TMI BlogLaunch of Indian Customs EDI System- (ICES 1.5) for Imports, at JAMNAGAR/BEDI PORT (INBED1)X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... assessed copy of the Bill of Entry when the same is presented in the Import Shed for the clearance of goods. The requisite documents also can be called for by the Appraising Group, if required, while acting on the Bills of Entry. There are certain pre-requisites for filing the electronic declarations which are required to be complied with before filing the Bill of Entry. 1.1 Registration of IE-Code of the Importer (i) IE-Code is being issued to the importers by DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to the Indian Customs EDI-System (ICES) on a daily basis. ICES automatically register the IE-Codes after confirming its validity to enable the importers to file the Bill of Entry electronically. Before filing the Bill of Entry, the importers are advised to check from the DGFT as to whether their IE-Code has already been transmitted to ICES. If their IE-Code has not been transmitted to the ICES by the DGFT, they should first get the same transmitted from DGFT, failing which they will not be able to file Bill of Entry electronically for the clearance of the imported goods. (ii) In case the IE-Code is registered for exports, the same shall hold good for imports also. The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e field while making entry of B/E data and should be presented along with assessed copy of B/E at the time of taking out of charge, to the Customs officer. 1.5 Currency Codes For indicating value of goods, freight, insurance, commission, etc., codes specified against the respective currencies indicated in the list of currency codes appended with this Public Notice should only be used. Incorrect code will result in incorrect conversion of Indian Rupees. List of Currency Codes attached as Appendix 4. 1.6 Units of Measurement Codes Against any quantity of goods, appropriate Code indicated against the respective measurement in the list appended with this Public Notice should only be used in the Bill of Entry and IGM, as the case may be .It is further informed that if UQCs, other than the Standard UQCs of the customs tariff are used, the B/E may not get any facilitation in RMS. Reference is also invited to the CBEC Circular No. 26/2013 Customs, dated 19/07/2013, where adherence to Standard Unit Quantity Codes as prescribed in the Customs Tariff Act has been prescribed. List of Measurement Codes attached as Appendix 5. 1.7 Country Codes: Wherever in the Bill ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... five items: ₹ 10 (iii) IGM: ₹ 80 (iv) EGM: ₹ 80 (v) Other documents (such as UAB, Transshipment etc): ₹ 80 (vi) Amendments to original declaration by customer in BE/SB/Other documents: ₹ 10 (vii) Queries (including reply feeding): Nil for 3 queries and ₹ 10 for each query thereafter. (viii) Printing check list: NIL (ix) Printing of assessed documents (SB/BE/ OOC/ LEO/Challan etc): NIL II. SERVICE CHARGES FOR RES‟ DOCUMENTS ICEGATE or any other manner of Remote EDI filing: (i) Printing of Document: ₹ 30 [for the first 50 pages and ₹ 10 for every 10 subsequent pages or parts thereof (documents refers to the set of papers, which get printed in one command at any stage of processing)] (ii) Query Printing: ₹ 10 (iii) Amendments fee to Bill of Entry (for block of five items):Rs.20 (iv) Amendments fee to Shipping Bill (for block of five items):Rs.10 (v) Amendment fee - Each Additional block of five items: ₹ 10 (vi) Amendment fee Other documents: ₹ 10. (vii) Printing Check list: ₹ 10 Note 1:- The above charges are excluding Service Tax. The vendor sh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (i) IGM/Consol amendments applied before grant of Entry Inwards in System do not require Assistant Commissioner (Import) s approval and the same can be carried out. (ii) All such amendments made after grant of Entry Inwards will require Assistant Commissioner (Import) s approval. (iii) IGM messages to custodians would be sent at the time of grant of entry inwards instead at the time of online submission, so that substantially complete IGM is sent to custodian. 3. Cargo/Goods Declaration The Importer or the Customs Broker, as the case may be, can file electronic Bill of Entry by data entry at the service centre operator or by transmitting the details in specified file format through ICEGATE from his premises. 