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TMI BlogLaunch of Indian Customs EDI System-(ICES-1.5) for Imports and Exports, at ICD Sachana, [IN JKA 6] Taluka- Viramgam, District Ahmedabad-Reg.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t Serial No. 4 relating to the State of Gujarat and the entries relating thereto, in columns (3) and (4) issued by Central Board of Excise and Customs, Notification No. 04/2016 dated 02.08.2016 under Section 8 of the Customs Act, 1962 and Notification No. 05/2016 dated 02.08.2016 under Section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 issued by this office. 13 posts, with effect from the date(s) of actual deployment of the officer(s) for a period of one year initially- Grade Dy./Asst. Commissioner Superintendent/Appraiser Inspector EA/TA Havaldar/Head Havaldar (Gr. D) Total No. of Post(s) 1 2 2 4 4 13 have also been sanctioned, vide CRB Posts creation Order No. 08/2016 dated 07.06.2016, by the Director General (HRD), New Delhi on cost recovery basis. All other required formalities including pre-production have been completed successfully. 1.1. As part of the implementation of CBEC's IT Consolidation Project, the EDI operations at ICD Sachana, Taluka Viramgam, District Ahmedabad would be on ICES 1.5 application, which is the centralized version of the ICES 1.0 application, earlier implemented on standalone servers at major Customs locations. The ICES 1.5 software, developed by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ould use the Code 0100000053 for personal effects and "0100000001" for all other imports. In such cases, the Bill of Entry shall automatically appear on the computer screen of the concerned Assistant/Deputy Commissioner for online approval. 1.2 Registration of Customs Broker in ICES Customs Brokers are required to register their details in the ICES at the respective Custom Houses from where they have been licensed. If they intend to operate at other stations, the intimation of the same should be registered in the ICES at the respective stations. In case the Custom House from where the Customs Broker has been licensed is not yet brought under ICES, such Customs Brokers should approach the Customs authorities indicated in the enclosed chart against respective Custom Houses. No re-registration is required in case the agency is already registered at any existing Customs location where ICES1.5 is operational. (List of Custom Houses for Customs Broker registration attached as Appendix 1 and format for registration attached as Appendix 2) 1.3 Registration of Shipping lines/Agents, Consol Agents IGM/Consol Manifest shall be filed electronically by the Shipping Lines/Agents and Consol A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... code should only be indicated wherever reference to the 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. No separate registration shall be required for those licences which are received by Customs from DGFT online. Such licenses shall automatically be registered in ICES and can be utilized for debit against a Bill of Entry after approval by Proper officer in the system. (Format of Licence registration attached as Annexure A) 1.10 Registration at ICEGATE for Remote filing of Bill of Entry or Manifest Those who intend to file Bill of Entry or manifest from their office, they should register themselves with the ICEGATE. For registration at the ICEGATE, the detailed information may be seen at the web-site "http//:www.icegate ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he original declarations provided by him, check list will be provided at an additional cost of ₹ 10. Any check list in respect of remote filing of the Bill of Entry will cost ₹ 10. 2 Filing of IGM/SIGM/SMTP/Consol Manifest: The Shipping lines or other persons as envisaged under Section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 shall submit the Sub Import General Manifest (SIGM)/Consol Manifest through the Service Centre at ICD-Sachana, Viramgam, Ahmedabad on all working days from 10.00 A.M to 17.00 P.M. However, the Manifest can also be electronically filed through ICEGATE on 24 hours basis. The IGM/SIGM/SMTP/Consol Manifest should be presented at the service centre counter in the prescribed Performa. (Annexure B). A checklist would be generated by the Service Centre which would be verified by the authorized representative of the Shipping line and given 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 af ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... finds that the SMTP No. and Bill of Lading matches the corresponding line number of the IGM. The system will accept only one declaration against a line number. If the declaration is not accepted, the Customs Broker/importer should verify the particulars. (ii) Once the IGM is filed in the Customs Computer System, whenever a Bill of Entry pertaining to any line in the said IGM is filed, the system will cross verify the details of IGM No., the Bill of Lading, etc., and the Bill of Entry would be accepted only if the relevant particulars match with those in the IGM. If any Bill of Entry is not accepted by the system, the importers/Customs Brokers should verify whether the IGM Nos. or the Bill of Lading Nos. have been correctly furnished in the Annexure 'C' submitted by them. (iii) The claim for assessment shall be made against each item of the invoice. If there is more than one invoice, information shall be furnished for each item, invoice-wise, i.e., complete information of items in one invoice must precede information oftheitems in the second invoice. (iv) If the particulars of classification are the same for the next item, the word "do" will be accepted by the system. (v) ITC (H ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g. Thus Numeric number combined with date shall be a Bill of Entry Number. Since running number sequence is common for all-India basis, the Bill of Entry number may not be continuous. (x) The Operator shall retain the original Annexure 'C' declarations with copies of invoice and packing list and shall hand over all the check lists to the Customs Authorities periodically. 3.2 Remote filing through ICEGATE The Customs brokers/Importers having internet facility in their offices can file electronic Bill of Entry from their premises. They have also been facilitated by providing submission of customs documents under digital signature. For this purpose they should 'one time' register their details with ICEGATE. Detailed procedure for registration can be seen in 'New Registration Module' from the website www.icegate.gov.in. To operationalize the facility to use Digital Signature Certificate for filing the aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Importers, customs bro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... id declaration. 