shall be taken by the Bond officer/Bond clerk. The Bond officer/Bond clerk after receipt of the Bond/BG/Security etc. shall enter in the system location of Bond storage where the Bond documents have to be physically stored. At this stage, the system will generate the Bond registration number. This registration number has to be endorsed o .....

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..... ond against a B/E. The importer shall specify the Bond Registration No. B/E No. and Date. The AC (Bond) has to retrieve the Bond and debit the Bond and BG. AC/DC Bond has the option to view the B/E. Before debiting, the system will pose the query "Whether the language of the Bond meets the legal requirement of the assessment of the B/E.If the amount to be debited is more than the credit balance in the Bond and BG Ledgers, the system will not allow debit and the AC/DC has to raise a query to the Importer for filing fresh Bond/BG. The system will not allow goods registration and out of charge, if the debit entries not made against the B/E in the Bond and BG Ledgers. Bond re-credits AC/DC has the option to re-credit value after finalization of assessment. Following entries will be made in the Bond and BG ledgers; -Date of credit -B/E No. and Date -Amount credited -Reasons for credit (a) Assessment finalized no recovery (b) Assessment finalized and differential deposited separately. (c) Necessary end use certificate submitted. (d) Re-warehousing certificate submitted. (e) Test results received confirming the goods as declared by the importer in the B/E. (f) Others. (Speci .....

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..... e registered with the designated Bond Officer and debited in respect of a B/E. Unless the Bond is debited in the system, Bill of Entry cannot be registered for examination & out of charge at the shed/docks. (vii) Provisional Assessments:- (a) Where an item of the Bill of Entry is assessed provisionally by the Appraiser irrespective of the fact, whether EOU/Warehousing Bill of Entry, PD Bond will also be required in addition to the EOU/Warehousing Bond. The details of the Bond can be entered at the time of data entry as explained for EOU Bill of Entry. The Bond code for provisional assessment shall be 'PD'. The System will indicate sum of the duty assessed provisionally for assistance of the Appraiser for determining the amount of Bond/BG for debiting. The Appraiser can change the amount of Bond and/or B.G. for debiting. If the Bond details have not been entered at the time of data entry, the system will enforce Bond requirement. The Appraiser shall specify the amount of Bond and bank guarantee. The duty if any assessed shall be deposited with designated bank as usual. The Bill of Entry will not be registered in the shed/docks for examination & out of charge till the duty is paid .....

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..... the goods shall also be printed at the end of the check list for verification by the Importer/CHA. (iv) After submission, the B/E shall be processed under the EDI-System as a normal B/E. The Appraiser, Auditor, AC/DC at the time of processing the B/E will be able to view the details of rate or value of High Sea sale charges. The Appraiser assessing the B/E will also be able to change the rate or value of High Sea Sales charges through change option. Principles of natural justice would need to be followed wherever required. The details of the rate or value of High Sea Sales Charges and the IEC with name of the Seller will also be printed on the assessed copy, & Importer's & Exchange Control copies of the B/E. 23. Assessment Involving RSP/NCCD: (i) Provisions have been made in the Indian Customs EDI-System (ICES) for assessment of goods leviable to additional duty under section 3(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 based on RSP and NCCD. The declaration form to be filed at the service centre by the importers/CHAs shall be amended as follows:- (ii) If any of the items is leviable to additional duty under Section 3 of CTA, 1975 with reference to the retail sale price declared on th .....

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..... and not manually. b. In the Rule 10 Valuation Declaration, against Sr.No.24 a remark should be given as 'PROVISIONAL' by the importer to ensure that correct and complete declaration has been filed by them. c. The Provisional Revenue Deposit Amount (i.e. either 1% or 5% of Assessable Value, as the case may be) of the Bill of Entry shall be paid manually on a separate TR-6 challan in Triplicate. Thereafter, the payment of Custom Duty shall be made to designated bank. d. Bill of Entry will then be presented to Import Shed along with proof of payment of Revenue Deposit (on a Challan) which will be verified by the Shed Appraiser/Superintendent and he shall enter departmental comments, challan no, date and amount of revenue deposit paid. He shall also verify on the Customs Copy of B/E to the effect that debit has been made in the Bond. Shed Appraiser/Superintendent shall also make an endorsement on the importer copy and exchange control copy (duplicate and triplicate) of B/E that the B/E has been assessed provisionally due to SVB issue and the details of Revenue Deposit paid for that Bill of Entry. 24.2 Post clearance: After final order is given by the Special Valuation Branch, the .....

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..... basis of which anti-dumping duty is leviable has also to be declared for computation of duty amount. The rate and amount of anti-dumping duty will be printed on the check list and copies of bills of entry. 26. Tariff Value (i) Notification Directory Directory for Tariff Values has been created in the system as per notification number 036/2001-Customs (NT) dated 3.8.2001 as amended. Contents of the directory are similar to anti-dumping duty directory. The amount indicated in the same column will be rate of Tariff Value per unit of measurement of quantity whereas in the case of antidumping duty it will be rate of duty. The rates of value are applicable to imports from all countries and all suppliers in respect of goods specified therein, the S.No. of item in the notification and system directory is the same. (ii) Filing of Bill of Entry The importers are required to declare the Tariff value notification number and S.No. of item in the notification applicable to the goods in question. For the purpose of data entry in the system, the details of Tariff Value should be indicated in Column (3) of the Table 39B (Classification Details) of Appendix-A the Format for Declaration at Serv .....

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..... ns e. Any other information relevant for assessment. For e.g.specific order for imported goods passed by CEGAT, past precedent regarding classification valuation etc. 30. Grievance Handling The Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner of Customs, may be approached by exporters or their CHAs for settlement of any problems faced at any stage of the export clearance.Regarding Helpdesk facilities the following may be noted: a) ICEGATE users would continue to interact with the Helpdesk at 011-23379020 and 011-23370133 or through [email protected]. This Helpdesk is managed by M/s Wipro. b) Users requiring any other clarifications regarding the new application may interact with the toll-free Helpdesk number 18002662232 or at [email protected] Helpdesk is managed by TCS. c) Regarding hardware issues the users may contact 18004254994 or mail to [email protected] this is managed by the H.P. d) In case of any difficulty in filling of above Shipping Bills or queries, Superintendent of Customs, ICD Maliwada (Phone No. 0240-2615678/2616188) or Superintendent (Computers), Customs and C. Excise Aurangabad (Phone 0240-2486883) may be contacted. They may .....

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