3.1 Filing through Service Centre (i) The Customs Broker/Importer should furnish information in Annexure C' and present the same to the service centre operator along with copy(ies) of import invoice and packing list. Details of information in Annexure C‟ should be correct, complete and legible. Incorrect and invalid entries may get rejected on entry of data. The Service center shall accept the declarations in Annexure C during the working hour ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 021/02, Sr.No.363 (viii) The Service Centre Operator shall carefully enter the data in the system as is indicated in Annexure C‟. On completion of entry of data, the system shall assign a Job No. and generate a Check List which is a draft Bill of Entry. The service centre operator shall print a copy of the Check List and hand over the same to the Customs Broker/Importer. The Customs Broker/Importer shall check the correctness of the data entered in the system. If any error is noticed, the error shall be circled in bold ink and correct detail should be written. The corrected check list duly signed by the Customs Broker/Importer should be handed over to the service centre operator for entry of corrected data. The Operator shall make corrections in the corresponding data and hand over the revised checklist to the Customs Broker/Importer for re-confirmation. This process would be repeated till the Customs Broker/Importer signs a clean checklist in token of correctness of the entered data. (ix) The Operator shall submit the authenticated electronic checklist to the system. The system will then generate a B/E. No., which would be endorsed on the printed chec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... se. The data so integrated will also have a flag to indicate that the submitted document was digitally signed. (v) The Customs officers will be able to identify on the system whether a particular electronic document has been filed after signing with Digital Signature Certificate or not; (vi) On successful submission of data from their premises the ICES will generate Bill of Entry Number and return message of Bill of Entry No. If invalid data is entered an error message shall be generated and no B.E. No. shall be generated. In case of remote filing of Bill of Entry the Customs broker /Importer has to ensure correctness and validity of data entered failing which the data will either be rejected by the ICES or incorrect information shall be incorporated in the submitted Bill of Entry which shall lead to problems of amendments. Remote EDI filing software from NIC website link which has been provided at ICEGATE website. Software of NIC is free of charge. (vii) The instructions specified in 3.1 (iii) to (vii) may be kept in mind while Filing in RES software too. 3.3 Self Assessment The bill of entry shall be deemed to have been filed and self-assessment of duty completed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ion of duty exemption import license by the importer. Therefore, processing of Bills of Entry will be taken up by the appraising officer only on receipt of the required documents. (iv) Movement of Bills of Entry from one officer to another takes place automatically in a pre-determined workflow basis depending on roles and jurisdiction assigned to them. During the processing of Bill of Entry, the officer concerned may raise Query to the importer for further clarification/information. The Query on approval by the concerned AC/DC shall be transmitted to the importer for online reply. Such a Bill of Entry on which query has been raised, is automatically pulled out of assessment queue till reply online/through service center is received from the importer. 4.1 RMS facilitation. Facilitation of Bills of Entry in respect of certain goods using RMS for faster clearance of such goods Bills of Entry in respect of the items under RMS facilitation would be assessed for risk by the System immediately on their submission and a print out of the assessed Bill of Entry along with 3 copies of TR-6 challans will be made available to the Customs Brokers/ Importers for payment of duty and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ustoms Broker/ importer gets a copy of First Check B/E printed with Examination Order‟ at the Service Centre‟ or in his office, as the case may be. (ii) After the examination is completed, the Import Shed Examiner/Inspector and Appraiser/Superintendent shall write the examination report on the first check copy of the Bill of Entry (Hard Copy of B/E) and enter the examination report in the system. The Shed Appraiser/Superintendent shall transfer the B/E to the Appraising Group. The Customs Broker/Importer shall present the first check copy of the Bill of Entry on which examination report has been written along with the original invoice and other import documents necessary for assessment to the concerned Group Appraiser/Superintendent. The Assessing Officer, if satisfied, shall complete the assessment of B/E in the system. After assessment, the Bill of Entry shall move in the system as in the case of second check assessment. The Customs Broker/Importer shall take print of assessed copy of the Bill of Entry and TR-6 challan and shall deposit duty amount with the designated bank. 4.4 Audit After completion of assessment from the Assessing Officer, the B/E will ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nsol Agents in co-operation with Custodians shall provide the Delivery Order electronically in mutually agreed formats and they are not required to visit either of the offices. Secure electronic transmission of Delivery order between shipping lines/consol agents and the custodian will enhance the security and transparency of the cargo as well as expedite the clearance of the cargo. Please refer CBEC Circular No. 24/2015 dated 14/10/2015 regarding Improving Ease of Doing Business Issuance of Electronic Delivery Orders. 