4 Processing of Bill of Entry for Assessment (i) Once the Bill of Entry is submitted in the system, the ICES validates the details from various directories maintained in the system and calculates the value from the foreign currency to Indian Rupees applying the exchange rates as applicable on the date of submission of the Bill of Entry in the system and determines the assessable value for levy of duty. Directories of the rates of duty as applicable on the goods on the relevant dates are also 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) In general, 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 Gro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ation of such goods would be carried out as per the prescribed norms. 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/DC (Group), the query will be printed in the Service Centre for being passed on to the Customs Broker/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 the 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 Customs Broker/Importer shall take print of the ass ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in agreement with the assessment, then he shall indicate his objection online and forward the document back electronically in the system to the Assessing Officer for consideration 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. This concurrent audit will be in place till the RMS is rolled out for the location. 4.5 Printing of Assessed copy of Bill of Entry After completion of assessment, 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 Customs Broker/Importer from where the Bill of Entry has been submitted to the Customs system. 5 Payment of Duty and electronic transmission of Delivery Order After the assessment is completed, assessed Customs copy of the B/E would be made available to Importer/Customs Broker. If Customs Broker/Importer desires to pay through designated bank, print of TR-6 challans may obtained f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Note: The list of documents from S.No (e) to (k) is not a mandatory requirement and may be required on case to case bases. As a measure of simplification the CBEC vide its Circular No. 01/2015 dated 12/01/2015 provided the importers/exporters with an option to merge their Commercial invoice and packing list if it contains the following data fields/information in addition to the details in a commercial invoice: a. Description of Goods; b. Marks and Numbers; c. Quantity; d. Gross Weight; e. Net Weight; f. Number of Packages; g. Types of Packages (such as pallet, box, crates, drums etc.). (ii) The Inspector/Examiner will complete the goods registration and examine the goods, wherever prescribed. After the examination report is submitted in the System, as well as on the hard copy of the assessed Bill of Entry (Customs Copy), the Bill of Entry shall move to Appraiser/Supdt. screen for out of charge. The signature of the Customs Broker/Importer shall be obtained on the report, in token of that the goods have been examined in their presence. Name of the Customs Broker/Importer should also be recorded along with his I-Card No. In case of first check Bill of Entry where ex ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Gate along with importer's copy of the Bill of Entry and the Custodian's Gate Pass. After inspecting the packages, the order of clearance copy will be retained by the Gate officer after endorsing number of packages cleared against the order and the copies of the Bills of Entry and Gate Pass shall be returned to the importers. 6.7 The Customs copies of the Bills of Entry shall be arranged in the order of Serial Number of the order of clearance and shall be preserved in the Import Shed for 7 days to take care of part deliveries. After seven days, the Bill of Entry will be kept at the designated place for CRA Audit and record purposes. 7. Section 48 Cases Where the Bill of Entry has not been filed within 30 days from the date of arrival of goods at the port, on completion of data entry and submission, the Job No and details of the Job shall automatically move to the screen of the concerned group AC/DC for online approval. Concerned AC/DC shall open the Section 48 approval from the menu and after verification shall approve filing of Bill of Entry. Only on approval of AC/DC, the Bill of Entry will get accepted by system and B/E No will be generated. The Bill of Entry thereafter wil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... shall be electronically transmitted by DGFT to the Customs system after the Shipping Bills get transmitted online to DGFT from the Custom. Such DEPB licenses shall automatically be registered in the ICES and can be utilized for debit against a Bill of Entry after approval by the Proper officer in the system. If the DEPB license has already been partially utilized, the same shall be registered in the system only for the balance Credit and FOB of exports available for further utilization 11.2 Verification of the DEPB The DEPB shall be verified by the Export Section of the Customs station from where the exports have taken place. Procedure for verification of DEPB has been notified from time to time by the Board/this office through circulars/instructions. Such procedure shall be strictly followed. For this purpose, original DEPB issued by the DGFT shall be produced to the officer designated by Asstt/Dy. Commissioner in the Export Department for verification of the Shipping Bills against which the DEPB has been issued by the DGFT. The officer designated by Asstt./Dy. Commissioner shall verify each Shipping Bill in the system through the DEPB verification menu in ICES. In case any man ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tration, the same shall be made by the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner. 11.4 Transfer Release Advices (i) DEPB Licences registered in locations running on ICES 1.5 shall be available for automatic online debits against a Bill of Entry filed at any of the ports which are operational under ICES 1.5. A common Ledger of licences shall be centrally maintained in the system for debits in respect of the Bills of Entry filed at all the ICES location operating under ICES 1.5. Therefore, no TRA shall be required. However, TRA shall be issued for NON EDI Locations which are still operating manually. For this, the TRA shall be generated in the system and a hard copy of TRA shall be issued. (ii) The TRAs issued by the non-EDI locations and non-centralized locations will be registered in the same manner as license registration. On registration of TRA against a DEPB, the system will generate a TRA registration number. This Registration Number should be endorsed on the Importer's copy of TRA (original) and the Customs copy received from the issuing Customs station. Only fresh RAs will be registered in the EDI System. Partially utilized RAs will continue to be handled manually. Following particula ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... EPB is required to be debited against one item, the importer will be required to indicate the DEPB Registration No. and CIF value of the goods for each DEPB to cover the entire CIF value against that item. For each item claimed for exemption under DEPB, details referred to above will be required to be indicated. 