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TMI BlogLaunch of additional export modules through the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES 1.5) for filing and processing of documents for export at Raxaul LCSX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ation to the Public Notice No. 04/2010/dated 13/09/2010 notifying filing and processing of documents for export under non-benefit scheme (white Bills of Export), filing and processing of documents for export under all benefit schemes will be handled at this port. 1.2 As part of the implementation of CBEC's IT Consolidation Project, the EDI operations at LCS Raxaul 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 CBEC's National Data Centre at New Delhi. The System Integrator for the project is M/S TCS. The application would cater to the needs of Customs officials at LCS Raxaul and also the Service Centre operators, who would be working on CBEC's new Local Area Network infrastructure implemented by M/S HP Sales India Private Ltd. Connectivity to the Central servers at the National Data Centre has been provided through CBEC's MPLS network, as part of the Wide Area Networking project implemented by a consortium led by M/S BSNL Ltd. 2. Under ICES 1.5, the computer ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... xcept for NFEI shipping bills, the account number of the exporter opened with Authorized Dealer of foreign exchange is required to be available in the ICES 1.5. The Directory of Authorized Dealers Codes is maintained in the ICES 1.5 on the basis of details made available by the RBI. The exporters may note that it would not be possible for the local customs officials to add the details of the AD code unless the information is available from RBI. In case the details are not available the matter may be brought to the notice of the ICEGATE team. ICEGATE also provides the enquiry of AD Codes available in ICES. 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 one-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: 011-23370133/ 011-23379020 and in the toll free number - 1800-3010-1000. 3.4 Registration of bank account for credit of Drawback amount: - (a) SBI at LCS Raxaul is the authorized branch thr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... x 3 3.7 Units of Measurement Codes: Against any quantity of goods, the appropriate Code indicated against the respective measurement in the list appended with this Public Notice must be used in the shipping bill / EGM (Export Report) as the case may be. Please refer Appendix 4. 3.8 Currency Codes: For indicating value of goods, freight, insurance, commission etc. only the relevant codes for the respective currencies in the list of currency codes appended with this Public Notice have to be used. Use of any incorrect code will result in incorrect conversion of the currency into Indian Rupees. Please refer Appendix 5. 3.9 Country Codes: Wherever in the shipping bill / EGM (Export Report) reference is required to be made to the name of the country, the appropriate Code of the country as indicated in the list of country codes appended to this Public Notice have to be used. However, for this port, it is Nepal (NP). Please refer Appendix 6. 3.10 Port Codes: An appropriate port code must be indicated wherever reference to port name is required to be made in a shipping bill /EGM (Export Report). Here the port of destination is Birganj o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be done at the Service Center on payment of charges. Various charges for printing and data entry excluding Service Tax are as under Data Entry Charges for Shipping Bills having up to five items ₹ 60/ Data Entry Charges for additional block of five items ₹ 10/- Amendment fees (for a block of five items) ₹ 10/- Data entry for EGM (Export Report) ₹ 60/- Query Printing after three queries ₹ 05/- Entry of License ₹ 60/- SIB Final Print (For RES Users only) 20/- Query Printing (For RES Users only) 5/- The above charges include data entry of the documents, check list printing, three free queries and print out of the assessed document. Additional queries shall be charged at ₹ 5 per que ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... shipping bill in EDI System is fifteen days only. Therefore, if the export goods are not registered within 15 days from the date of shipping bill, the shipping bill shall lapse and has to be filed again in the system. 5. PROCEDURE FOR GR-1 5.1 As per the procedure in EDI, there would be no GR-I. Exporters /CHAs would be required to file two copies of a declaration in the form SDF (Annexure B). It would be filed at the stage of goods arrival . One copy of the declaration would be attached to the original copy of the Shipping Bill generated by the system and retained by the Customs. The second copy would be attached to the duplicate Shipping Bill (the exchange control copy) and shall be presented by the exporter to the authorized dealer through whom export realization would be negotiated for collection of foreign currency. However, in the case of Shipping Bills processed manually, the existing .arrangement of filing GR I forms would continue. 