Change of State Codes in ICES in alignment with Goods and Services Tax - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 07/12017

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIRPORT AND AIR CARGO COMMISSIONERATE II Floor, AIR INDIA SATS AIR FREIGHT TERMINAL, KEMPEGOWDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BENGALURU - 560300. C No VIII/48/90/2017 Air cus Tech. Dated 13.06.2017 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 07/12017 DATED 13.06.2017 Sub: Change of State Codes in ICES in alignment with Goods and Services Tax- Reg. ***** Attention of the trade and industry, exporters, Importers and All other concerned is invited to implementation of GST in India with effect from 01.07.2017. In this regard, several changes are anticipated in Import/ Export declarations in alignment with proposed GST implementation. 2. Currently in ICES, State Codes are maintained as per RBI list, and is used for declaration in Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills for various purposes. (State of Origin in Shipping Bill and State Code for VAT Registration). 3. As an initial step towards GST implementation, the state codes are being aligned with Census Codes, the ones used for GST purposes. NIC RES package has already been modified to reflect this change. This change is proposed to be implemented from 14.06.2017. The trade is hereby advised to make note of the changes and declare the new code to avoid complications at ICEGATE End. The new State codes are as detailed below: Sl No State Name Old State Code New State Code Sl No State Name Old State Code New State Code 1 JAMMU KASHMIR 44 1 19 WEST BENGAL 10 19 2 HIMACHAL PRADESH 46 2 20 JHARKHAND 7 20 3 PUNJAB 30 3 21 ORISSA 16 21 4 CHANDIGARH 39 4 22 CHATTISGARH 71 22 5 UTTARANCHAL 21 5 23 MADHYA PRADESH 70 23 6 HARYANA 34 6 24 GUJARAT 54 24 7 DELHI 29 7 25 DAMAN DIU 67 25 8 RAJASTHAN 50 8 26 DADRA NAGAR HAVELI 69 26 9 UTTAR PRADESH 20 9 27 MAHARASHTRA 60 27 10 BIHAR 6 10 28 KARNATAKA 84 29 11 SIKKIM 17 11 29 GOA 68 30 12 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 9 12 30 LAKSHADWEEP 89 31 13 NAGALAND 14 13 31 KERALA 96 32 14 MANIPUR 15 14 32 TAMIL NADU 90 33 15 MIZORAM 3 15 33 PONDICHERRY 99 34 16 TRIPURA 18 16 34 ANDAMAN NICOBAR 19 35 17 MEGHALAYA 2 17 35 TELANGANA 81 36 18 ASSAM 1 18 36 ANDHRA PRADESH 80 37 4. Difficulties, if any may be brought to the notice of System Manager / Alternate System Manager / nsm.ices@icegate.gov.in. (R. B. TIWARI) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER