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TMI BlogLaunch of Indian Customs EDI System - (ICES — 1.5) for Imports and Exports, at ICD Kheda, [IN KHD 6] District-Dhar, Madhya PradeshX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d by Central Board of Excise and Customs under Section 8(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. 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 Inspect or EA/TA Havaldar/ Head Havaldar (Gr. D) Total No. of Post(s) 1 1 1 - - 03 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 Kheda, Dhar (Distt) 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 NIC, has been implemented at CBECVs National Data Centre at New Delhi. The System Integrator for the project is M/S TCS. The application would cater to the needs of Customs officials at ICD Kheda, District Dhar and also the Service Centre operators, who would be working on CBEC's new Local Area Network infrastructure implemented by BSNL, connectivity to the Central sewers at the National Data Centre has been provided through CBE ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 ICESl.5 is operational. (List of Custom Houses for Customs Broker registration attached as Appendix I and format for registration attached as Appendix 2) 1.3 Registration of Shipping lines/Agents, Consol Agents IGM/ConsoI Manifest shall be filed electronically by the Shipping Lines/Agents and Consol Agents at the Ports of entry and Sub-IGM relating to respective IGM lines under SMTP at the Port. The Shipping Lines]Agents and Consol Agents, before filing [GM, should register themselves in the ICES at any of the ICES enabled Custom Stations. (Format of registration attached as Appendix 3) 1.4 Exchange Rates of un-notified currencies The ICES maintains exchange rates in respect of currencies ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... are against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses, such license 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 licenses 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.gov.in". For filing of Bill of Entry from remote, NIC has provided software which is free of cost and can be downloaded from NIC web-site. (http://ices.nic.in/ices/aspx) 1.11 Service Centre charges: Facility of data entry of IGM, Bill of Entry, etc. is available at the service center at the Customs port on payment basis. The schedule of charges for various types of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 shall submit the Sub Import General Manifest (SIGM)/ Consol Manifest through the Service Centre at (ICD) - Kheda, Dhar 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 IGWSIGM/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 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 syst ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 of the items 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 (HS) Nos., CTH and CETH shall be indicated in eight (8) digits without any decimal in between (e.g. 8501 1000 and not 8501.1000). Notification number shall be indicated in three (3) digits followed by a slash (l) and the issuing year (e.g. 201/1981, 083/ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iginal Anncxurc 'C' declarations with copies of invoice and packing list and shall hand over all the check lists to Lhe Custotns Authorities periodically. 3.2 Remote filing through IC.EGATE 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 brokers, shipping lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class Ill Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Auth ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... exure '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/lmporter shall take print of the assessed copy of B/E along with three copies ofTR-6 challan. Before presenting the Bill of Entry for examination and delivery of goods, the Customs Broker/Importer should ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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/lmporter 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 or TR-6 challans may obtained from challan in e-payment gateway and shall be presented to the bank for payment of duty. The Bank shall verify the particulars in the TR-6 cha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sure 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 examination has already taken place, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Appraiser/Supdt. directly for out of charge after payment of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 will be processed in the same manner as the normal Bill of Entry. 8. Amendment of Bill ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 Dill in the system through the DEPB verification menu in ICES. In case any manually processed Shipping Bill is involved, the verification shall be do ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ty Commissioner. 11.4 Transfer Release Advices (i) DEPB Licenses 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 licenses 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 particulars shall be entered in the System through the m ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s 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 SI.No.39E. The column number 5 (serial number of item in the license list) and 7 (quantity for license 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 license is zero, the DEPB exemption will not be admissible to that item. System will not allow exemption under Notif ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... llan (if any)and duty will 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 Lo 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rm is common for all types of licenses, some of the fields may not be applicable to a category of license, and therefore, only relevant details should be filled. It will be a pre-condition of registration of license that the IE-Code of the license holder is received by the Customs system from the DGFT system. If any information which is necessary for a particular type of license is not furnished, system will not accept such incomplete information for registration of the license. 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 license 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 license. If the sum is greater than face value of license, 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 lice ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of duty foregone. Bond types for export promotion schemes are as under: Scheme 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 license ledger shall be maintained by the system for utilization of license for value and quantity. (ii) TRAs received from non-ICES location shall be registered like a license 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 centre operator 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 License/TRA in the system The license/ TRA holder will present the check list of the license/TRA along with the original documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (i) The system will create a ledger of face value and item wise value & quantity. Item No. '0' has been created for spare parts against EPCG license. 20% of the CIF of the goods debited to a license will be credited by the system as value permissible for the import of spares under exemption notification against the EPCG license. This value of spares will be within the total face value of the license, i.e., the sum of value of all items including the value of spares imported against EPCG license will not exceed the total face value of the license. (ii) No credit of value will be given for spares in case of illipurls 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 license after registration Amendment in the license 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 license, amendments for reduction of value and quantity will not be pennitted by the system. The system will give credit to quantity or value in the case of increas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bond, etc. 12.10 Assessment of B/E (i) For ease of distribution of various categories of documents among the officers, provision has been made in the system to create 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 (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 license and Advance Authorization schemes. The Appraiser will check the correctness of details of license/Scheme, etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licenses/ Schemes, subsequent to registration of license, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied about the eligibility of exemption under related notification and the license is otherwise valid to cover the goods in question, he may assess the B/E on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 imports by 100% EOU indicate: - "Y" for Bond No......... if Bond is already executed with Customs at the point of import; 'C' C. Ex. Certificate No………. DT………" 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 sha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... stem 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 required, the amount in the field of BG should be entered as 0 (Zero).The appraiser has the option of removing EOU notification where the importer is not found to be eligible for 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 th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... gistration as prescribed in para 12. 1(ii). The scrips issued under older FTP would follow registration prescribed in para 12. 1(i). The other applicable procedures as prescribed in FTP and Customs notifications, circulars etc would be same as detailed in para 11 & 12, wherever applicable. 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 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; I-digit warehouse type; and 3-digit serial number of warehouse, e.g. WFD61001. If no code is assigned 'other' to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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/ Customs Brokers 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 including e-payment. 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 the Bond, interest, if any, on the Warehoused goods as chargeable under Section 610f 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bit the respective Bond for the amount of duty foregone on the basis of claim of exemption made for items in the B/E under a notification. For this purpose; a directory has been created in the system for the notification and S.No. 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 the 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 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 Du ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tes can be viewed by Assessing Officer and also will be printed on the B/E for verification in the Shed/Docks. 