5.2 The exporters are required to obtain a certificate from the bank through which they would be realising the export proceeds. If the exporter wishes to operate through different banks for the purpo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... value or for checking classification under the Drawback Schedule / Advance Authorisation /DFIA / DFRC etc,. He may also give special instruction for examination of goods. 7.4 If the Shipping Bill 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 Shipping Bill 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/CHAs who are registered with ICEGATE. After all the queries have been satisfactorily replied to, AC/DC will pass the Shipping Bill. 8. CUSTOMS EXAMINATION OF EXPORT CARGO 8.1 On receipt of the goods in the Examination Area of the LCS Raxaul, the exporter will contact the Examining Officer/ Inspector and present the checklist, along with all original documents, such as Invoice, Packing List, ARE-I (AR-4) etc. He will also present additional particulars in the form at Annexure C. 8.2 The Officer will verify the quantity of the goods actua ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the exporter would present the Invoice, Annexure C and the checklist along with all the original documents such as, Packing list, ARE-I etc., to designated Customs officer who will enter all the particulars along with the seal No. in the system and submit the S/ B to the Appraiser/ Superintendent for consideration of Let Export order. 9.2 The samples drawn, if any, in the factory should be brought to the Export Shed in LCS Raxaul along with the container and handed over to designated officer, who would enter the details in the system and forward the samples to the Appraiser/Supdt. In charge for inspection or for further testing etc. 9.3 The system may require re-examination of the factory stuffed containers on a random basis. If the container is selected for re-examination by the system, the same shall be examined and report entered in the system. The Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent may also decide to re-examine the container in which case he will obtain the approval of AC/DC Export, before such re-examination. The AC / DC Export shall permit such re- examination for reasons to be recorded in writing. 9.4 Once the Appraiser/ Superintenden ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tainer 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 along with name of the testing agency in the system. Record of samples shall be maintained in the System therefore, no separate registers will need to be maintained for recording dates of samples drawn. Three copies of the test memo will be prepared manually and signed by the Examining Officer, the Appraiser and the exporter. The disposal of the three copies would be as follows: - i. Original to be sent along with the sample to the testing agency. ii. Duplicate copy to be retained by Customs with the second sample. iii. Triplicate to be handed over to the exporter. 12.2 AC/ DC may, if he deems necessary, order for sample to be drawn for purposes other than testing such as visual inspection and verification of description, market value enquiry etc. 13 QUERIES 13.1 In case of any doubt, the exporter ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on of such changes would amount to mis-declaration and may attract penal action under the Customs Act, 1962 17. RECONSTRUCTION OF LOST DOCUMENTS 17.1 Duplicate print out of EDI Shipping Bill cannot be allowed to be generated if it is lost, since extra copy of Shipping Bills are liable to be misused. However, a certificate can be issued by the Customs stating that Let Export order has been passed in the system to enable the goods to be accepted for export. Drawback will be sanctioned on the basis of the Let Export order already recorded in the system. 18. RE-PRINT OF SHIPPING BILLS 18.1 Similarly, re-prints can be allowed where there is a system failure, as a result of which the print out (after the Let Export order) could not been generated or there is a misprint. Permission of AC/DC (Exports) would be necessary for this purpose. The misprint copy shall be cancelled before such permission is granted. 19. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER DUTY/ CESS 19.1 For export items, which are subject to export duty/ cess, the duty/ cess shall be applied by the System on the basis of the corresponding 8 digit Hea ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t up at the Service Centre or remote system through ICEGATE. If any query has been raised or deficiency noticed, the same will be shown on the terminal and a printout Of the query/deficiency may be obtained by the authorised person or the exporter from the Service Centre or in his own office, if the exporter has connection with ICEGATE. The exporters are advised to reply to such queries expeditiously through the service centre. The claim comes in queue of the EDI system only after the reply to queries/deficiencies is entered in the ICES 1.5. 