6. Examination of Goods 6.1 After examination order in the case of First Check Bill of Entry, after assessment in the case of duty free import where duty assessed is zero and after payment of duty assessed with interest(if any) in case of second check Bill of Entry, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Examination section for goods registration. (i) The Customs Broker/Importer shall present the documents, as per the list below, (the documents should be arranged in a file cover in the following order):- a) Assessed copy of Bill of Entry b) Copy of Delivery Order Bill of Lading c) Invoice in original d) Packing List in original e) Certificate ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d photo copies of Delivery Order, Master Bill of Lading, House Bill of Lading should be attached instead of originals. 6.4 On the basis of the examination report, the Appraising Group may revise the assessment or raise a further query to the importers, if necessary. 6.5 After completion of the examination of the goods, if the Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent are satisfied that the requirement of Section 47 of the Custom Act, 1962 have been complied with, he shall give, Out of Charge for the Bill of Entry on system. 6.6 After the out of charge order, the system will generate print of Importer s copy and Exchange Control copy of the Bill of Entry along with 3 copies of Order of Clearance. Print of the same shall be obtained from the designated computer terminal. The print copies of the Bill of Entry shall bear the Order of Clearance number and name of the examining Appraiser/Supdt. The importer s copy of the Bill of Entry along with one copy of the order of clearance will be attached to the Customs copy of the Bill of Entry retained by the Shed Appraiser/Supdt. The importer shall present the remaining two copies of the order of clearance to the Custodian along with the importe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f Entry. 8.2 After Out of Charge Order, no amendment shall be allowed in the Bill of Entry. However, in case amendment is warranted after Out of Charge Order but before delivery of goods, the System Manager can cancel the out of charge Order in the system. The original prints of the Importer s copies and Exchange Control copies of the Bill of Entry shall be retained by the System Manager in a file. After fresh Out of Charge Order, new prints of the copies of Bill of Entry shall be given. 9. Re-assessment Any time after assessment and before Out of Charge Order, a Bill of Entry can be recalled and reassessed and put to reassessment by the AC/DC concerned, if it so warranted for any reason. 10 Advance Noting Advance B/E can also be filed in the ICES before the arrival of the vessel. In such cases, a B/E may be presented before the delivery of the import manifest, if the vessel by which the goods have been shipped is expected to arrive within 30 days from the date of presentation. The Customs Broker/ Importer may file an Advance B/E if he has the copies of the Bill of Lading and the invoice. The B/E would be filed and assessed in the same manner as indicated above. On gr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ted 7.04.1997 against a DEPB, the license in question is required to be registered in the import system. The officer designated by the Asstt./Dy. Commissioner to register the DEPB in the system shall ensure that verification of DEPB with reference to the exports on the basis of which DEPB is issued by DGFT has been done prior to its registration in imports. (ii) All importers/CHAs are advised to ensure that their IEC details with PAN have been transmitted by DGFT to the Customs at the time of obtaining the DEPB. The Customs Broker/Importer shall furnish details of DEPB license in the pro-forma given as ANNEXURE A. (iii) The designated officer shall make data entry of the DEPB details in the system. After entry of data, a checklist will be printed. The DEPB holder shall verify the details of DEPB in the checklist sign the check list and return the same to the officer. The officer shall then complete the registration process in the System. After the DEPB is registered in ICES, a registration number shall be generated by ICES which will be endorsed on the face of the original DEPB in bold figures with the name of CUSTOMS STATION at which registered. For further activities, eit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rned to the proper officer who will exercise the option for issue of TRA in the System. The System shall generate three copies of the Release Advice titled as: 1. Customs copy for port of issue (office copy), 2. Customs copy for port of clearance and 3. Importer s copy. (iv) The office copy for port of issue shall be retained by the TRA issuing Customs Station and placed in the respective TRA file. Customs copy for the port of clearance will be dispatched to the respective Customs Station and the importers copy of TRA shall be handed over to the applicant. (v) The requirement of production of original DEPB license with incoming or outgoing TRAs at the respective port of clearance shall continue as per the instructions issued from time to time in this behalf. 