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 and the CIF amount from the FOB of Exports. If sufficient balance to cover the CIF value and the Duty foregone is not available in the DEPB, the System will disallow submission of the B/E. (iii) For indicating the option of payment of Additional Duty (equal to Excise Duty) or claiming exemption there from, the option shall be exercised by indicating 'Y' or 'N' in column 2 of Sl.No.39E. The column number 5 (serial number of item in the licence list) and 7 (quantity for licence debit) are not required to be filled in for DEPB Bs/E. (iv) If the basic Customs duty and the additional Customs duty debit available to the licence is zero, the DEPB exemption will not be admissible to that item. System will not allow exemption under Notification 034/9 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll be paid as usual. This procedure will be in place till RMS is introduced. (iii) Where the Appraising Officer/Supdt, during the process of assessment, denies the exemption claimed under Sl.No. 39E (column 5 and/or 7) of Annexure 'C'; changes the tariff heading or enhances the value resulting in increase in the duty amount and the value; the Appraising Officer will have the option to enter the new DEPB for CIF value corresponding to the enhanced duty/CIF against that item. 11.10 DEPB Debit Ledger On registration of DEPB or TRA in the System, the System will maintain the ledger for duty credit amount and export FOB. Where the exemption from both the basic Customs duty as specified in the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and additional duty leviable under Section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 are claimed, the sum of basic duty and additional duty amount will be debited to the duty credit in DEPB. The CIF of the related items will be debited to export FOB in the DEPB. Where exemption from additional duty is not claimed, only basic duty will be debited. These debits will be made by the System in the DEPB Ledger. If more than one DEPB is utilized against an item, only CIF ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ome of the fields may not be applicable to a category of licence, and therefore, only relevant details should be filled. It will be a pre-condition of registration of licence that the IE-Code of the licence holder is received by the Customs system from the DGFT system. If any information which is necessary for a particular type of licence is not furnished, system will not accept such incomplete information for registration of the licence. The system will maintain ledger in respect of total face value, item wise quantity and value and credit for the same will automatically be created on registration of licence and debits will be made by system when electronic B/E is processed, RA is issued, manual B/E is debited or reduction is made by amendments. To avoid any inconsistency and invalidity, the system will sum the value of all items and compare with the face value of the licence. If the sum is greater than face value of licence, the system will not permit registration. The value will always be CIF for imports and FOB in respect of exports. Where the value is in foreign currency it should be only one currency and not in multi-currency. The licence holders, therefore, should check thes ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... heme Bond type EPCG EC DEEC DE DFRC DE REPL DE 12.3 Registration of incoming Transfer Release Advice (TRA) (i) If both sender and receiving Customs location are operating on centralized ICES Version 1.5, no TRA needs to be issued. A common centralized licence ledger shall be maintained by the system for utilization of licence for value and quantity. (ii) TRAs received from non-ICES location shall be registered like a licence for the portion of value and quantity covered in a TRA. Only fresh TRAs will be registered in the EDI System. Partially utilized TRAs will continue to be handled manually. (iii) After successful entry of details, a checklist will be printed by the service centreoperator and given to the RA holder for confirming the correctness of the data entered in the system. Service center operator will make the correction, if any, and will return the same to the RA holder. 12.4 Submission of Licence/TRA in the system The license/TRA holder will present the check list of the licence/TRA along with the original documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered in the system with the original licence/TRA. After satisfying himself with ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... No. '0' has been created for spare parts against EPCG licence. 20% of the CIF of the goods debited to a licence will be credited by the system as value permissible for the import of spares under exemption notification against the EPCG licence. This value of spares will be within the total face value of the licence, i.e., the sum of value of all items including the value of spares imported against EPCG licence will not exceed the total face value of the licence. (ii) No credit of value will be given for spares in case of imports against TRA. It may be noted that TRA is required to be obtained for spare parts also. In case of first import, no TRA will be admissible for spares. 