ICES Advisory 05/2019 (Turant Customs)- Electronic (PDF) version of First Copy of Bill of Entry - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 09/2019

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, KANDLA-370 210 F. No. S/20-97/Turant Cus./AG/2018-19 Dated: 12.03.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 09/2019 Subject: ICES Advisory 05/2019 (Turant Customs)- Electronic (PDF) version of First Copy of Bill of Entry- m/reg. Attention of all Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers, Members of Trade and all person concerned is invited that on the occasion of the International Customs Day, CBIC announced two new initiatives, one for electronic communication/ transmission of Customs documents to the trade under the name iCODE and the other, ICEDASH - an EODB dashboard to monitor daily clearances at each port. ICEDASH has already been made available in ICES. 2. Under Project iCODE (Indian Customs Original Document of EDI), the department plans to send the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills electronically to the importers and exporters. The BES and SBS will be digitally signed and bearing the QR codes for authentication and will be sent through email to the registered email IDs of respective IECs and the Customs Brokers. These electronic (PDF) copies are slated to replace the physical paper copies signed by OOC officers currently and will make the entire clearance process faster and greener. 3. As a pilot implementation under iCODE, generation transmission of first copy of BE (copy after assessment, presented for examination) in PDF has now been made operational. As of now, the pdf BES will have QR codes but without the digital signatures. It is requested that feedback regarding inconsistency/ discrepancy. in the data or if any more date fields are to be added may be forwarded at [email protected] latest by 13th of March. 2019. After making changes as per the feedback and incorporating the digital signature, PDF version of the final (OOC) copy would also begin to be sent electronically, thus doing away with the requirement to take any printout of the BE copy from the service centre. In the second phase, the facility will be extended to Shipping Bill copies as well. 4. The importers and exporters are advised to obtain registration on the ICEGATE portal at the earliest with their email ids and phone numbers, so as to receive PDF copies of BE and event notifications on their mail. 5 The difficulties faced, if any, in this regard may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. (Sanjay Kumar Agarwal) Principal Commissioner