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Processing of Bills of Entry under ICES(I), relating to: Export Promotion Schemes DEEC,DFRC,EPCG, REP etc; End use Bonds/Undertaking/CEX Certificates/other

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..... y in respect of the following types shall be processed under ICES(Imports) - i. Export Promotion Schemes - DEEC, DFRC, EPCG, REP etc., ii. End Use Bonds for exemptions iii. End Use Undertakings for exemption iv. Re-Export Bonds for exemptions subject to re-export of imported goods v. Closure of Bonds/Undertakings vi. Assessment of goods covered by Sub-headings 5513.23, 5513.39 5514.21 of CTH The procedure to be followed for the above categories of Bills of Entry in respect of the Indian Customs EDI System(Imports) at Air Cargo Complex, Bangalore shall be as follows: 3.0 Processing of Bills of Entry under Export Promotion Schemes Bills of Entry relating to Export Promotion Schemes like DEEC, DFRC, EPCG, etc. which require a import licence for availing benefits of these exemption schemes will be processed under ICES(I). The following procedure shall be followed: 3.1 Registration of Licence Before filing of a Bill of Entry(B/E) under any such Export Promotion Schemes the related import licence will be required to be registered on the system. Data entry of the licence details will be made at the MSIL Service Center. For ease of data entry, detail .....

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..... of data on the check list and shall present the licence to the designated officer for registration and take possession of the same after registration. 3.1.4 Charges for data entry of licence and printing of checklist and making corrections in the data shall be collected by the Service Centre Operator at the rate of ₹ 40/- per licence, irrespective of the number of items in the licence. 3.2 Acceptance debit of bonds Where the export obligation has not been fulfilled and option 'N' has been entered in the field ' Exp. Oblg:', the system will ask for entry of bond number. Hence, if export obligation has not been fulfilled, the respective category of bond should be registered before registration of licence/RA. 3.2.2 The bond and bank guarantee will be accepted, registered and debited as per procedure already notified in Public Notice 19/2002 dated 29-1-2002 issued by this Commissionerate. 3.2.3 The Bond registered against a licence/RA will be utilized only in respect of clearances against that licence and at the time of filing Bill of Entry(B/E) electronically the bond will automatically be debited by system for the amount of duty foregone. 3 .....

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..... arried out by the service center operator and a fresh print of corrected checklist will be given to the holder of licence. The holder of the licence will sign on the check list and present the same to the designated officer for issue of the RA. The designated officer will verify the details from the original licence and satisfy himself about admissibility of issue of RA. The option to issue the RA may be exercised in the system. The system will generate RA No. and three copies of the RA will be available for print. The check list signed by the holder of licence and the office copy of the RA will be retained by the designated officer for record. Importer's copy and Custom's copy of the RA will be issued to the holder of licence and the Customs Station where RA will be utilized for clearance of goods. No amendment of RA will be permitted after it has been issued by system. Fresh RA can be obtained for any further quantity/value or the licence can be re-credited by entering unutilized RA. No RA will be issued manually. 3.6 Debiting of licence Licence will be automatically debited in respect of Electronic Bills of Entry(B/E) and Electronic Release Advice. For debiting m .....

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..... roduced below for convenience. Item No Addl Duty Exm Public Notice.Requested Y/N Notification/Sl.No. Licence Regn. No. Licence Regn. Date Debit Value (Rs.) Debit Qty. Unit Item Sl. No. in Licence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3.9.2 Unit of measurement of quantity will be same as per the licence. In case the unit of measurement in the invoice is different from the one in the licence, for the purpose of debit in the licence the quantity should be converted in to same unit of measurement as in the licence. For spare parts against EPCG licence S.No. of item will be '0'. Hence, for availing benefits of exemption notification in respect of spares, Item S.No. '0' should be indicated in column 9 of the format indicated above. Against a single item in the Bill of Entry (B/E) only one licence will be debited. If the Quantity and/or the value in the licence is not sufficient .....

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..... the related licence and DEEC. The designated officer will check the correctness of details of licence/DEEC etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licence/DEEC subsequent to registration of licence, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied regarding the eligibility of exemption under the relevant notifications and the licence is otherwise valid to cover the goods in question, he may assess the Bill of Entry (B/E) on system. 3.10.3 The Assessing officer can remove the notification and deny the benefits of exemption. The debits of licence will automatically reverse. 3.10.4 The Bill of Entry (B/E) after assessment will be audited by the designated Auditor and finally approved by the AC/DC Group-7. The procedure of assessment will be similar to DEPB imports. 3.10.5 In respect of a manually assessed bill of entry details of value and quantity will be debited in the system by the officer at the time of assessing a Bill of Entry (B/E) and a print of details of debit will be taken for records. 3.11 Printing of the assessed Bill of Entry (B/E) After assessment, a print of assessed copy of the Bill of Entry (B/E) will be taken .....

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..... EPCG 15 0 N/A 160/92 1 11 EPCG 15 0 N/A 160/92 2 11 EPCG 25 0 N/A 047/2002 1 05 Adv.lic. Deemed export 0 0 N/A 051/2000 1 03 Adv.lic. 0 0 N/A 050/2000 1 05 Adv.lic. Deemed export 0 0 N/A 048/99 1 17 Adv.lic( Annual) 0 0 N/A 077/98 1 01 Adv.lic. (A.U.) 0 0 N/A 036/97 1 09 Imprest lic. .....

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..... tice 34/2002 dated 22-02-2002) in the format for declaration at Service Centre for data entry of Bill of Entry (B/E). The system will automatically debit the respective bond for amount of duty foregone on the basis of claim of exemption made for items in the Bill of Entry (B/E) under a notification. 4.2 For this purpose, a directory has been created in the system for the notification and Serial Number of item in the notification which require execution of end use bond, undertaking or re-export bond for availing exemption. Exemption under such notification will not be permitted by the system if respective bond/undertaking number has not been entered at the time of data entry of Bill of Entry (B/E). Therefore, all the importers who are claiming benefits of such exemption notifications should get respective bond accepted and registered in the system as continuity bond of that category in respect of each notification separately. The bond registered for one notification cannot be utilized for another notification. 4.3 Bond Codes for the types bond are as under: Bond type Bond code Bond Regn. No. End use .....

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..... r miscellaneous are annexed to this Public Notice (Annexure - II ). However, if any of the notifications or any of its Serial Number are missing in the above list or any fresh notification is issued having such conditions or deleting existing conditions, the same may be updated in the system by the designated officer authorized to amend the directories. 8.0 CLOSURE OF BOND/UNDERTAKING The bond or undertaking would be closed by the AC/DC Bond. When the conditions of the bond/undertaking are complied with, the designated AC/DC dealing with the bond will enter the Bond No., and the system will display all the Bills of Entry and related Item Sl.Nos. in respect of which the bond has been debited. If the conditions of the bond have been satisfied the option to close the bond may be exercised item by item. When all the items against which respective bond has been debited are closed, the bond can be cancelled. However, if the Sl.No. of items are closed and the bond is not cancelled, the same will continue to be used if there is a balance in bond amount and validity period has not expired. All the documents on the basis of which the items are closed bond is cancelled will be kept in .....

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