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TMI BlogLaunch of Indian Customs EDI System - (ICES – 1.5) for Imports and Exports, at ICD, M/s Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Ambala Kalka Highway, Dappar, DerabassiX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s of Section 8 of the Customs Act, 1962 vide Notification No 01/2019-CUS(NT) dated 30.01.2019 and were further appointed as Custodians vide Notification No 02/2019-CUS(NT) Dated 31.01.2019 under Section Section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. The Staff posted at The ICD will be working from 10.00 Hrs to 18.00 Hrs and there after the charge of overtime is to be paid by the custodian as per the provisions governed by the Rules, Regulations, Circular and Instructions issued from time to time by the CBIC. New Delhi. The post of cost recovery charges have been sanctioned by the Director General, HRD, New Delhi and the staff has also been posted at the ICD, Dappar . 1.1. As part of the implementation of CBEC's IT Consolidation Project, the EDI operations at ICD, M/s Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Ambala Kalka Highway, Dappar, Derabassi would be on ICES 1.5 application, which is the centralized version of the ICES 1.0 application, earlier implemented on standalone servers at major Customs locations. The ICES 1.5 software, developed by NIC, has been implemented at CBEC's National Data Centre at New Delhi. The System Integrator for the project is M/s TCS. The application would cate ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll of Entry. However, if an importer does not fall in the exempted category and also does not hold specific IE Code, he should use the Code 0100000053 for personal effects and "0100000001" for all other imports. In such cases, the Bill of Entry shall automatically appear on the computer screen of the Assistant / Deputy Commissioner concerned for online approval. 1.2 Registration of Customs Broker in ICES Customs Brokers are required to register their details in the ICES at the respective Custom Houses from where they have been licensed. If they intend to operate at other stations, the intimation of the same should be registered in the ICES at the respective stations. In case the Custom House from where the Customs Broker has been licensed is not yet brought under ICES, such Customs Brokers should approach the Customs authorities indicated in the enclosed chart against respective Custom Houses. No re-registration is required in case the agency is already registered at any existing Customs location where ICES1.5 is operational. (List of Custom Houses for Customs Broker registration attached as Appendix 1 and format for registration attached as Appendix 2) 1.3 Registration of Sh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s Appendix 6. 1.8 Port Codes: All the ports of the world have been codified by United Nation and allotted UN LOCODEs. Appropriate port code should only be indicated wherever reference to the port name is required to be made in a Bill of Entry and IGM or any other document. It is not possible to attach list of all port codes being too large. Correct code may be obtained from the respective Carriers or checked from UN website. (http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/) 1.9 Registration of DGFT Licences If the imports are against any of the DGFT Exim Licenses, such licence should be first registered in the ICES and the Registration No. should be indicated against each item of goods in the Bill of Entry. No separate registration shall be required for those licences which are received by Customs from DGFT online. Such licenses shall automatically be registered in ICES and can be utilized for debit against a Bill of Entry after approval by Proper officer in the system. (Format of Licence registration attached as Annexure A) 1.10 Registration at ICEGATE for Remote filing of Bill of Entry or Manifest Those who intend to file Bill of Entry or manifest from their office, they should r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d print out of the assessed document and out charge. The check list will be provided free of charge till they are certified to be free of mistake by the customer. However, in cases where the customer wants to incorporate corrections in the original declarations provided by him, check list will be provided at an additional cost of ₹ 10. Any check list in respect of remote filing of the Bill of Entry will cost ₹ 10. 2 Filing of IGM/SIGM/SMTP / Consol Manifest: The Shipping lines or other persons as envisaged under Section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962 shall submit the Sub Import General Manifest (SIGM)/ Consol Manifest through the Service Centre at ICD, M/s Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Ambala Kalka Highway, Dappar, Derabassi on all working days from 10.00 A.M to 17.00 P.M. However, the Manifest can also be electronically filed through ICEGATE on 24 hours basis. The IGM/SIGM/SMTP/Consol Manifest should be presented at the service centre counter in the prescribed Performa. (Annexure B). A checklist would be generated by the Service Centre which would be verified by the authorized representative of the Shipping line and given to the service centre operator for subm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... atch with those in the IGM. If any Bill of Entry is not accepted by the system, the importers/Customs Brokers should verify whether the IGM Nos. or the Bill of Lading Nos. have been correctly furnished in the Annexure 'C' submitted by them. (iii) The claim for assessment shall be made against each item of the invoice. If there is more than one invoice, information shall be furnished for each item, invoice-wise, i.e., complete information of items in one invoice must precede information of the items in the second invoice. (iv) If the particulars of classification are the same for the next item, the word "do" will be accepted by the system. (v) ITC (HS) Nos., CTH and CETH shall be indicated in eight (8) digits without any decimal in between (e.g. 85011000 and not 8501.1000). Notification number shall be indicated in three (3) digits followed by a slash (/) and the issuing year (e.g. 201/1981, 083/1993). The notification no. indicated shall be the parent one and not the amending notification. This may