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TMI BlogDigitization of Customs Bonded Warehouse procedures relating to obtaining Warehouse License, Bond to Bond Movement of warehoused goods, and uploading of Monthly ReturnsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s well as the Departmental officers, that can be accessed on https://www.icegate.gov.in/guidelines/warehouse-licensing https://www.icegate.gov.in/guidelines/warehousewarehouse-transfer and https://www.icegate.gov.in/guidelines/warehouse-monthlyreturns respectively. An overview of the processes enabled is explained in following paragraphs. 2.1. Warehouse Licensing Procedure : Reference is invited to the Public Warehouse Licensing Regulations, 2016 , the Private Warehouse Licensing Regulations, 2016 and the Special Warehouse Licensing Regulations, 2016 that provide for licensing of Public, Private and Special Warehouses under Section 57 , 58 and 58A of the Customs Act, 1962 , respectively. The Circular 26/2016-Customs dated 09.06.2016 , as amended, prescribes an application Form for obtaining a license for a Customs Bonded Warehouse. 2.1.1. This process has now been digitized wherein the authorised signatory of an applicant can log in to the ICEGATE portal and submit the application online along with accompanying documents. The application once submitted would be received by the proper officer linked to the Customs jurisdiction filed by the applicant. The application will then be pro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ex-A. 2.2.1. Once operational, the module will track and keep record of any material imported under an Into-Bond Bill of Entry, including its current location and ownership details through the successive transfers to different warehouses and/or owners. It will also monitor goods flowing into and out of a warehouse in precise terms, thus facilitating filing and processing of monthly returns. 2.2.2. Regulation 3 of the Warehouse Goods (Removal) Regulations, 2016 prescribes a physical Form for transfer of goods from one warehouse to another warehouse. The Form provides for inter alia recording of physical despatch of goods from the originating warehouse and recording of physical receipt of goods at the destination warehouse. The said recordings are required to be signed by the licensee or the bond officer, as the case may be. While the module on ICEGATE will capture all relevant transaction details in the ICES database, the aforesaid physical Form will also be used to monitor and close physical movement of goods. The said physical Form will be integrated with module in due course. Till such time, it shall continue to be in force and is required to be filled manually in addition to the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ss or use of the Warehouse Module can email their grievance to [email protected] for suitable redressal. Customs officers facing similar issues may email it to [email protected] for expeditious resolution. 4. Chief Commissioners of Customs are directed to issue necessary Public Notices to specify the port code(s) as envisaged at Para 2.1.3 above as well as assist in on boarding members of the trade and other users onto the Warehouse Module on ICEGATE. 5. Hindi version follows. (Prabhjot Kaur) OSD (Customs EP) Email: [email protected] Annex-A Transfer of warehoused goods to another person and/or another warehouse (Step-by-step process flow on ICEGATE) In reference to transfer of warehoused good to another owner and/or another warehouse, different scenarios need separate workflows and case-specific checks and validations. Following are the different scenarios for Inter/Intra Warehouse movement of Goods: Intra warehouse - Change of Ownership without change in warehouse Inter warehouse Change in Ownership of goods or No change in Ownership of goods. Case 1: Change in Ownership without change in warehouse 2. Supplier, who owns the warehoused goods, shall initia ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... need to be entered by the supplier at the time of filing the said Form: Details of the goods (intended to be transferred), details of corresponding into-bond Bill of Entry (Item-wise), destination warehouse details, and space certificate of destination warehouse. In this case, the details of buyer would be the same as that of supplier. Soft Copy of Transshipment Bond and transit risk insurance policy covering the duty involved. Transshipment Bond details available in ICES. For generation of Transhipment Bond details in ICES, the supplier needs to submit the said bond physically for acceptance to customs officer of source warehouse. Once the bond is accepted, the officer makes the entry of Bond details in ICES to generate a bond number in ICES. 6. The aforementioned Form filed by the supplier shall be displayed on the dashboard of the buyer (which in this case is the same as the seller) with an option to accept/reject. Since in this case, the seller and buyer are the same, no new triple duty bond is to be submitted, however the user would need to upload the copy of the space certificate issued by the destination warehouse where the goods are to be transferred. 7. Once submitted aft ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... it risk insurance policy covering the duty involved in the Warehouse Goods being moved, where the supplier has not provided these documents. Transshipment Bond details available in ICES, where the supplier has not provided these details. Triple Duty Bond details available in ICES. Space certificate obtained from destination warehouse. After submission of the details by buyer and supplier as above, ICES would validate the Triple Duty Bond details submitted by the buyer and Transshipment Bond details submitted by the Buyer or supplier, as the case may be, on ICEGATE portal. For the purpose of generation of Triple Duty Bond details in ICES, the buyer needs to submit the bond physically at the port of import for acceptance. Once it is accepted and port officer makes entry of bond details in ICES, a bond number is generated in ICES. Likewise, for generation of Transshipment Bond details in ICES, the buyer or the seller, as the case may be, needs to submit the Transshipment Bond physically for acceptance to the customs officer at the source warehouse. Once the bond is accepted, the officer makes the entry of Bond details in ICES to generate a Bond number at ICES. The same Bond number and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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