12.8 Amendment of licence after registration Amendment in the licence data after registration can only be made by the authorized officer. If the amount of value and quantity sought to be reduced is less than the unutilized balance available in the licence, amendments for reduction of value and quantity will not be permitted by the system. The system will give credit to quantity or value in the case of increase and will debit the quantity or value in the case of reduction. Therefore, only incremental or decr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e any one or more of sub-groups in respect of the following Exim Scheme Codes (APPENDIX 7): Group Name Exim Scheme Codes Schemes 7A 13,14,20 7B DEPB 7D DEEC Advance authorisation 7G EPCG 7H 22 to 28 (Except 26), 35,36,37 Chapter 3 schemes 7I DFIA(26) 7N 08-09 7R DFRC 7U EOU (ii) All the Bs/E in respect of schemes for which no sub-group is created will be dealt by Group 7. (iii) The Customs Broker/Importer should present the check list obtained after submission of the B/E to the Appraiser along with all the required documents and the related licence and Advance Authorization schemes. The Appraiser will check the correctness of details of licence/Scheme, etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licences/Schemes, subsequent to registration of licence, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied about the eligibility of exemption under related notification and the licence is otherwise valid to cover the goods in question, he may assess the B/E on system. The Assessing officer can remove the notification and deny the benefits of exemption. The debits of licence will automatically reverse when exemption notification is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ith Customs at the point of import; `C' C.Ex. Certificate NoRRRR DTRRR" where the Bond is executed with Central Excise authorities; and a procurement certificate has been issued by them and 'N' where neither Bond is executed nor Central Excise Certificate is obtained before presenting the Bill of Entry. Where the option given is 'N', the system shall require the Bond to be executed after assessment but before registration of B/E for examination & out of charge. Procedure for registration of Bond/B.G. has been separately indicated in para 21.2 of this Public Notice. The importer should indicate in the format, the type of Bond as "EO" for 100% EOUs and indicate details of the Bond No. or the Central Excise certificate, as the case may be. If Bond or Central Excise Certificate are not indicated it would be 'N', i.e. NONE. The data entry operator shall enter the related option 'Y' or 'C' and enter the details of the Bond or the certificate, as the case may be, in the respective field in the system. (iii) In the field of claim of assessment, normal details shall be indicated. However, in the fields of "Additional information for claiming benefits under specified exemption schemes", in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r the exemption. (iii) Where the importer has not furnished Bond or central excise certificate, the system will require the assessing officer to specify the Bond amount/BG amount. The Appraiser shall specify the Bond & Bank Guarantee amount in system. After processing by the Appraiser, the B/E will be audited by the Auditor and thereafter processed by the AC/DC. After the assessment, print of the Bill of Entry can be obtained. The details of the Bond/BG shall be printed on the Bill of Entry where neither Bond is debited nor is a central excise certificate indicated, the system will print the Bond/BG requirements as specified by the Appraiser. (iv) In case the importer has executed the Bond with the central excise authorities, he shall produce the procurement certificate issued by the central excise officer to the assessing officer along with the un-assessed copy of the Bill of Entry. Assessment of the Bill of Entry would be done after due verification of all the concerned documents. System would enable monitoring of the movement of the goods by monitoring the debits against the bond value/CX certificate value through appropriate MIS reports. Under the present set up, the MIS repo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s 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 Option has been enabled in ACB ( AC Bonds ) role for entering the warehousing details as per Board Circular No. 019/2016 dated 20.05.2016. Same may be used for entry of warehousing particulars and generation of Warehouse Code in the system. 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 serial number of warehouse, e.g. WFD61001. If no code is assigned 'other' to be used as code-WFD6O001). INVOICE PARTICULARS For Ex-Bond B/ENo---------Invoice S.No.----------- in WarehouseB/E item of Import intended to be Ex-Bonded Item Quantity of item intended for exBond S.No. in invoice (ii) On out of charge of a Warehouse B/E, the system will create a ledger of quantity in respect of all the items included in Warehousing B/E. For the purpose of filing ExBond B/E in the system, details of Customs Broker & the Importer will be entered as usual. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 the Bond, interest, 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 charges including fine/penalty payable, as provided under Chapter IX of the Customs Act, 1962 have been paid; c)The rate of duty has not undergone any change after assessment and the out of charge. In case any change has taken place after assessment in the tariff or exemption structure having bearing on assessment, the B/E will be referred to the concerned Appraiser/Superintendent for re-confirming the correctness of the assessment. The Appraiser/Superintendent will re-assess the B/E, if so required. The system after reassessment will generate duty challan for differential amount ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... refore, 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 cannot 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 the 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. The Appraiser/Superintendent shall register the same in the system in the same manner as the Bonds are registered. The system will generate the registration number. This registration number should be communicated to the importer and the original certificate shall be retained in the A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... st which respective Bond has been debited are closed, the Bond can be cancelled. However, if the Sr No. of items are closed and the Bond is not cancelled, the same will continue to be used if there is a balance in Bond amount and validity period has not expired. All the documents on the basis of which the items are closed and the Bond is cancelled will be kept in the related Bond file for the purposes of record. 20 Assessment of Goods under Chapter 55 of Customs Tariff (i) In case of goods of aforesaid Chapter, under certain sub-headings where the duty of Customs under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff 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 has 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1.Serial No. (as given by the Bank) 2.Bank branch code 3.Bank name 4.BG amount 5.BG date 6.Expiry date of BG 7.Date of enforcement 8.Remarks Surety Details 1.Serial No. (as given by the party ) 2.Surety Name 3.Address 4.Identification particulars of surety (Customs Broker code, Chartered Accountant Registration No. etc.) 5.Remarks Cash Deposit 1.Challan No. 2.Date 3.Amount 4.Date of Deposit (ii) The Bond detail shall be entered in the Bond Section. On entry, system will assign a job no. and check list is generated. The Importer/Customs Broker shall satisfy himself with the correctness of the details. 