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Entity Registration and Approval under the Sea Cargo Manifest & Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR), 2018 and Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for e Sealed Export Cargo - Customs - Public Notice No. 58/2019Extract GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PORT) CUSTOM HOUSE, 15/1, STRAND ROAD, KOLKATA 700001 F. No. S.37 (Misc)-55/2019 P (SOA) Dated: 10.07.2019 Public Notice No. 58/2019 Subject : Entity Registration and Approval under the Sea Cargo Manifest Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR), 2018 and Introduction of Customs Inland Manifest for e Sealed Export Cargo. Attention of all MLOs (Main Line Operator), Steamer Agents, Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and other stakeholders is drawn to ICES Advisory No. 04/2019 dated 28.2.2019 on the entity registration and approval under the Sea Cargo Manifest Transhipment Regulations, 2018 (hereinafter referred as SCMTR, 2018) which shall come into force on 1st August, 2019. 2. The new regulation stipulates changes in timelines and requirements for advance notice by the Shipping Lines (vessels) arriving in India and export through Shipping Lines (vessels) out of India. The Indian Entity representing the Master of the vessel shall have to be registered with the Indian Customs to transact business under the new Regulations and shall be called Authorised Sea Carrier (ASC). The Agents acting on behalf of the Authorised Sea Carrier (ASC) shall be called as Authorised Sea Agent (ASA). 3. As per the SCMTR, 2018, the Authorised Sea Carrier (ASC)/Authorised Sea Agent(ASA) shall submit an Arrival Manifest electronically, prior to departure of the vessel, from the last port of call to the Indian Port of call. Similarly, the ASC/ASA shall submit a Departure Manifest electronically before departure of the vessel from the Indian Port of Call. The submission of Arrival and Departure Manifest shall have to be complied with by the ASC/ASA before departure from the last Port of Call to every Indian Customs Station and Departure then on respectively. 4. Registration/Application process to operate under SCMTR, 2018 is now open at ICEGATE Web Portal https://icegate.gov.in. Stake holders are advised to submit their application with their ICEGATE ID/Password. Non-registered users can first register themselves as per Registration Advisories available under Download Section on ICEGATE Website home page and the details of the application process has been given in the Technical Guidelines, which is available under Download Section on ICEGATE Website Home Page. 5. After submission, the application will be routed to ICES for approval by jurisdictional Customs Officer. The Superintendent of Customs (Preventive) (EDI Port), Custom House, Kolkata is the authorized officer for approval of the application in ICES from (Ent_ APR) role at this Port. Superintendent of Customs (Preventive) (EDI Port), will verify all the pending applications along with the supporting documents like address proof etc., approve them and whenever necessary, raise a query to the applicant. 6. It is informed that one of the first manifests which are being developed under the new regulations is the Customs Inland Manifest (CIM) which would cover the inland movement of any cargo. The CIM has to be filed by the Exporters availing the facility of e seal as per CBIC Circular No.26/2017-Customs dated 01.07.2017 read with CBIC Circular No.36/2017 -Customs dated 28.8.2017 and the same has now been made operational. 7. The CIM will have to be filed by the Exporter just before the export cargo leaves the factory/premises of the Exporter and would help in tracking the cargo till it reaches the port of export. 8. In this regard, the technical guidance on the SCMTR including the Customs Inland Manifest, and the message format of CIM have both been uploaded on ICEGATE web portal for the benefit of the Trade. The CIM will have to be filed for each rail/truck carrying the cargo separately but can have cargo pertaining to multiple Shipping Bills. The Stakeholders are intimated to : (i) Obtain ICEGATE registration immediately, if not obtained already, and submit application from their login Id. to operate under the new Regulations. (ii) Go through the technical guidance note and message format of the CIM and start filing the same. To assist the exporters, a downloadable EXCEL based utility has also been made available on ICEGATE. The exporters can use this utility to fill the required information for CIM and generate the required JSON file automatically which can be sent to ICEGATE by email at the designated email. Id. (iii) Start filing the Shipping Bills in advance since the Shipping Bill number has to be quoted in the CIM, which in turn has to be filed before the goods leave Exporter's premises. 9. The CIM filed by the exporters for the e-Sealed cargo would have, among other things, the details of the vehicle, containers and the respective e-Seals. These details would be shared with RMS for real time tracking of the cargo from the Exporter's premises till the port of export. On arrival of the vehicle at the port of exportation, the Preventive Officer at the Dock (PREV_OFF) has been given the option in the System to enter the CIM number and check the actual details of vehicle/seal etc. against the declarations made in the CIM. The Preventive Officer shall enter in the ICES whether the details have matched or not and whether eSeal has been found to be tampered with, depending on the reading of eSeal reader device. These details will also be shared with RMS to further strengthen its risk analysis. This would further help RMS in facilitating eSealed cargo without examination wherever eSeal is found to be intact and non tampered, thereby benefiting the exporters. 10. The option for CIM approval is given in PREV_OFF role. The vehicle, container and eSeal details will be displayed on the main manifest tab for verification. The Preventive Officer will have to submit his report on this screen by feeding status for each container and eSeal in the Cont Code and Seal Code fields. Other details of cargo and supporting documents can also be verified by the Preventive Officer. 11. Stakeholders are advised to submit the application on the ICEGATE portal immediately. 12. Difficulty, if any, may be mailed to Deputy Commissioner of Customs, EDI (Port), Custom House, Kolkata at [email protected]. (Manish Chandra) Commissioner of Customs (Port) Custom House, Kolkata
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