11.5 Re-credit of unutilized Release Advices Any unutilized credit in the Release Advice may be re-credited to the DEPB by the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner. A certificate of unutilized portion shall be generated at the port for which the TRA had been issued on the basis of which the balance in the DEPB license shall be re-credited by the TRA issuing authority. 11.6 Claim of Exemption against a DEPB / ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e entries are correct, the checklist may be returned to the data entry operator for submission of B/E in the System. Errors, if any, noticed may be got corrected by the data entry operator. 11.8 Submission of B/E On submission of the B/E in the System, an UN-ASSESSED copy of the B/E will be printed by the System containing statement of debit of DEPB for export FOB and duty amount in respect of each item of an invoice for which exemption is claimed against DEPB. 11.9 Assessment of B/E (i) The un-assessed copy of the B/E along with all the original import documents and all the DEPB license/scripts in original indicating total amount of duty credit and export FOB utilized, in the debit sheet attached to the scrips, should be presented to the import Appraiser/Superintendent for assessment and signatures on the debit sheets of the DEPB scrips. The Appraiser/Supt. will retrieve the B/E on screen and assess the B/E in respect of all the items and shall countersign the debits in the original DEPB. The System will determine the duty amount on the basis of CIF/Quantity of goods and shall debit the duty from the DEPB credit ledger and the CIF from the FOB of Export. If suffici ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 11.11 Debiting of DEPB against Manual B/E (i) If a Bill of Entry is processed manually, importers may choose to avail the exemption under the DEPB Scheme and get the DEPB debited for exempted amount of duty. In such cases, manual B/E will be assessed as usual. After assessment, the amount of duty forgone due to exemption under DEPB and the CIF of goods imported being cleared against DEPB will be computed manually in respect of each the DEPB scrip. (ii) The designated officer in the assessing group will debit the original DEPB. He will also enter the amount of duty foregone and the CIF of the exempted goods in the System, in the respective field of duty credit and export FOB. The debit screen can be accessed through the DEPB Registration Number. After debiting, the System will print the statement of debits of the DEPB in triplicate. The copies of this print will be attached with the manual B/E, DEPB file and DEPB scrip. Importers are therefore required to register the DEPB license even when clearances are sought against manually assessed B/E 12. Processing of B/E under Other Export Promotion Schemes Requiring Import License Bills of Entry relating to Export Promotion ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... online transmission of Shipping Bills and Licenses/Authorizations issued under Duty Entitlement Pass book Scheme (DEPB), Duty Exemption Scheme (DES) and Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) from DGFT to Customs and vice versa through an Electronic Message Exchange System is in operation at all EDI Ports/ICES locations. (iii) The licenses, which have already been partially utilized, will be registered in the system only for the balances available. (iv) After successful entry of details, a check list will be printed by the registration clerk and given to the license holder for confirming the correctness of the data entered. Registration clerk will make correction, if any and will return the same to the license holder. It is the sole responsibility of the license holder to verify and confirm the correctness of the data entered before proceeding further. License should not be sent by post or through a letter to custom house but should be presented by a person who shall get the data entry done, verify the correctness of data on the check list and shall present the license to the Appraiser for registration and take possession of the same after registration. 12.2 Accepta ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Importer and copies thereof may be kept in the office file for record. TRA will be registered only on the basis of Customs copy of the TRA. After registration, Customs copy and importer s copy of TRA will be defaced by the officer. 