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... level. AC/DC has to confirm the action of Appraising Officer. Auditor has no option w.r.t. Bonds. However, he can view the Bonds requirements. (iv) Bond Requirement Details On completion of assessment, the Bond requirement details will be printed on the Assessed Copy of the BE. Where the Bond has not been executed before assessment, on completion of assessment and payment of duty (wherever required), the importer is required to execute the Bond in respect of the Bill of Entry in question before goods registration in the Shed. If the Bond has not been executed against the Bill of Entry, the goods registration cannot be done. The Importer has to give a written request to AC/DC for debiting the Bond 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... behalf. The procedure for processing of such Bills of Entry is briefly indicated below:- (vii) Warehousing Bill of Entry (a) For Warehousing Bill of Entry, the type of Bill of Entry should be indicated as 'W'. The importer may indicate the Bond details if a continuity Bond has already been executed in the same manner as has been explained in respect of 100% EOU. The processing of warehousing Bill of Entry shall continue to be as at present in the respective groups on first come first serve basis. (b) The system at the time of assessment of a Warehousing B/E shall display before the Appraiser, the requirement of Bond equal to double the amount of duty payable. The appraiser at the time of the assessment can change the Bond/BG amounts. Where the Bond details have been entered at the time of data entry, the same shall be displayed by the system & debit details will be printed on the Bill of Entry. Where Bond has not been debited at the time of data entry of B/E, Bond requirement shall be on the Bill of Entry. (c) The Bond shall be 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 register ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , i.e., Seller of goods on high seas, should be indicated. In the field of invoice details after the field of currency, new fields for indicating the costs incurred over and above the invoice value for purchasing goods on high sea sale have been added. Where such expenses are incurred, (whether actually paid or payable) as a percentage of invoice value, the percentage rate should be indicated in the field "Rate". Where a fixed amount is paid or payable over the invoice value such amount should be indicated against the field 'amount' and shall be in Indian Rupees. The additional amount would get distributed proportionately amongst the various items in the invoice for determination of assessable value. In case goods relate to more than one invoices, the High Seas sales charges should be indicated against each invoice, proportionate to the value of goods in the invoice. The system shall add these charges to the CIF value of the goods for computation of assessable value for the purpose of levy of duty. (iii) The data entry operator at the Service Center shall enter these details in the relevant field in the system. These details will be printed on the check list. The IEC & the name of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... price would have to be indicated in Rupees and not in any foreign currency and should conform to the provisions of theLegal Metrology Act, 2009 which came into effect from 01.04.2011,the Rules made there under or any other law in this behalf. Quantum of abatement need not be declared since the system would apply the said reduction with reference to the Central Excise Tariff Heading. Details of such items for which Retail Sale Price has been declared may be carefully verified by the Importers/Customs Brokers before handing over the check list to the Service Centre Operator for submission of the Bill of Entry. It may also be ensured that all the articles covered in the invoice are carefully checked and Retail Sale Price declared in respect of all such articles, which require declaration of Retail Sale Price. Provision has also been made for amendment of declared Retail Sale Price at different stages subject to appropriate approvals wherever required. 24. Assessment of Special Valuation Branch Bills of Entry through EDI 24.1 The assessment of provisional SVB Cases shall be carried out in the EDI system. The following steps need to be followed carefully: a. In provisional SVB case ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed are required to be reviewed in terms of the said para 3.2 of Circular no. 5/2016. In cases where the importers have provided all the requisite documents, EDD should be dispensed forthwith. In cases where EDD is enhanced to 5%, due to non-submission of the documents/information by the importers, for any SVB inquiry the immediate recourse to the appropriate provisions of the Customs Act will be taken by Commissioner for obtaining the documents and dispense the EDD accordingly. 25. Anti-Dumping Duty (i) Notification Directory A directory of the notifications issued by the Central Government notifying the rates of anti-dumping duty has been created in the system. Notifications issued do not have a defined structure; therefore, these notifications have been re-structured in tabulated form providing a unique Serial No. of an item and a unique Serial No of producer/exporter of goods from a specified country. Due to re-structuring of the notifications into a defined format, the Serial No. at which the goods/country/producer/exporter is appearing in the notification of the Ministry may differ in the notification directory. Therefore, the directory may be carefully studied to identify ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ds 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 Service Centre for Data Entry. The extract of the Table is indicated below. 39B. Classification Details (1) Invoice Serial Number (2) Actual Invoice Number (3) Classification Details Item No. RITC 8 digit CTH ANotfn IS No PS No QTY T Notifn No IS No Qty Exemp. Notf Yr Sl No. CTH Notfn Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Abbreviations in Col. (3) above refer as under. T Notn. = Tariff Value notification number/year I S No. = S.No. in the notification QTY = Qty in the unit of measurement on the basis of which Tariff value fixed. 