be carefully noted. (vi) In respect of goods for which the benefit of notification is claimed, against the entry 'Generic Description' in Annexure 'C', List No. and the Serial ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eir premises. They have also been facilitated by providing submission of customs documents under digital signature. For this purpose they should 'one time' register their details with ICEGATE. Detailed procedure for registration can be seen in 'New Registration Module' from the website www.icegate.gov.in. To operationalize the facility to use Digital Signature Certificate for filing the aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Importers, customs brokers, shipping lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Importers, exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines and their agents shall use the Digital Signature Certificate and the web based Common Signer utility to digitally sign the electronic documents generated by remote EDI package and then subsequently send the d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ained in the system. ICES calculates the amount of duty leviable on the goods on the basis of rates of duty specified in the Customs Tariff, GSTN Tariff, Cess Schedules, various notifications imposing rates of duty on imported goods and exemption notification as claimed by the importers in the Bill of Entry. Processing of the Bill of Entry takes place in an automated environment and workflow according to the jurisdiction of Customs Officers as provided under the law. (ii) In general, the Appraising work is divided in to Appraising Groups and sub groups, based on the Chapter/Tariff Headings of Customs Tariff Schedule. The roles of the officers for Appraising Groups are allotted by the Systems Manager on the basis of workload of assessment. More than one role of appraising groups can be allotted to one officer (more than one group can be allotted to one officer). Based on total assessable value of the individual items in a Bill of Entry, the Bill of Entry on its submission is automatically assigned by the system to a particular Appraising Group of which the assessable value is the highest. All the Bills of Entry assigned to a particular Appraising Group are put in a queue and are p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bmitted in the Service Centre which will be fed in the system. In case the importer agrees with the classification/valuation proposed by the assessing officer, the B/E would be assessed accordingly. The Assessing Officer can change Tariff classification, deny exemption incorrectly claimed, change unit price of goods in the system. In case the Assessing officer and AC/DC, as the case may be, agrees ab-initio or on receipt of the reply, with the claim made by the importer, they shall assess the Bill of Entry in the system. After assessing the Bill of Entry, the system will generate one assessed copy of Bill of Entry. The Customs Broker/Importer shall take print of the assessed copy of B/E along with three copies of TR-6 challan. Before presenting the Bill of Entry for examination and delivery of goods, the Customs Broker/Importer should deposit duty assessed with the designated bank. 4.3 First Check Appraisement (i) Where the Customs Broker/Importer has opted for First check assessment or the Assessing Officer feels it 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d out for the location. 4.5 Printing of Assessed copy of Bill of Entry After completion of assessment, print out of one assessed copy of Bill of Entry and 3 copies of TR-6 Challans shall be generated by the system. The print of the same can be obtained from service centre or at the premises of the Customs Broker/Importer from where the Bill of Entry has been submitted to the Customs system. 5 Payment of Duty and electronic transmission of Delivery Order After the assessment is completed, assessed Customs copy of the B/E would be made available to Importer/Customs Broker. If Customs Broker/ Importer desires to pay through designated bank, print of TR-6 challans may obtained from challan in e-payment gateway and shall be presented to the bank for payment of duty. The Bank shall verify the particulars in the TR-6 challans from the system and enter the particulars of receipt of amount in the system and return two copies of challan duly stamped and signed, to the Customs Broker/Importer. The bank 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 sys ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e. Net Weight; f. Number of Packages; g. Types of Packages (such as pallet, box, crates, drums etc.). (ii) The Inspector/Examiner will complete the goods registration and examine the goods, wherever prescribed. After the examination report is submitted in the System, as well as on the hard copy of the assessed Bill of Entry (Customs Copy), the Bill of Entry shall move to Appraiser/Supdt. screen for out of charge. The signature of the Customs Broker/ Importer shall be obtained on the report, in token of that the goods have been examined in their presence. Name of the Customs Broker/ Importer should also be recorded along with his I-Card No. In case of first check Bill of Entry where examination has already taken place, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Appraiser/Supdt. directly for out of charge after payment of duty.In case of facilitated Bill of Entry where examination has not been prescribed, the Bill of Entry shall move to the Appraiser/Supdt. directly 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 a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d for 7 days to take care of part deliveries. After seven days, the Bill of Entry will be kept at the designated place for CRA Audit and record purposes. 7. Section 48 Cases Where the Bill of Entry has not been filed within 30 days from the date of arrival of goods at the port, on completion of data entry and submission, the Job No and details of the Job shall automatically move to the screen of the concerned group AC/DC for online approval. Concerned AC/DC shall open the Section 48 approval from the menu and after verification shall approve filing of Bill of Entry. Only on approval of AC/DC, the Bill of Entry will get accepted by system and B/E No will be generated. The Bill of Entry thereafter will be processed in the same manner as the normal Bill of Entry. 