19 Closure of Bond I Undertaking The Bond or undertaking would be closed by the AC/DC. When the conditions of the Bond/undertaking are complied with, the AC/DC will enter the Bond No., the system will display all the Bs/E and related Item S. Nos. in respect of which the Bond has been debited. If the conditions of the Bond have been satisfied, the option to close the Bond may be exercised, item by item. When all the items against 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ration of all Bonds / Undertakings, Bank Guarantees, Sureties, etc,.in the system. The importer shall furnish the following details for registration: - Bonds / Undertakings 1. 1EC 2. Bond Type 3. Bond Amount * 4. Revolving / Specific 5. Date of Bond 6. Date of Expiry 7. Date of enforcement 8. Whether BG YIN 9. Surety YIN 10. Cash Deposit YIN 11. Remarks * For Bonds already executed, the existing balance to be captured as opening balance in the Ledger BG Details 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 m ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... * Provisional Duty Bond - Project Imports * Extra Duty Deposit * EOU Bonds * Warehouse Bond B/E Type 'W': Warehouse Bond is mandatory. EOU Bond: In case of items, where EOU Notification is claimed, EOU Bond or a procurement Certificate from Central Excise authorities is mandatory. (iii) Provisional Assessment: If any of the item is assessed provisionally, the Bond (Provisional or Test) is mandatory. The Appraising Officer has to specify Type of Bond, Bond Amount, BG %, BG amount, basis for Bond amount at the BE 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... copy of slip should be attached with the B/E and other copy given to the importer. In respect of Bills of Entry where processing has not yet been automated, it would still be possible under the aforesaid Bond Management System to register the Bond in the system and utilize it against a manually processed Bill of entry as per procedure indicated above in respect of a continuity / revolving Bond. (b) Consequent upon the introduction of the Bond Management System, the Bills of Entry would be linked to the respective Bonds and the system will maintain an account in this 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 req ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... category would cover all imports where the goods have been transferred by the original importer by sale or otherwise before their clearance from Customs. The EDI system has been designed to provide for both the options, namely, the ultimate buyer paying a percentage loading over the invoice price or a fixed sum in addition to the invoice price based on the high sea sale agreement and the local invoice to arrive at the final assessable value. (ii) If the goods have been purchased on High Seas Sales basis, option 'Y' should be indicated at S.No 5C in the format. The IEC & Branch code of the original importers, 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 In ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nder a notification issued under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. It would be advisable to specify these details at Serial No. ……… (Claim of assessment) for each pack size of the imported item. For example, if tooth paste is imported in sizes of 50 gms, 100 gms.and 150 gms. it is suggested that these be noted as three separate entries in the aforesaid Serial No.(Claim to assessment) since they would be having three separate retail prices. Each article, which has different characters, specification including the difference in size of packing should be declared as separate items in the Bill of Entry with a separate unit retail sale price. (iv) The retail sale price would have to be indicated in Rupees and not in any foreign currency and should conform to the provisions of the Legal 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/Cu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ocess of renewal if the importers file the declaration in Annexure I and ensure that the concerned customs station is informed immediately regarding the same so that Provisional Bills of entry pending there for finalization can be finalized at the earliest. In case importers declare in Annexure 2 SVB inquiries shall be initiated in pursuance of Circular No. 5/2016 dated 09/02/2016 by serving upon the importers questionnaire at Annexure A and B attached to the said Circular no. 05/2016. If Extra Duty Deposit (EDD) is being obtained in such cases the same shall be reviewed and the sequence provided in para 3.2 of the said Circular No. 05/2016. All SVB investigations (other than renewal) where EDD is being obtained 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 according ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... measurement on the basis of which, the 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 anti-dumping 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 F ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ure 'C'. a. Brand b. Model c. Grade d. Specifications e. Any other information relevant for assessment. For e.g., specific order for imported goods passed by CES TAT, past precedent regarding classification valuation etc. EXPORTS Computerized processing of Shipping Bills under the Indian Customs EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) System (ICES 1.5) 2. Under ICES 1.5, the computerized processing of Shipping Bills would be handled in respect ofthe following categories of Shipping Bills: 1. Duty Free white Shipping Bills 2. Dutiable Shipping Bills (Cess) 3. Drawback Shipping Bills 4. DEEC Shipping Bills 5. EPCG Shipping Bills 6. DFIA Shipping Bills 7. 100% EOU Shipping Bills 8. Jobbing Shipping Bills 9. Other Exim Scheme Shipping Bills 10. 