27 Assessment of Bill of Entry The tariff value is itself the assessable value, therefore, invoice value will be ignored by the system and the duty would be calcul ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 0. NFEI Shipping Bills 11. Reward Schemes PROCEDURE 3. The procedure to be followed in respect of filing of Shipping Bills under the Indian Customs EDI System 1.5 at ICD Sachana shall be as follows: - Under the EDI System, the Shipping Bills shall be filed electronically and processed online in an automated environment. Certain declarations and certificates, etc., that are required to be provided in hard copy should be attached withtheexport documents when the goods are presented for export. The following pre-requisites are to be complied with before filing shipping bills: 3.1 IE-Code of the exporters-Import Export (IE) Codes are being issued to the exporters by the DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to ICES on a daily basis. ICES automatically registers the IE Codes after confirming their validity, to enable the exporters to file the Shipping Bills electronically. Before filing the Shipping Bills, the exporters are advised to check from the DGFT, as to whether their IE Code has already been transmitted to ICES. If their IE Code has not been transmitted to ICES by the DGFT, they should first get the same transmitted from the DGFT, failing which the exporter shall n ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES 1.5. Annexure E (Export) 3.6 Exchange Rates of un-notified currencies: The ICES 1.5 maintains exchange rates in respect of currencies the rates of which are notified by the Ministry of Finance on a monthly basis. However, in respect of currencies which are not covered in the notifications of the Ministry of Finance, the concerned bank's certificate indicating the exchange rate applicable for the date on which the Shipping Bill is filed should be produced to the customs officer and details of the same should be entered in the ICES 1.5 while filing the Shipping Bill. The Shipping Bill should be submitted in the system on the same date for which the rate of exchange is certified. 3.7 Exim Scheme Codes: The DGFT has notified Exim Scheme Codes in respect of various schemes, the list of which is appended with this Public Notice. An appropriate Code should be indicated against each item in the Shipping Bill. For example, if exports are under claim of Drawback, Code19 should be used. Appendix 3 3.8 Units of Measurement Codes: Against any quantity of goods, the appropriate Code indicated against the respe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... DATA ENTRY FOR SHIPPING BILLS 4.1 Shipping Bills can be filed through the service center located at ICD Sachana or through Remote EDI System if the Exporter or the Customs Broker has registered themselves at ICEGATE. In case the Shipping Bill is filed through Service Centre, the Exporters/Customs Brokers would be required to submit a filled up form (Annexure A) at the Service Centre with the following documents: i) A declaration of all particulars in the SB in the format placed at Annexure-A (Export) ii) Copy of Invoice iii) SDF declaration at Annexure B (Export) iv) DES/EPCG declarations etc. as applicable Annexure D (Export) 4.2 The formats should be duly complete in all respects and should be signed by the exporter or his authorized representative/Customs Broker. Forms, which are incomplete or unsigned, will not be accepted for data entry. Exporters/Customs Broker should ensure that the data provided by them and entered by service center is correct in all respects so that process of clearance of export is smooth. 4.3 Data entry of Shipping Bills would be done at the Service Centres on payment of charges. Various charges for printing and data entry excluding Service T ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Customs process documents, the following process would be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines and their agents shall use the Digital Signature Certificate and the web based Common Signer utility to digitally sign the electronic documents generated by remote EDI package and then subsequently send the digitally signed documents for processing via email/web upload, as is being done currently. (iv) On receiving the digitally signed documents the ICEGATE server side verifier shall verify the user's credentials, validity of certificate, Certifying Authorities credentials, Public Key, Certificate Revocation List (CRL) status and the result of authentication and integrate the data into ICES database. The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... instruction for examination of the goods. 7.4 If the S/B falls in the categories indicated in Paras 7.1 and 7.2 above, the exporter should check with the query counter at the Service Centre whether the S/B has been cleared by Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner, before the goods are brought for examination. In case AC/DC raises any query, it should be replied through the Service Centre or through ICEGATE, for those Exporters/Customs Brokers who are registered with ICEGATE. After all the queries have been satisfactorily replied to, AC/DC will pass the S/B. 7.5 RMS Facilitation-First Phase: When the RMS facility is launched in this site, following would be the procedure. (i) Movement of Shipping Bills: All the Shipping Bills filed electronically in ICES will be perused and processed by RMS on submission and after every amendment (s). The output of RMS processing will be communicated to ICES. The RMS output will determine the movement/routing of Shipping Bills in ICES. The Shipping Bill may be sent for Assessment and Examination, Assessment only or Examination only depending upon the interdictions by the RMS tools. If a bill is not interdicted by any of the RMS tools, suc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m will also provide to the officers a category of instructions termed Compulsory Compliance Requirements (CCRs). This term refers to compliance requirements that have to be mandatorily fulfilled such as Minimum Export Price (MEP) and clearance from the Other Governmental Departments (OGDs) like Drug Control authorities, Inspection Agencies, Narcotics Commissioner and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers etc. It may be noted that while all efforts have been made to make the RMS database containing these instructions as comprehensive as possible, certain requirements might have escaped notice. These are mandatory requirements under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) and other Allied Acts which must be fulfilled before allowing clearance. In case it comes to the notice of any officer that a specific requirement is not listed, then he shall communicate the same