TMI BlogLaunch of Indian Customs EDI System- (ICES 1.5) for Imports of vessels and brought for the purpose of breaking at Ship Breaking Yard Alang, Bhavnagar (INALA1), BHAVNAGARX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Yard Alang Bhavnagar (INALA1) is within the Port limits or Talaja (INTJAI), which is notified as a Port vide Notification No. 62/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated 21.11.1994 under Section 7 of Customs Act, 1962. IMPORTS 1. Under the EDI System, the Bill of Entry shall be filed electronically and shall be processed online in an automated computerized environment. Certain declarations and certificates, etc., in original, wherever required shall continue to be attached with the assessed copy of the Bill or 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, 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 DCFP, details of which arc 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... respect of currencies the rates of which are notified by the Ministry of Finance on regular basis. However, in respect other currencies which are not covered in the notifications of the Ministry of Finance, the concerned Bank s certificate indicating the exchange rate applicable for the date on which the Bill of Entry is filed should be obtained by the Customs Broker/ Importer from any Nationalized Bank. Only this exchange rate should be entered in the system in the respective 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 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ule of charges for various types of services payable at the service centre are indicated below which shall be subject to revision from time to time. The schedule of charges for data entry in the Centre shall be as follows:- 1 -SERVICE CHARGES FOR DIGITISATIONOF DOCUMENTS AT SERVICE CENTRE For manual documents getting data entry done at Service Centre (i) Bill of Entry having up to five items: ₹ 80 (ii) Each Additional Block of 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 even 10 subsequent pages or parts thereof (documents refers to the set of papers, which get printed in one ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rds: In ICES System, the IGM is amended in 2 situations: a. 'When there is any change in the cargo or container parameters (like amendment, deletion, supplement). b. When Consol manifest is filed In both the cases, the IGM line information is substantially altered. Further, there are cases of amendment to consol manifest too, 2.3 For amendment of IGM and Consol manifest at the Gateway Port, System level approval by Customs Officer is required. Hence the following procedures arc followed for IGM/ Consol amendment. (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 transm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in addition to the generic description of the item. The Service Centre Operator will feed first the List No. and Serial No., and if there is space left, generic description of the item. (vii) For example, Nebulizers arc covered by S. No. 363 of the Table of Notification No.021 / 02 (list 37, Sr. No. 19). This entry would be described as: - Generic Description CTH Notfn./Year, Sr. No L37/19, Nebulizers 90189093 021/02, Sr.N0.363 (viii) The Service Centre Operator shall carefully enter the data in the system as is indicated in Annexure 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 ov ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... digitally sign the electronic documents generated by remote EDI package and then subsequently send the digitally signed documents for processing via email/ web upload, as is being done currently. (iv) On receiving the digitally signed documents the ICEGATE server side verifier shall verify the user's credentials, validity of certificate, Certifying Authorities credentials, Public Key, Certificate Revocation List (CRL) status and the result of authentication and integrate the data into ICES database. The data so integrated will also have a nag 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 e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ich the assessable value is the highest. All the Bills of Entry assigned to a particular Appraising Group arc put in a queue and arc processed on First Come First Serve basis. In a specific case, only the AC/DC of concerned Appraising Group are authorised to change priority, if circumstances so warrant. (iii) Group 7 has been created for handling assessment of goods under Export Promotion Schemes requiring import licenses for claiming exemption from duty, etc. Bills of Entry in Group 7 require production 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 qu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t necessary to examine the goods prior to assessment, he shall order first check examination of goods in the system. For seeking first check examination order, the Customs Broker/Importer shall exercise the relevant option at data entry stage, the appropriate column of Annexure C format should be flagged Y The assessing officer shall accordingly give examination order on the system which shall be approved by the Group AC/DC. On approval by the AC/DC, a first check Bill of Entry copy shall be printed. Customs Broker/ importer gets a copy or 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 f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nk will retain one copy. Fresh challan with revised amount of interest should be obtained daily and should be paid accordingly. 5.1 Duty and Interest can also be paid through e banking system except in Cases where it is required to be paid through manual challan. Detailed procedure and Demo for e-payment can be accessed from ICEGATE website under c-payment gateway menu. Refer CBEC Circular 24/2012 dated 5th September 2012, regarding making E-payment of Customs duty mandatory. 5.2 Shipping Lines/Consol 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 - Issuance of 14/ 10/2015 regarding Improving Ease of Doing Business 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 du ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... irectly for out of charge after payment of duty and registration. 6.2 Where Green Channel facility has been allowed to Importer, the Bill of Entry shall appear on the screen of AC/DC Import Shed for confirming green channel and waiving examination of goods. The Bill of Entry in such case shall move to the Import Shed Appraiser/ Supdt for out Of charge order. 