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 Kheda 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n case the details are not available, the matter may be brought to the notice of the ICEGATE team. Members of the trade may please note that ICEGATE provides 24X7 Helpdesk facility for trade to report problems related to electronic filing. The ICEGATE helpdesk can be contacted on e-mail address [email protected] and the replies to the queries shall be sent through e-mails. The Helpdesk can also be contacted on following telephone numbers: 01 123370133 and 01 1-23379020. 3.5 Registration of bank account for credit of Drawback amount:-For exports under claim of drawback, the exporter is required to open bank account with any Core Banking System branch of any bank in the country. Before filing of Shipping Bill under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES I . 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... es between Customs and DGFT for a number of licence types have been enabled. No separate registration shall be required for those licences which are received from the DGFT online. 3.13 Self Sealed Container cargo: Exporters, who are allowed self-sealing of containers, should get themselves registered in the ICES 1.5 before the goods are registered for exports. 3.14 Registration of bank account for credit of Service Tax Refund amount: For exports under the claim of Service Tax Refund, the exporter is required to open bank account with any Core Banking System branch of any bank in the country. Before filing of Shipping Bill under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES 1.5. Annexure G (Export) 4. DATA ENTRY FOR SHIPPING BILLS 4.1 Shipping Bills can be filed through the service center located in ICD Kheda 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 do ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ns would be accepted at the Service Centre from 10.30.hrs to 16.30hrs. Declarations received up to 16.00hrs will be entered in the computer system on the same day. 4.8 Those Exporters or Customs Broker who intend to use Remote EDI System(RES) to file from their offices should download necessary software from website www.ices.nic.in which is available free of cost and register themselves with the ICEGATE. 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 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 Ill Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... llowing kinds of SIB shall require clearance of the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (AC/DC Exports): - i. Duty free S/B for FOB value above ₹ 10 lakh ii. Free Trade Sample S/B for FOB value above ₹ 25,000 iii. Drawback S/B where the drawback exceeds Rs. one lakh 7.2 The following categories of Shipping Bills shall be processed by the Appraiser/Supdt. (Export Assessment) first and then by the Asstt./Deputy Commissioner: i. DEEC ii. DHA iii. EOU iv. EPCG v. Any other Exim Scheme if so required 7.3 Apart from verifying the value and other particulars for assessment, the AO/Supdt. and AC/DC may call for the samples for confirming the declared value or for checking classification under the Drawback Schedule / DEEC / DFIA / EOU, etc. He may also give special 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 C ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... officers in assessment. All such instructions are displayed as RMS instructions in ICES. Officers are expected to study all the instructions on the screen carefully and assess the SB in compliance of the RMS instructions. Officers shall enter the reasons in the Departmental Comments if any of the RMS instructions are not followed. The officer need not limit his scrutiny to the strict confines of RMS instructions. The officer has the freedom to go beyond the instructions and scrutinize other sensitive aspects of the SB which are not referred to in RMS instructions. Whenever the Officer assessing the SB feels that any specific RMS instruction is not in tune with the declaration in the SB, he/she should enter a detailed comment in the departmental comments and proceed to take decision as per law. The Risk Management System 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by the RMS for examination without any assessment by officers. In such cases, the RMS instructions for examination should be treated as examination orders. The officers shall bear in mind all existing standing orders and circulars issued by the department, while performing their work. The examining officers shall ensure that the goods under examination tally with the declared description, including critical parameters like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc., which may have a direct bearing on valuation, benefits under Export Promotion schemes and classification etc. The examination of the goods and Let Export Order (LEO) shall be completed by the officers, only after ensuring that the compulsory compliance requirements (CCRs) mentioned in the RMS instructions are duly complied with. Whenever the Officers examining 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 facilitate ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ide output to ICES for selection of SBS for Drawback scrutiny and PCA. Detailed instructions in this regard will be issued during the implementation of second phase of Export RMS. (vii) Data Quality: The Assessing/Examining officers are also required to focus on the 'data quality' of the SB declarations. The assessing officer should check the description of the item, besides the correctness of classification, valuation, claim of benefits under export promotion schemes, if any, and also ensure compliance with mandatory requirements prescribed under Foreign Trade