20.7 Shipping Bills in respect of goods under claim for drawback against brand rates would also be processed in the same manner, except that drawback would be sanctioned only after the original brand rate letter is produced before the designated customs officer in the office of Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner (Export) and is entered in the system. The exporter should specify the Sl. No. of drawback as 98.01 for provisional drawback in the Annexure -A. 20.8 All the claims sanctioned in a particular day will be enumerated in a scroll and transferred to the designated bank. The designated bank would credit the drawback a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... amined by Central Excise/ Customs Officer at the factory even prior to filing of Shipping Bill. Self sealing facility is also available. He shall obtain the examination report in the form annexed as Annexure Cl 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 Examination Area of LCS Raxaul for the purpose of clearance and subsequent LET Export . The exporter/ CHA shall present the goods for registration along with examination report in Annexure 'C I', ARE - I/ ARE -2, export invoice duly signed by the examining officer and supervising officer at the factory, checklist, declaration in form Annexure A, and other documents such as document of transportation etc. to the examiner in the concerned shed. After registration of goods, the Shipping Bill will be marked to an examiner for verification of documents and seal. If seal is found intact the Shipping Bill will be recommended for LEO, which will be given by the Shed Appraiser(Superintendent - Cargo). However, if seal is not found in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rs/ CHAs should indicate the S.No. of the goods being exported in the Column titled ITEM S.NO. IN EPCG/ Advance Authorisation /DFIA PART E of Annex. D. b. If inputs mentioned in EPCG/ Advance Authorisation only have been used in the manufacture of the goods under export, in Column titled ITEM SR.NO. in Advance Authorization of Annex. D, the exporters/CHAs are required to give S.no. of inputs in Part-C of the Advance Authorisation 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/ Advance Authorisation 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 DESCRIPI'ION OF RAW MATERIALS , d. In the column IND/IMP , the exporters are required to write N , if the inputs used are indigenous and M , if the inputs used are imported, e. In column titled Cess Schedule Sl. No. the relevant Serial No. of the Schedule relating to Cess should be mentioned. f. The details pertaining to export products i.e. input materials utilized ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n or to any core banking enabled banking account of the exporter, in any branch/ bank anywhere in the country (through the NEFT/RTGS). For this purpose, the exporters are required to register with Customs, the Indian Financial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch in which exporter wishes to receive the STR amount, the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address, using 'Annexure-A' enclosed with Board's circular. The procedure for registration of bank account is the same as existing procedure for registration of bank account for receiving drawback amount. The Customs officer having 'CLK' role will enter these details in ICES 1.5 and generate a checklist. Exporter/ his authorized representative will check the checklist and confirm its correctness. Once the details are found correct, the same shall be saved in system. (For this purpose additional officers may be mapped to CLK role if required.) 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 havin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rvice Tax Refund through ICES 1.5 are as follows: a. ST Refund through ICES 1.5 shall be claimed by exporter by declaring Y in relevant field at the time of filing of Shipping Bill and declaring STR Serial number (Heading/ subheading number) as per STR Schedule notified. b. Shipping bills with only STR amount will move directly in scroll_ n queue after EGM is filed. However drawback shipping bills having STR also will continue to move to DBK-superintendent screen and DBK-AC screen (in case DBK is more than ₹ 1 lakh). c. In the final scroll, a single amount indicating DBK and STR amount shall be shown against shipping bills. However print copy of scroll shall contain a consolidated breakup indicating drawback amount and S T Refund amount. d. Exporters can check status of' STR through ICEGATE as well as Touch screen application. e. MIS has been suitably modified to indicate drawback and STR amount separately for reporting and accounting purpose. 26. GRIEVANCE HANDLING 26.1 The Assistant Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner of Customs, LCS Raxaul, may be approached by exporters o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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