12.5 Issuing TRAs Transfer Release Advice will be issued for utilization of a license at any other Customs station. No TRA needs to be issued for Customs location operating of ICES Version 1.5. TRA shall be issued only for non-ICES location. All TRAs against the licenses registered in the system shall only be generated from system. Details for obtaining Release Advice shall be furnished in the Format given at Annexure-D. Data entry will be done by the registration clerk. A check list will be printed for verifying the correctness by the applicant and for his signatures. Correction, if any, will be carried out by the registration clerk. The authorized Appraiser will thereafter verify the details from the original license and satisfy himself about admissibility of issue of TRA. The system will generate TRA No. and three copies of the TRA will be available for print. The check list signed by the license holder and the office copy of the TRA will be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uspension and re-instatement respectively. 12.9 Filing of Bill of Entry (i) License Regn. No., Regn. Date details, value and the quantity should be furnished in respective column at S. No. 39.E of the Annexure C. (ii) Unit of measurement of qty. will be the same as per the license. In case the unit of measurement in the invoice is different than the one in the license, for the purpose of debit in the license the qty should be converted in to same unit of measurement as in the license. For spare parts against EPCG license, S. No. of item will be 0‟ therefore, 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 one item in the B/E, only one license will be debited. If the Qty / or value in the license is not sufficient to cover whole qty / or value of an item in the invoice, the invoice qty should be split in to a separate item in the B/E for debit against another license or for normal assessment. Bond/BG details should also be provided wherever so required. (iii) After successful entry of data of the B/E in the system, a check list will be printed by the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mption under related notification and the license is otherwise valid to cover the goods in question, he may assess the B/E on system. The Assessing officer can remove the notification and deny the benefits of exemption. The debits of license will automatically reverse when exemption notification is denied. The procedure of assessment will be similar to DEPB imports. (iv) In respect of a manually assessed Bill of Entry, details of value and quantity will be debited in the system by the Appraiser at the time of assessing a B/E a print of details of debit will be taken for records. 12.11 Printing of the Assessed B/E After assessment, the printout of assessed copy of the B/E will be taken by the Importer/Customs Broker from service center. The printout of B/E will contain duty-paying challan if duty is payable and statement of debit of license for value/ qty and debit of Bond for duty foregone in respect of each item. The figures of these debits should be endorsed on the hard copy of the license. 12.12 Examination/Out of Charge Procedure for goods registration, examination, out of charge and printing of B/E after out of charge will remain the same as mentioned ab ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ond or Central Excise Certificate are not indicated it would be N‟, i.e. NONE. The data entry operator shall enter the related option Y‟ or C‟ and enter the details of the Bond or the certificate, as the case may be, in the respective field in the system. (iii) In the field of claim of assessment, normal details shall be indicated. However, in the fields of Additional information for claiming benefits under specified exemption schemes , in Col.(I) the prescribed Exim code for the relevant scheme related to imports like EOU/STP/EHTP would be required to be indicated. The Exim codes for the various schemes have already been notified in the Handbook of Procedures issued by the DGFT in column No 2.The relevant applicable exemption notification No /Year .with Sl.No. of item in the notifications is required to be indicated against the respective item. The data entry operator shall enter the code of EOU against the field Exim code after entry of Exim code enter notification no. /yr. S. No. After completion of entry of all the items of the Bill of Entry, a check list will be printed. In the check list against an item where EOU exemption is claimed, the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bond with the central excise authorities, he shall produce the procurement certificate issued by the central excise officer to the assessing officer along with the un-assessed copy of the Bill of Entry. Assessment of the Bill of Entry would be done after due verification of all the concerned documents. System would enable monitoring of the movement of the goods by monitoring the debits against the bond value/ CX certificate value through appropriate MIS reports.Under the present set up, the MIS reporting is not operational through EDI system and the same is being done manually by obtaining the re-warehousing certificate from Central Excise. (v) After completion of the assessment, the Bill of Entry shall be put to Bond queue for execution / debiting of Bond. Where any duty amount has been assessed, the duty shall be deposited in the bank as usual. Unless the Bond Officer completes the action of debiting Bond in the system, the B/E will not be available for registration for examination and out of charge. Procedure for registration of Bond / BG has been explained in Para 21.2 of this Public Notice. 