Policy and/or allied enactments. They are required to check all critical aspects of description like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc. which may have a direct bearing on valuation, classification or claim of benefits under export promotion schemes. They shall 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ived against that entered in the system. He will enter Annexure C particulars in the system. The system would identity the Examining Officer (if more than one are available) who would be currying out physical examination of goods. The system would also indicate the packages (the quantity and the serial numbers) to be subjected to examination. The Officer would write this information (Name of examination officer and package Srl. Nos. to be examined) on the checklist and hand it over to the exporter. He would hand over the original documents to the Examining Officer. No examination orders shall be given unless the goods have been physically received in the Export Shed. IL may, however, be clarified that Customs Officers have the discretion of examining any or all the packages/goods. 8.3 The Examining Officer may inspect and/or examine the shipment, as per instructions contained in the checklist and enter the examination report in the system. There will be no written examination report. He will then mark the Electronic S/B and forward the checklist along with the original documents to the Appraiser / Supdt. in charge. If the Appraiser / Supdt.is satisfied that the particulars entered ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ort" in the system for the shipments and inform the exporter. 9.5 This procedure will apply to containers stuffed in factories and self-sealed by the manufacturer-exporter. In respect of containers sealed in the factory after examination by the Customs / C. Excise officers, there will normally be no further examination at the ICD. 10. GENERATION OF SHIPPING BILLS 10.1 As soon as the Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent gives "Let Export" order, the system would print 6 copies of the Shipping Bills in case of Free and scheme Shipping Bills. All copies of the Shipping Bill would be duly signed by the Appraiser / Shed Superintendent. The examination report would be signed by the Appraiser / Shed Superintendent, Examination Officer as well as exporter / representative of the Customs Broker (Name and ID Card number of the representative of the Customs Broker should be clearly mentioned below his signature). 10.2 Any other certificates required for permitting export will be retained by Customs along with the Shipping Bills. 11. PAYMENT OF MERCHANT OVERTIME (MOT) 11.1 The present manual system for payment of Merchant Overtime (MOT) charges will continue. 11.2 MOT charges w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cular NO.03/2016 dated 03/02/2016 regarding extension of Indian Customs Single Window Project to other locations and Government. 13 QUERIES 13.1 In case of any doubt, the exporter, during examination, can clarify doubts. However, in case where the need arises for a detailed answer from the exporter, a query can be raised in the system by the Appraiser/Supdt., which needs to be approved by concerned AC/DC(Exports). The SIB will remain pending and cannot be printed till the exporter replies to the query to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner. The reply to query if any can be submitted through ICEGATE or through Service Centre. 14 AMENDMENTS 14.1Corrections/amendments in the checklist can be made at the Service Centre provided the system has not generated the S/B number. Where corrections are required to be made after the generation of the SIB No. or, after the goods have been brought in the docks/CFS, amendments 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, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nted challan generated by the system would be handed over to the exporter. The cess amount indicated should be deposited with the designated hank. 20. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER CLAIM FOR DRAWBACK 20.1 The scheme of computerized processing of Drawback claims under the Indian Customs EDI System-Exports will be applicable for all exports through ICD Kheda. 20.2 The exporters who intend to export the goods through ICD Kheda under claim for Drawback are advised to open their account with the bank as stated in Para 3.5 above. This isrequired to be done to enable direct credit of the Drawback amount to the exporter's account, as no cheques would be issued for payment of drawback. The exporters are required to indicate their account number opened with the Bank. It would not be possible to accept any shipment for export under claim for Drawback in case the account number of the exporter is not indicated in the declaration form. 20.3 The exporters 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 Ru ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... drawback. a) An exporter desirous to have his drawback credited in any core banking branch of the bank authorized for drawback payment at that EDI location or any other bank other than the authorized bank (in any core banking enabled branch which is also RTGS and NEFT enabled), the exporter will be required to declare to the Customs authorities the Indian Financial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch where he operates his bank account, in addition to the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address in the prescribed format (As per the Annexure F to this Public Notice). The IFS Code No. can be obtained by