Streamlining export data to include District level details in Shipping Bills w.e.f 15.02.2020 (in respect of ICES advisory 06/2020 M - Customs - Public Notice No. 04/2020

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS: CUSTOM HOUSE, MUNDRA PORT, KUTCH, GUJARAT- 370 421. F. No. VIII/48-42/AG-CHM/Public Notice/2019-20 Date: 07.02.2020 Public Notice No. 04/2020 Subject: Streamlining export data to include District level details in Shipping Bills w.e.f 15.02.2020 (in respect of ICES advisory 06/2020 M -reg. Attention of all the Exporters, Importers, Custodians, Shipping Lines/ Agents, Terminal Operators, Custom Brokers, General Trade coming under the jurisdiction of Custom House, Mundra and all other stakeholders is invited to circular No. 09/2020-Customs issued by CBIC, New Delhi and ICES Advisory No 06/2020 both dated 05.02-2020 on the above captioned subject. 2. Kind reference is invited to Notification No 33/2019-Cus (NT) dated 25.04.2019 vide which the Shipping Bill (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Paperless Processing) Regulations 2019 were notified. Regulation 3 of the said regulations states that the authorised person shall enter the electronic integrated declaration and upload the supporting documents on the ICEGATE either by affixing his digital signature or by availing the services at the service centre. The electronic integrated declaration is to be made in the electronic form provided at the website https://www.icegate.gov.in. 3. Government has set an objective to turn each District as an export hub for specific goods. In this regard, Board has issued Circular No. 09/2020-Customs dated 05.02.2020 for the additional information required to be furnished in the Shipping Bill for the purpose of Streamlining export data to include District level details in Shipping Bills. In addition to the District and State of Origin of the export goods, certain additional data like Standard Unit Quantity Code (SQC), Preferential/ Free Trade Agreement (PTA/ FTA) related details where applicable and GST Compensation Cess will also be captured in the Shipping Bill for improving the data quality. 3.1 Accordingly, with effect from 15.02.2020, apart from the data/ information required to be furnished in the present electronic form of electronic integrated declaration mentioned in Regulation 3 of Shipping Bill (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Paperless Processing) Regulations 2019 , the following additional information will be required to be furnished for every item in the Shipping Bill (i) The State of Origin of goods. (ii) District of Origin of goods. (iii) Details of Preferential Agreements under which the goods are being exported, wherever applicable. (iv) Standard Unit Quantity Code (SQC) for that CTH as per the first schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. 3.2 Following details as given in Table A will be required to be declared in the Single Window table of the Shipping Bill . TABLE A Information Declaration in the Single Window Table Remarks State of Origin INFO TYPE - ORC INFO_QFR - STO INFO_CD - State code as the per Annexure B District of Origin INFO TYPE - ORC INFO_QFR - DOO INFO CD - District code as the per Annexure B Both the district as well as state codes are mandatory for every item and the District code should be of the state declared as the State of Origin Standard Unit Quantity Code (SQC) INFO TYPE - CHR INFO_QFR - SQC INFO MSR - Actual quantity in the Standard UQC as per the Customs Tariff INFO_UQC - Standard UQC for that CTH as per the Customs Tariff SQC is also mandatory for all the items. Even if the SQC is the same as the commercial Unit Quantity Code declared for the item in the item table, it will have to be separately declared (along with the quantity) in the Single Window Table as well Export under Preferential/ Free Trade Agreement INFO TYPE - ORC INFO_QFR - EPT INFO_CD - As per the Annexure A Mandatory for all the items. Wherever Exports are not under any PTA, INFO_CD should be declared as NCPTI GST Compensation Cess INFO TYPE - DTY INFO_QFR - GCESS INFO_MSR -_Actual GST Comp Cess Amount INFO_UQC - INR Presently Exporter declares IGST + Comp Cess in one field as IGST amount paid. w.e.f, 15.02.2020, Comp Cess details should be declared in the Single Window Table Annexure -A B enclosed. 4. Further w.e.f. 15.02.2020 it is mandatory to upload of Invoice in e-Sanchit for every Shipping Bill with document code and Image Reference Numbers (IRNs ) and For every Invoice declared in the Shipping Bill, the reference of IRN enerated from e-Sanchit with the relevant document code as given below must be provided: 380000 - Invoice 331000 - Invoice cum packing List Note: At least one of the above document codes should be available for every export invoice 5. Further, certain cases have been reported where the importer or exporter did not declare their GSTIN in the Bill of Entry/ Shipping Bill despite being registered with GSTN. With effect from 15.02.2020, the declaration of GSTIN shall also be mandatory in import/export documents for the importers and exporters registered as GST taxpayers. 6. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought immediately to the notice of the undersigned. (Sanjay Kumar Agarwal) Chief Commissioner (In-Situ)