14. Availing Exemption under JOBBING Scheme Notification No.32/97 Cus da ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of warehouse, e.g. WFD61001. If no code is assigned other‟ to be used as code WFD6O001). INVOICE PARTICULARS For Ex-Bond B/ENo---------Invoice S.No.-----------in Warehouse B/E item of Import intended to beEx-Bonded Item Quantity of item intended for ex-Bond S.No. in invoice (ii) On out of charge of a Warehouse B/E, the system will create a ledger of quantity in respect of all the items included in Warehousing B/E. For the purpose of filing Ex-Bond B/E in the system, details of Customs Broker the Importer will be entered as usual. In the field of Type of B/E X‟ will enable for entry of Ex-Bond B/E. A window will pop up for Warehouse B/E No. date. On entry of Warehousing B/E No date, the system will capture all the other details from the Warehousing Bill of Entry. Invoice S.No. as in the Warehousing B/E and against this invoice item S.No. and quantity will be entered. The system will proportionately determine the assessable value. All other details of item like the CTH, Customs Notification, CET, Excise Notification, etc., as in the Warehousing B/E wil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ulars in the Ex-Bond B/E correspond to the Bond register maintained in the Bond Section; b) The goods are being cleared within the validity period of the Bond, interest, if any, on the Warehoused goods as chargeable under Section 61of the Custom Act, 1962 as per the rates specified under Section 47(2) of the Act ibid and/or any charges including fine/penalty payable, as provided under Chapter IX of the Customs Act, 1962 have been paid; c) The rate of duty has not undergone any change after assessment and the out of charge. In case any change has taken place after assessment in the tariff or exemption structure having bearing on assessment, the B/E will be referred to the concerned Appraiser/Superintendent for re-confirming the correctness of the assessment. The Appraiser/Superintendent will re-assess the B/E, if so required. The system after re-assessment will generate duty challan for differential amount which will be printed at the service center and duty will be paid at the designated bank. (ii) After satisfying the requirements relating to clearance of the goods, the Superintendent will give out of charge on the system. After out of charge, the system will generate two ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... otification cannot be utilized for another notification. Bond Codes for the types Bond are as under Bond type Bond code End use Bond EU Undertaking UT Re-export Bond RE 17. Certificate from CEX Authorities (i) Where the exemption notification provides for production of a certificate from the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities in terms of the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996, the same should also be registered in the system. For this purpose, the certificate obtained from the central excise office shall be produced to the Appraising Officer, before filing the B/E. The Appraiser/Superintendent shall register the same in the system in the same manner as the Bonds are registered. The system will generate the registration number. This registration number should be communicated to the importer and the original certificate shall be retained in the Assessing Group. Registration number shall be indicated at S.No. 18(c) in the Format for B/ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he Bond can be cancelled. However, if the Sr 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 and the Bond is cancelled will be kept in the related Bond file for the purposes of record. 