ICES Advisory 13/2019 dated 29.05.2019 and 20/2019 dated 09.09.2019- Introduction of Project Imports Module in ICES - Customs - Trade Notice No: 01/2019

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (ACC IMPORT) NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, NEAR IGI AIRPORT, NEW DELHI-110037 F. No. VIII(12)Import/T. Notice/87/2019 Dated: 13.09.2019 Trade Notice No: 01/2019 Subject: ICES Advisory 13/2019 dated 29.05.2019 and 20/2019 dated 09.09.2019- Introduction of Project Imports Module in ICES- reg. Attention of all Importers, Customs Brokers is invited to the ICES Advisory No. 13/2019 dated 29.05.2019 and No. 20/2019 dated 09.09.2019 on the introduction of Project Imports Module in ICES issued by the Directorate General of Systems, New Delhi. 2. As per the ICES Advisory No. 13/2019 dated 29.05.2019, a holistic Project Imports Module has been developed in ICES system replacing the manual process which is currently being in use for Project Imports. The Project Imports Module developed in ICES now is aimed at covering the following processes: A. Registration of a Project and generation of a Project number B. Bond Registration for Project Imports C. Filing of provisional BES with project number and bond details. Item wise debits in the project/bond for every BE D. Finalization of the Provisional BES and re-crediting of the Bond A. Registration Project Registration functionality has been developed on the lines of license registration. The registration has to be done in the LIC role under License Registration. The same form as available at the time of registering licenses will be used for generating project. number in the System. Following points may be kept in mind while registering a project. a. Scheme code to be used is PI, Notification will be null. b. All items of import have to be entered with quantity and value; No items of export. c. Default validity has been kept as 84 months. But the same is amendable. d. The limitation factor would be B-both value and quantity. e. Sponsoring authority's certificate details can be entered in Receipt No and date fields. f. Iss_By will be the code of the sponsoring authority (list of values in F 7). g. Bond details are maridatory. Only the bonds registered under the new bond category of PI can be given during registration. h. Value (CIF) in foreign currency (FC) is mandatory. Once the registration is complete in LIC role and then approved in APR role (under license management), a 10-digit number license number would be generated by the System with the first two digits as 99. This can be treated as the Project number, for further quoting the same in the Bills of Entry. B. Bond Registration For the purposes of Project Imports, a new category of bonds with the code PI have been created. This bond is a national provisional bond, and can be used for imports at any port under a project. The bond registration is similar to any other bond in the roles of REB and ACB. Only when a PI bond is registered can project be registered quoting the same in registration form. C. Filing of import declarations Once a project (license) number is generated, the same can be used to file import declarations similar to how declarations with EP licenses are filed. The BES will have to be filed with PI as the scheme code and the serial numbers of the items of import will also have to be quoted as per the project registration along with the Project number in the license table. The bond details will reflect similarly at the time of assessment and with the corresponding debit value. The project ledger will also be maintained the same way as the license ledger in the System with both item quantity and value debits. For imports at ports other than the port of registration, online TRA can be issued in the System at the port of registration. D. Finalization of Project The finalization of all the BES under a project and re-crediting of the bond can be done using the already existing options in the FAO and FDC roles. 3. To begin with, project registration and bond registration have been operationalized in ICES. It is requested that all the live projects currently and hereafter be compulsorily registered in the System as detailed in Para A and B above. This exercise may be started immediately and all project registrations should be completed before 15.09.2019. No BE of Project Imports will be allowed to be filed without quoting the project number. 4. For registration of new project, relevant documents should be submitted in advance for scrutiny of documents and for the registration process of Project Import. 5. Filing of BE under project imports on ICES would be mandatory from 16.09.2019. 6. From 16.09.2019, all BES filed with CTH 9801 must have Project Number and date (as given by the System after project Registration) along with the item S. No., quantity and value will have to be declared in the license table of the BE, similar to how it is declared for imports under licenses issued by DGFT. In the Bond table, the details of the PI bond associated with that project (i.e. the one given at the time of project registration in System) will have to be given. Unless the above details are declared, the Bill of Entry jobs will get rejected. 7. Once the BES are filed successfully with project and bond details, the project license ledger and bond ledger will be automatically maintained by System for each debit. The same will be accessible from the already available menu in the license management and bond management options. Similarly, for imports at ports other than the port of registration, online TRA can be issued in the System at the port of registration from the license management option, the same way it is issued for EP licenses. 8. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of Joint Commissioner of Customs, ACC (Imports), New Customs House, New Delhi. This issues with the approval of the competent authority. (Debjit Banerjee) Joint Commissioner, ACC (Imports), New Delhi