6.3 All the above documents, except original License, will be retained by the Customs at the time of giving out of charge . Hence, only the certified 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 or 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er/ Importer may seek amendment or the Bill of Entry through the Service Centre after obtaining the approval of the concerned group AC/DC. The required amendment shall be entered into the system by the operator of the service center. Only after acceptance by the group Appraiser/ Supdt and AC/DC, the amendment will get incorporated in the Bill of Entry. After amendment, the Bill of Entry shall be assessed as usual. If the duty was paid prior to amendment, a differential duty challan will be printed along with the revised assessed Bill of 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 or 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 or Entry can be recalled and reassessed and put to reassessment by the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Shipping Bills shall be endorsed with the DEPB No., DEPB date, DGFT File No., and Issuing Authority. After satisfactory verification or all the Shipping Bills, the officer designated by Asst./ Dy. Commissioner shall make an endorsement on the reverse or the DEPB and the list or Shipping Bills attached with the DEPB to the effect that the verification of all the Shipping Bills is satisfactorily done and put his signature with date and official stamp. 11.3 Registration of DEPB (i) Before claiming exemption under DEPB Exemption Notification 034/97- Cus., dated 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 or 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 DGINI' 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 ANNEXUR ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ce Date Release Registration No Customs Station to which issued IEC of R.A. holder if different from DEPB holder DUTY CREDIT AMOUNT transferred Export FOB amount transferred Invoice No MAWB/BL No./DT HAWB/HBL No./DT. Conditions, if any (iii) If the DEPB is already registered in the System and having sufficient balance in the Duty Credit and Export FOB value is available, the System will print a check list of TRA. The check list shall be verified by the DEPB holder. If print the particulars are correct the check list will be signed by the DEPB holder and returned 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 or 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 or clearance will be dispatched to the respective Customs Station and the importers copy of TRA shall behanded over to the applicant. (v) The requirement of pr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... After data entry, checklist will be printed as usual and given to the Importers/Customs Brokers for verifying the correctness or data captured. For Identification against the respective item, (DEPB) and Notification 034/97 will appear. At the end or the check list, a statement of debits of EXPORT FOB (= import CIF) and duty sought to be debited, DEPB wise against an item S. No. or an invoice, will also be printed. The importers/ Customs Brokers should check the details of DEPB No. carefully to ensure that only that DEPB would be debited which he intended to do so. If the 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 or 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 or 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be debited against each DEPB should be indicated by the importers. The duty amount will be proportionately calculated by the System for debit in the DEPB. The importers, therefore, should ensure that sufficient balance in the duty credit amount and export FOB is available in the DEPB to cover amounts of both components, for debiting, failing which the system will not accept the declaration for the B/E. In case the importer desires to utilize the DEPB for part or the quantity of an item in the invoice, he may split the quantity of that item and prepare the declaration accordingly. 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 or 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 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 exemp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ore, should check these details in their licenses and ensure that the same are correct before presenting the license for registration. The licenses with incorrect details will be rejected by the system and cannot be used for availing exemption from duty and clearance of goods. Such licenses should be corrected from the concerned office before presenting to Customs. (ii) In pursuance or CBEC s Circular No. 1 1/2007 dated 13th February, 2007 and Circular No. 3/2009 dated 20th January, 2009 issued from F. No. 605/210/2005-DBR and F. No. 605/70/2008-DBK respectively, a procedure for 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 th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered in the system with the original license/ TRA. After satisfying himself with its correctness, Officer will submit the license in the system on the basis of the job number of the check list. The system will generate a license Registration. No. This registration number and date should be endorsed in bold on the original license/ TRA. After registration, the documents may be returned to the Importer and copies thereof may be kept in the office file for record. TRA will be registered only on the basis or 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. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be permitted by the system. The system will give credit to quantity or value in the case or increase and will debit the quantity or value in the case or reduction. Therefore, only incremental or decremental quantity or value should be entered in respect of increase or License status code at the time of registration will be 'O'. The license, if suspended or cancelled after registration, the officer shall amend the status code to '2', '3' and '4' for cancellation, suspension 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. or item will be 'O' therefore, for availing benefits or exemption notification in respect of spares Item S. No. 'O' should be i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Group 7. (iii) The Customs Broker / Importer should present the check list obtained after submission of the B/E to the Appraiser along with all the required documents and the related license and Advance Authorization schemes. The Appraiser will check the correctness of details of license/ Scheme, etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licenses/ Schemes, subsequent to registration of license, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied about the eligibility of exemption 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 or 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 or debit be taken for records. 12.11 Printing of the Assessed B/E After assessment, the printout or assessed copy of th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Central Excise Certificate is obtained before presenting the Bill of Entry. Where the option given is 'N', the system shall require the Bond to be executed after assessment but before registration of B/E for examination out of charge. Procedure for registration of Bond/ B.G. has been separately indicated in Para 21.2 of this Public Notice. The importer should indicate in the format, the type of Bond as EO for 100% EOUs and indicate details of the Bond No. or the Central Excise certificate, as the case may be. If Bond or Central Excise Certificate arc not indicated it would be 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.