20 Assessment of Goods under Chapter 55 of Customs Tariff (i) In case of goods of aforesaid Chapter, under certain sub-headings where the duty of Customs under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is chargeable on the basis of value or weight in Kgs. or area in SQM of the textile fabrics covered under the said sub-headings and the duty chargeable will be the highest among the duties so determined on the basis of above mentioned three parameters. It is therefore, necessary to capture qty. in Kgs. and also the qty. in SQM in addition to the value of such goods. Provision has been made in the system to enter qty in Kgs. and qty in SQM in respect of above sub-headings. The system will calculate duty on value, on Kgs. on SQM and will determine the highest among the three amounts. The highest amount will be ta ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... opening balance in the Ledger BG Details 1. Serial No. (As given by the Bank) 2. Bank branch code 3. Bank name 4. BG amount 5. BG date 6. Expiry date of BG 7. Date of enforcement 8. Remarks Surety Details 1. Serial No. (As given by the party) 2. Surety Name 3. Address 4. Identification particulars of surety (Customs Broker code, Chartered Accountant Registration No. etc.) 5. Remarks Cash Deposit 1. Challan No. 2. Date 3. Amount 4. Date of Deposit (ii) The Bond detail shall be entered in the Bond Section. On entry, system will assign a job no. and check list is generated. The Importer / Customs Broker shall satisfy himself with the correctness of the details. The corrections, if any, shall be made and job shall be submitted. After submission, the job shall be forwarded to designated AC/DC to accept the Bond. The importer shall present the original Bond documents to the respective designated AC / DC for acceptance. (iii) The AC/DC shall observe all the instructions regarding acceptance of Bond issued by the Board / Commissionerate from time to time after satisfying that the documents submitted are in order acceptable. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . The Appraising Officer has to specify Type of Bond, Bond Amount, BG %, BG amount, basis for Bond amount at the BE level. AC/DC has to confirm the action of Appraising Officer. Auditor has no option w.r.t. Bonds. However, he can view the Bonds requirements. (iv) Bond Requirement Details On completion of assessment, the Bond requirement details will be printed on the Assessed Copy of the BE. Where the Bond has not been executed before assessment, on completion of assessment and payment of duty (wherever required), the importer is required to execute the Bond in respect of the Bill of Entry in question before goods registration in the Shed. If the Bond has not been executed against the Bill of Entry, the goods registration cannot be done. The Importer has to give a written request to AC/DC for debiting the Bond against a B/E. The importer shall specify the Bond Registration No., B/E No. and Date. The AC (Bond) has to retrieve the Bond and debit the Bond and BG. AC/DC Bond has the option to view the B/E. Before debiting, the system will pose the query Whether the language of the Bond meets the legal requirement of the assessment of the B/E . If the amount to be debited is mo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (b) Consequent upon the introduction of the Bond Management System, the Bills of Entry would be linked to the respective Bonds and the system will maintain an account in this behalf. The procedure for processing of such Bills of Entry is briefly indicated below:- (vii) Warehousing Bill of Entry (a) For Warehousing Bill of Entry, the type of Bill of Entry should be indicated as W‟. The importer may indicate the Bond details if a continuity Bond has already been executed in the same manner as has been explained in respect of 100% EOU. The processing of warehousing Bill of Entry shall continue to be as at present in the respective groups on first come first serve basis. (b) The system at the time of assessment of a Warehousing B/E shall display before the Appraiser, the requirement of Bond equal to double the amount of duty payable. The appraiser at the time of the assessment can change the Bond/BG amounts. Where the Bond details have been entered at the time of data entry, the same shall be displayed by the system debit details will be printed on the Bill of Entry. Where Bond has not been debited at the time of data entry of B/E, Bond requirement shall be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d the local invoice to arrive at the final assessable value. (ii) If the goods have been purchased on High Seas Sales basis, option `Y‟ should be indicated at S.No 5C in the format. The IEC Branch code of the original importers, i.e., Seller of goods on high seas, should be indicated. In the field of invoice details after the field of currency, new fields for indicating the costs incurred over and above the invoice value for purchasing goods on high sea sale have been added. Where such expenses are incurred, (whether actually paid or payable) as a percentage of invoice value, the percentage rate should be indicated in the field Rate . Where a fixed amount is paid or payable over the invoice value such amount should be indicated against the field amount‟ and shall be in Indian Rupees. The additional amount would get distributed proportionately amongst the various items in the invoice for determination of assessable value. In case goods relate to more than one invoices, the High Seas sales charges should be indicated against each invoice, proportionate to the value of goods in the invoice. The system shall add these charges to the CIF value of the goods for compu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d