the exporter from his bank branch. b) At the time of registration of the bank account with the Customs authorities the exporter will be required to produce a certificate from the bank branch, where he operates his bank account, certifying the correctness of the IFS code and bank account number of the exporter and a copy of the same 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s). (iii) After goods are exported, the exporter may apply to the relevant Central Excise office for fixation of brand rate under rule 7. In case of a timely filed complete application for fixation of brand rate under rule 7, subsequent drawback payments may arise against such shipping bill on account of provisional brand rate letter issued by Central Excise in terms of para 5A-5B of Instruction No.603/01/2011-DBK dated 1 1.10.2013 and/or the final brand rate letter and here the above said provisional drawback amount already paid shall also be taken into account. iv) However, in case of a timely filed complete application for fixation of brand rate under rule 7, if the brand rate request is denied after verification, the rejection letter issued by Central Excise and endorsed to the Customs formation should carry the information about the details of the eligibility for the rate and cap specified in 'A' column of AIR Schedule in terms of all the Notes and Conditions with the Schedule and on this basis the Customs shall 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 on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iff item has to be suffixed with suffix 'C' or suffix 'D' for the situation when Cenvat facility has not been availed or when Cenvat facility has been availed, respectively, instead of the usual suffix 'A' or suffix 'B'. In the option to claim Brand Rate of duty drawback in terms of rule 7 of the Drawback Rules 1995 with the Special Advance Authorization, the procedure in Annexure I with Circular No. 29/2015-Cus dated 16.11.2015 has relevance. However, the exporter shall have to declare the figure '9807' as identifier (in the shipping bill under the Drawback details) followed by the tariff item number of the goods as shown in column (l) of the Schedule and followed by the character 'D'. Based on this, the shipping bill shall be processed for payment of provisional drawback amount equivalent to the Customs portion of these alternative AIRs. iii). The above mentioned DGFT and Customs notifications are effective from 1st September 2016. The CBEC's Systems Directorate is making all the necessary EDI related arrangements for implementation including specifying the appropriate new scheme code that would need to be declared by exporter ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... would transmit the messages relating to File Numbers so generated by them to Customs so as to enable Customs to permit exports under DES. As, the exports under EPCG can be started only after issuance of license; the DGFT would transmit the License messages immediately on issuance of licenses under DES and EPCG scheme. The licenses under above mentioned schemes issued by DGFT would be received online by Customs. Such licenses would be subjected to the prescribed online validation checks at ICEGATE and thereafter, the same would be available for use by the exporters at the port of registration for imports. Details of such licenses would also be available on the home page of websitewww.icegate.gov.in. As mentioned above, exports under DES can be started immediately after receipt of file number message from DGFT by quoting the relevant File Number allocated by DGFT on the export documents. After issuance of licenses, exporters would be required to quote the relevant license number on the export documents. 22.2 There is no need of registration of file number / license number and obtaining a Customs Registration number at this port. As the licenses issued under DES / EPCG will now be r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he original EPCGDES would need to be produced before designated officer for data entry. A print out of the relevant particulars (Checklist) entered will be given to the Exporter/Customs Broker. The EPCG/ DES would need to be presented to the Appraiser/ Supt, who would verify the particulars entered in the computer with the original EPCG[DES and register &verify the same in the EDI system. The Registration No. of the EPCG/DES would be furnished to the Exporter/Customs Broker, which would need to be mentioned on the declaration forms (Annexure D) at this port for export of goods. It would not be necessary thereafter for the Exporter/Customs Broker to produce the original EPCGDES for processing of the export declarations. 22.7 All the export declarations for EPCG/DES would be processed on the system by the Appraiser/Supdt., Export Department and the AC/DC Exports. After the declarations have been processed and accepted, the goods can be presented at the Export Shed along with EPCG/DES licences for examination and "Let Export" as in other export goods. All exporters availing of the EPCG/DES facilities are requested to immediately get their EPCG/DES registered in the EDI Syst ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dule Il. Additionally, CBEC has issued Board Circular 043/2016-Cus dt.31.08.2016 which provides the guideline framework for implementation of this scheme. ROSL Scheme: In the ROSL scheme, the Central Govt. provides rebate of State levies comprising of State VAT/CST on inputs including packaging, fuel, duty on electricity generation and duties and charges on purchase of grid power, as accumulated through the