(l) 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 o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t. The Appraiser shall specify the Bond Bank Guarantee amount in After processing by the Appraiser, the B/E will be audited by the Auditor and thereafter processed by the AC/DC. After the assessment, print or the Bill of Entry can be obtained. The details of the Bond / BG shall be printed on the Bill of Entry where neither Bond is debited nor is a central excise certificate indicated, the system will print the Bond / BG requirements as specified by the Appraiser. (v) In case the importer has executed the 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 or 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 the goods by monitoring the debits against the bond value/ CX certificate value through appropriate MIS reports. Under the present set up, the NIIS 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 or the assess ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ls will undergo a Change. Option has been enabled in ACB (AC Bonds) role for entering the Warehousing details as per Board Circular No. 019/2016 dated 20.05.2016. Same may be used for entry of warehousing particulars and generation of Warehouse Code in the system. Type of Bill of Entry (H) For Home Consumption (W) For Warehousing (X) For Ex-Bond: Warehouse B/E No ----,DT--- and Warehouse Code (i) Warehouse Code consists of 4-digit location code; 1-digit warehouse type; and 3-digit serial number of warehouse, e.g. WFD61001. If no code is assigned other‟ to be used as code WFD60001). INVOICE PARTICULARS For Ex-Bond B/ENo---------Invoice S.No.-----------in Warehouse B/E item of Import intended to be Ex-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& ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Road, Kodinar is not authorized from Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, New Delhi; the importer shall pay the duty online through icegate portal. 15.6 Order of Clearance of Goods for Home Consumption (i) After payment of duty and completing any other requirement of debiting of Bond, license, etc. the assessed Ex-Bond B/E along with all other documents should be presented to the Superintendent authorized to give Out of Charge of the Ex-Bond B/E. The Superintendent shall verify that:- a) The particulars 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uire 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 the respective Bond/undertaking number has not been entered at the time of data entry of 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. 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 Apprais ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the AC/DC. When the conditions of the Bond/undertaking are complied with, the AC/DC will enter the Bond No., the system will display all the Bs/E and related Item S.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 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 ba ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The importer shall furnish the following details for registration: - Bonds / Undertakings 1. IEC 2.Bond Type 3. Bond Amount * 4.Revolving / Specific 5.Date of Bond 6.Date of Expiry 7.Date of enforcement 8.Whether BG Y/N 9.Surety Y/N 10. Cash Deposit Y/N 11. Remarks * For Bonds already executed, the existing balance to be captured as 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, t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s Extra Duty Deposit EOU Bonds Warehouse Bond B/E Type `W‟: Warehouse Bond is mandatory. EOU Bond: In case of items, where EOU Notification is claimed, EOU Bond or a procurement Certificate from Central Excise authorities is mandatory. (iii) Provisional Assessment: If any of the item is assessed provisionally, the Bond (Provisional or Test) is mandatory. 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 debit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uld be attached with the B/E and other copy given to the importer. In respect of Bills of Entry where processing has not yet been automated, it would still be possible under the aforesaid Bond Management System to register the Bond in the system and utilize it against a manually processed Bill of entry as per procedure indicated above in respect of a continuity / revolving Bond. (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 B ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ry would cover all imports where the goods have been transferred by the original importer by sale or otherwise before their clearance from Customs. The EDI system has been designed to provide for both the options, namely, the ultimate buyer paying a percentage loading over the invoice price or a fixed sum in addition to the invoice price based on the high sea sale agreement and 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 add ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Standards of Weights and Measures Act. 1976 or any other law in this behalf applies and which are notified under a notification issued under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act,1944. It would be advisable to specify these details at Serial No. .. (Claim of assessment)for each pack size of the imported item. For example, if tooth paste is imported in sizes of 50 gms, 100 gms. and 150 gms. it is suggested that these be noted as three separate entries in the aforesaid Serial No.(Claim to assessment) since they would 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 fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CBEC Circular 04/2016) by 31/05/2016 to the jurisdictional SVB. The SVB shall dispense with the process of renewal if the importers file the declaration in Annexure 1 and ensure that the concerned customs station is informed immediately regarding the same so that Provisional Bills of entry pending there for finalization can be finalized at the earliest. In case importers declare in Annexure 2 SVB inquiries shall be initiated in pursuance of Circular No. 5/2016 dated 09/02/2016 by serving upon the importers questionnaire 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he invoice details. (iii) After entry of CTH, the data entry operator shall enter the details of Anti-dumping notification as indicated above. The rate of anti-dumping duty would be taken by the system from the directory. If the unit of measurement of quantity of goods declared in the invoice details is different than the unit of measurement on which the anti-dumping duty is applicable, the quantity in such unit of measurement on the basis of which, the anti-dumping duty is 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l as on the copies of Bill of Entry. 28. Levy of Addl. Duty For Non-Excisable Goods In respect of goods not leviable to Central Excise Duty under the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 but liable to Excise Duties under other Central Acts (such as Medicinal and Toilet Preparation Act, 1955) or liable to Additional Duty under Section 3(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, codes have been given to enable the documents 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. 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