immediately to the local Risk Manager, who in turn will inform the Risk Management Division (RMD) team, for necessary updation of database. When a SB comes for assessment, the Appraising Officer after completion of his scrutiny of RMS instructions and SB declaration shall write a self contained order for examination so as to cover ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mining the cargo feel that the CCRs figuring on their screen are not applicable to any specific SB/item, they must enter a departmental comment in the SB in the EDI specifying the reasons thereof before giving clearance. It is also clarified that officers in the shed may examine a consignment even if it is facilitated and directly selected for LEO by the RMS, if they have a valid reason for doing so. However, such examination should be done only after prior approval of the Commissioner or an officer authorised by him for this purpose, who shall not be below the rank of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and after recording the reasons for the same. A brief remark on the reasons and particulars of Commissioner's authorization shall be made by the officer examining the goods in the departmental comments in the EDI system. (vi) Let Export Order (LEO): Even though in many cases the RMS decides to give appraisal and examination waiver, the LEO function would not be dispensed with and customs clearance in terms of Section 51 of the Customs Act, 1962 will continue to be given by the proper officer to each and every SB. The LEO Officer will exercise the last check before the goods ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hall make sure that all mandatory fields in the SB are properly filled. While discharging their functions, they would be required to follow all the existing instructions/Standing Orders on the subject. In this regard, attention is invited to Standing Order No. 18/2013 dated 13.12.2013 and Public Notice No. 42/2013 dated 13.12.2013 issued by this office. The instructions contained therein are required to be followed scrupulously. Additional information, wherever required may be sought from the exporters. However, frivolous and piece-meal queries should be avoided and the query should be detailed and covering all aspects. The Additional/Joint Commissioners in-charge of Export shall monitor the queries closely. (ix) Recall of facilitated Shipping Bills: Recall of SB and subsequent reassessment of the facilitated Shipping Bills (where no assessment and no examination are prescribed by the RMS), contrary to RMS instructions, should be avoided as a matter of routine. However, under extraordinary circumstances or on the request of the Exporter/CHA, the AC/DC incharge shall take written approval of the Commissioner or an officer not below the rank of Additional/Joint Commissioner authori ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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, the Appraiser/Supdt. will mark the electronic S/B to AC/DC Exports. He will also forward the documents to AC/DC and advise the exporters to meet the AC/DC for further action regarding the discrepancy. In case the Exporter agrees with the views of the Department, the S/B would be processed finally. Where the exporter is not in agreement with the views of the Department, the matter would be handled outside the EDI system. 9. PROCEDURE IN CASE OF CONTAINERS STUFFED OUTSIDE PORT AREA 9.1 Containers stuffed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 the goods are examined at the request of exporter outside the Customs area, a fee as prescribed in Customs (Fees for Rendering Services by Customs Officers) Regulations, 1998, shall be charged by the jurisdictional Customs Authorities under whose jurisdiction examination has been carried out irrespective of the fact whether the examination/sealing of container is within working hours or outside working hours. 12 DRAWAL OF SAMPLES 12.1 Where the Appraiser/Supdt. of Customs orders for samples to be drawn and tested, the Examining Officers will proceed to draw two samples from the consignment and enter the particulars thereof alon ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ents will be carried out in the following manner. 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 Exp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ters are also required to give their account number along with the details of the Authorized 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 Truck/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 not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... shall also be submitted to the authorized bank branch at the EDI location. c) Whenever there is a change in the exporter's bank account number the same procedure is required to be followed by the exporter for fresh registration of new bank account number. d) Bank of Baroda, Sanand Branch, at ICD Sachana, Taluka Viramgam, District Ahmedabad is authorized for disbursement of drawback amount online. 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 and 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. 20.10 Procedure for export under claim for brand rate under Rule 7 of Drawback Rules (i) The exporters opting for claim of brand rate under rule 6 the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995 shall continue to declar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... update the record and after taking into account the payments already made, finalise the claim in terms of the AIR provisions. (v) It may be noted that only the first drawback amount processed through the EDI system is electronically validated with respect to Rule 8A of Drawback Rules, 1995. Therefore, wherever there is any subsequent EDI processing on basis of the AIR, this validation must be enforced by the Customs officer for the total drawback amount against relevant tariff item. (vi) For shipping bills filed before 23.11.2015, the exporters opting for claim of brand rate under rule 7 of the Drawback Rules, 1995 would, as before, have declared the figure "9801" as an identifier in the shipping bill under the Drawback details. In such cases, if the Let Export Order date is to be on or after 23.11.2015, the exporter shall be facilitated to amend, prior to the actual LEO, the identifier along the lines mentioned in item 2 above. However, even if the LEO occurs on or after 23.11.2015 without such amendment, the exporter may provide the information to the Asst/Dy. Commissioner of Customs at the port of export that the option for claim of brand rate reflected in the shipping bill wa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng specifying the appropriate new scheme code that would need to be declared by exporters making exports under the Special Advance Authorization Scheme cum AIR Drawback and these shall be publicized to exporters in advance by the Systems Directorate. 21. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER 100% EOU SCHEME 21.1 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/Customs Broker 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 o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n number at this port. As the licenses issued under DES/EPCG will now be received online from DGFT and would be available at this port, Importers would be required to produce the hard copies of the licenses issued by DGFT along with bonds/LUTs and execute BG in 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. 22.3. For monitoring of export obligation under licenses issued by DGFT under above mentioned schemes, Customs would transmit online all such Shipping Bills to DGFT wherever imports/exports have been affected under licenses received online from DGFT under DES/EPCG schemes. 22.4. For any amendment in licenses issued under above schemes by DGFT, importer would obtain a log print ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ested to immediately get their EPCG/DES registered in the EDI System so that the export declarations are processed expeditiously. 22.8 Further, exporters availing of EPCG/DES benefits in terms of various notifications should file the relevant declarations in Annexure D (Export) along with Annexure A (Export). 22.9 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 (Export). b. I f 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 (Export), 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rter by using specified scheme codes for drawback exports, at the item level. The options in permutation with the ROSL Scheme are being provided with separate scheme-codes as listed below: Scheme Code Description 60 Drawback and ROSL 61 EPCG, Drawback and ROSL 64 Drawback, Spl AA ( 4.04A) and ROSL 65 EPCG, Drawback, Spl AA(4.04A) and ROSL For EDI shipping bill, selection of the scheme-code involving ROSL scheme at the time of export shall itself amount to making claim cum declaration of eligibility. For EDI shipping bill this shall be the only means to make the claim. Any other means of claim shall not be accepted. Shipping Bills which are filed prior to 20-09-2016 but for which LEO is given on or after 20-09-2016 are also eligible for RoSL. Such Shipping Bills which have not claimed the scheme code as listed above, may need to be amended before LEO to avail this benefit. In the absence of proper scheme codes, the ROSL benefit would not be available. ROSL Rebate: The amount of rebate is calculated using the FOB value and the rates and caps of rebate specified in the ROSL scheme. (For further details refer to Para 7 of CBEC Circular 043/2016-Cus). To facilitate export ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hall be filed by Shipping lines at the gateway port. 27. Monitoring of foreign exchange realization: a. The exporters filing Shipping Bills (S/Bs) under drawback shall furnish a declaration to the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (Drawback) providing the details of all Authorized Dealers (AD), their codes and addresses through which they intend to realize the export proceeds. Such a declaration shall be filed at each port of export through which the exporter exports his goods. In case, there is a new addition of AD, the same is to be intimated to the concerned Custom House at the port of Export. b. The system would generate on all Shipping Bills, the due date for submission of BRCs. c. The exporter shall submit a certificate from the Authorized Dealer(s) in respect of whom declaration has been filed containing details of the shipments which remain outstanding beyond the prescribed time limit, including the extended time, if any, allowed by AD/RBI. Such a certificate can also be provided by a Chartered accountant in his capacity as a statutory auditor of the exporter's account. A Performa for furnishing such negative statement was enclosed as Annexure to the Board Circ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nter the S/Bs for which the BRCs are pending. Thereafter, all S/Bs except such pending S/Bs will be deleted from the list. k. The BRC entry module also enables the Department to remove the list of S/Bs from the pendency list if drawback is recovered subsequently. In such cases, the officer may choose option (1) and enter the order no./challan no. and date and also the no. and date of all shipping Bills for which the drawback has been realized. Thereafter, all such S/Bs will be deleted from the pendency list. 28. The system will indicate to the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (Drawback) all cases of Drawback Shipping Bills if the BRC/negative statement in the prescribed Annexure enclosed to the Board's Circular is not submitted by the exporter within the prescribed period. 29. Service tax refund One of pre-requisites for claiming S.T refund electronically through ICES 1.5 is that the exporters should have a bank account and also central excise registration number or service tax code number (including service tax registration number) and the same should be registered with ICES 1.5. Details of the process of registration in ICES 1.5 are being shared for providing clarit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r/his authorized representation should check its correctness and return to customs officer after signing etc. Then the details will be saved in Systems. This is one time registration and mandatory for all exporters claiming S.T Refund. ICES 1.5 will not accept shipping Bills with claim of STR if these details are not registered. Option is available with the CLK Role to modify/amend the bank account details and central excise registration number/service tax code number. It may be noted that registration of bank account and central excise registration number/service tax code number has to be done at each customs location separately. While capturing central excise registration certificate or service tax code number in ICES 1.5, the system will validate the details with details available from Automation of central Excise and service tax (ACES) and only on successful validation, data will be saved in ICES 1.5. It may be added that either central excise registration certificate or PAN based service tax code no. (Including service tax registration number) has to be provided to claim ST Refund through ICES 1.5, in case an Exporter does not have either of two numbers mentioned above, he s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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