stages of production from yarn to finished garments. There is no need for separate application or supporting documents except for making a specific choice in the Shipping bill. The rebate amount would be credited into the Exporter's A/C mentioned for drawback automatically after processing. The ROSL scheme is not mandatory for an exporter. Therefore, an exporter has to make a conscious choice to opt for the ROSL scheme by making a claim for rebate in acceptance of terms and conditions of the ROSL scheme (including under the aforementioned Circular) along with a declaration of eligibility for the rate and rebate. OPTING FOR ROSL SCHEME: The claim cum declaration of eligibility has to be made by the exporter by using specified scheme codes for drawback exports, at the ite ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... been constituted. RES vendors may ensure that their RES versions are compliant to changes in ( l ) & (3) as stated above. SB Message format has also been revised accordingly. ROSL Disbursal: ROSL would be disbursed as per procedure detailed in para 8 of the above referred Board Circular. For speedy disbursal, Exporters may ensure that the Account No. already registered for drawback disbursal is live and valid, as the ROSL disbursal would be made to the same account. The disbursal shall be in parallel with drawback albeit separately. The status of disbursal would be displayed on ICEGATE separately. The above changes would be effective from the 20th September, 2016. Suitable public notices and standing order should be issued for guidance of the trade and officers in this regard. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of this Directorate at ([email protected]). 26. Filing of EGM The shipping bills shall be finally closed on receipt of Train Summary from the Custodian of ICD. The Custodian should transmit the Truck/Train Summary of the containers moved out of ICD to gateway port. The final EGM shall be filed by Shipping lines at the gateway port. 27. Monitoring ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r drawback. g. The BRC entry module gives three options for entering the details of foreign exchange realization. h. If the exporter furnishes the BRCs as a proof of foreign exchange realization, the officer will choose option (l) and enter the specific Shipping Bill numbers and dates. Such Shipping Bills will be deleted by the system from the list of shipping bills pending for realization of export proceeds. i. If the exporter produces a "negative statement" for a specified six monthly period from the AD/chartered accountant that no foreign exchange is pending realization for the exporter in the given period, the officer will choose option (2). The system will automatically display the S/Bs pertaining to the given period on screen and once the officer approves, all such shipping bills shall be deleted from the pendency list. j. If the negative statement furnished by the exporter gives the list of S/Bs, for a particular six month period, for which foreign exchange has not been realized (and implication foreign exchange has been realized for all other SIBS) then, the officer will choose option (3). This will allow the officer to enter the SIBS for which the BRCs ar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... correct, the same shall be saved in system. (For this purpose additional officers may be mapped to CLK role if required.) Refer Annexure G (Export). Exporters who have their bank account numbers registered for drawback purpose need not register their bank accounts again. The existing account itself shall be used for crediting S.T Refund also. It may be added that there is no option of having separate accounts for drawback and S.T Refund. 29.2 Registration of Central Excise registration number or service tax code number (including service tax registration number) Besides bank accounts, each exporter claiming S.T refund need to provide central excise registration number or PAN based service tax code number (including PAN based service tax registration number)and register the same in ICES 1.5. Necessary details should be provided in part 'B' of said Annexure 'A' along with self certified copy of central excise registration certificate or service tax code number certificate. This will be entered in ICES 1.5 by the designated customs officer having 'CLK' role. ICES 1.5 will verify these details with the details available from ACES. A checklist shall be printed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e. MIS has been suitably modified to indicate drawback and STR amount separately for Reporting and accounting purpose. 29.4 Claim for Availment of Chapter 3 benefits: Exporters intending to claim chapter 3 benefits are required to declare "Y" in the item segment of Reward claimed (Table 28(14)) without which theif Shipping bill will not be transmitted to DGFT for availing such benefits. 30. Grievance Handling The Assistant Commissioner [Deputy Commissioner of Customs may be approached by importers /exporters or their Customs brokers for redressal of any problems faced at any stage of the import/exporter clearance Regarding Help desk facilities the following may be noted: a) ICEGATE users would continue to interact with the Helpdesk at 011- 2337902 and 011 2337013 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] (a) Users may also directly contact the System Manager or the designated Custom Officers in case of any difficulty. Shri. R.K. Sehgal, Additional Commissio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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