be having three separate retail prices. Each article, which has different characters, specification including the difference in size of packing should be declared as separate items in the Bill of Entry with a separate unit retail sale price. (iv) The retail sale price would have to be indicated in Rupees and not in any foreign currency and should conform to the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 which came into effect from 01.04.2011,the Rules made there under or any other law in this behalf. Quantum of abatement need not be declared since the system would apply the said reduction with reference to the Central Excise Tariff Heading. Details of such items for which Retail Sale Price has been declared may be carefully verified by the Importers/Customs Brokers before handing over the check list to the Service Centre Operator for submission of the Bill of Entry. It may also be ensured that all the articles covered in the invoice are carefully checked and Retail Sale Price declared in respect of all such articles, which require declaration of Retail Sale Price. Provision has also been made for amendment of declared Retail Sale Price at different stages subject to appropria ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tionnaire at Annexure A and B attached to the said Circular no. 05/2016. If Extra Duty Deposit (EDD) is being obtained in such cases the same shall be reviewed and the sequence provided in Para 3.2 of the said Circular No. 05/2016. All SVB investigations (other than renewal) where EDD is being obtained are required to be reviewed in terms of the said Para 3.2 of Circular no. 5/2016. In cases where the importers have provided all the requisite documents, EDD should be dispensed forthwith. In cases where EDD is enhanced to 5%, due to non-submission of the documents/information by the importers, for any SVB inquiry the immediate recourse to the appropriate provisions of the Customs Act will be taken by Commissioner for obtaining the documents and dispense the EDD accordingly. 25. Anti-Dumping Duty (i) Notification Directory A directory of the notifications issued by the Central Government notifying the rates of anti-dumping duty has been created in the system. Notifications issued do not have a defined structure; therefore, these notifications have been re-structured in tabulated form providing a unique Serial No. of an item and a unique Serial No of producer/exporter ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... leviable has also to be declared for computation of duty amount. The rate and amount of anti-dumping duty will be printed on the check list and copies of Bills of Entry. 26. Tariff Value (i) Notification Directory Directory for Tariff Values has been created in the system as per notification number 036/2001-Customs (NT) dated 3.8.2001, as amended. Contents of the directory are similar to anti-dumping duty directory. The amount indicated in the same column will be rate of Tariff Value per unit of measurement of quantity whereas in the case of anti-dumping duty it will be rate of duty. The rates of value are applicable to imports from all countries and all suppliers in respect of goods specified therein, the S. No. of item in the notification and system directory is the same. (ii) Filing of Bill of Entry The importers are required to declare the Tariff value notification number and S. No. of item in the notification applicable to the goods in question. For the purpose of data entry in the system, the details of Tariff Value should be indicated in Column (3) of the Table 39B (Classification Details) of Appendix-A the Format for Declaration at Service Centre for ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... for such goods to be processed on the System. A list of such codes is given in Annexure E‟ for filing Column 39(B) (5) CETH CODE. 29. General Information With a view to minimizing the number of queries at the time of assessment and to improve the quality of assessment, it has been decided to capture the following information about goods imported, in the ICES system at the time of filing of declaration Annexure C‟. a. Brand b. Model c. Grade d. Specifications e. Any other information relevant for assessment. For e.g., specific order for imported goods passed by CESTAT, past precedent regarding classification valuation etc. 30. Grievance Handling The Assistant Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner of Customs may be approached by Importers or their Customs Brokers for redressal of any problems faced at any stage of the Import/ exporter clearance regarding Help Desk facilities the following may be noted: a) ICEGATE users would continue to interact with the Helpdesk at 011-2337902 and 011-1337013 or through icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in. This Helpdesk is managed by M/s Wipro. b) Users requiring any other clarification regarding th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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