8. Amendment of Bill of Entry 8.1 In case of any errors noticed after submission of Bill of Entry, but before examination of the goods, the Customs Broker/ Importer may seek amendment of 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 App ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ilization 11.2 Verification of the DEPB The DEPB shall be verified by the Export Section of the Customs station from where the exports have taken place. Procedure for verification of DEPB has been notified from time to time by the Board/ this office through circulars/ instructions. Such procedure shall be strictly followed. For this purpose, original DEPB issued by the DGFT shall be produced to the officer designated by Asstt/Dy. Commissioner in the Export Department for verification of the Shipping Bills against which the DEPB has been issued by the DGFT. The officer designated by Asstt. /Dy. Commissioner shall verify each Shipping Bill in the system through the DEPB verification menu in ICES. In case any manually processed Shipping Bill is involved, the verification shall be done on the basis of the copy of Shipping Bill received along with the EGM from the carriers. The Shipping Bills shall be endorsed with the DEPB No., DEPB date, DGFT File No., and Issuing Authority. After satisfactory verification of all the Shipping Bills, the officer designated by Asst./ Dy. Commissioner shall make an endorsement on the reverse of the DEPB and the list of Shipping Bills attached with ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CES 1.5. Therefore, no TRA shall be required. However, TRA shall be issued for NON EDI Locations which are still operating manually. For this, the TRA shall be generated in the system and a hard copy of TRA shall be issued. (ii) The TRAs issued by the non-EDI locations and non-centralized locations will be registered in the same manner as license registration. On registration of TRA against a DEPB, the system will generate a TRA registration number. This Registration Number should be endorsed on the Importer's copy of TRA (original) and the Customs copy received from the issuing Customs station. Only fresh RAs will be registered in the EDI System. Partially utilized RAs will continue to be handled manually. Following particulars shall be entered in the System through the menu relating to transfer release advice. Release Advice No Release Advice 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e CIF amount from the FOB of Exports. If sufficient balance to cover the CIF value and the Duty foregone is not available in the DEPB, the System will disallow submission of the B/E. (iii) For indicating the option of payment of Additional Duty (equal to Excise Duty) or claiming exemption there from, the option shall be exercised by indicating 'Y' or 'N' in column 2 of Sl.No.39E. The column number 5 (serial number of item in the licence list) and 7 (quantity for licence debit) are not required to be filled in for DEPB Bs/E. (iv) If the basic Customs duty and the additional Customs duty debit available to the licence is zero, the DEPB exemption will not be admissible to that item. System will not allow exemption under Notification 034/97, etc. for that item. 11.7 Check List of B/E After data entry, checklist will be printed as usual and given to the Importers/Customs Brokers for verifying the correctness of data captured. For identification against the respective item, '(DEPB)' and Notification 034/97 will appear. At the end of 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. of an invoice, wil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the enhanced duty / CIF against that item. 11.10 DEPB Debit Ledger On registration of DEPB or TRA in the System, the System will maintain the ledger for duty credit amount and export FOB. Where the exemption from both the basic Customs duty as specified in the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and additional duty leviable under Section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 are claimed, the sum of basic duty and additional duty amount will be debited to the duty credit in DEPB. The CIF of the related items will be debited to export FOB in the DEPB. Where exemption from additional duty is not claimed, only basic duty will be debited. These debits will be made by the System in the DEPB Ledger. If more than one DEPB is utilized against an item, only CIF amount to 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 importe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the licence. The system will maintain ledger in respect of total face value, item wise quantity and value and credit for the same will automatically be created on registration of licence and debits will be made by system when electronic B/E is processed, RA is issued, manual B/E is debited or reduction is made by amendments. To avoid any inconsistency and invalidity, the system will sum the value of all items and compare with the face value of the licence. If the sum is greater than face value of licence, the system will not permit registration. The value will always be CIF for imports and FOB in respect of exports. Where the value is in foreign currency it should be only one currency and not in multi-currency. The licence holders, therefore, should check these details in their licences and ensure that the same are correct before presenting the licence for registration. The licences with incorrect details will be rejected by the system and cannot be used for availing exemption from duty Page | 21 and clearance of goods. Such licences should be corrected from the concerned DGFT office before presenting to Customs. (ii) In pursuance of CBEC's Circular No. 11/2007 dated 13th Feb ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ES location shall be registered like a licence for the portion of value and quantity covered in a TRA. Only fresh TRAs will be registered in the EDI System. Partially utilized TRAs will continue to be handled manually. (iii) After successful entry of details, a checklist will be printed by the service Centre operator and given to the RA holder for confirming the correctness of the data entered in the system. Service centre operator will make the correction, if any, and will return the same to the RA holder. 12.4 Submission of Licence/TRA in the system The license/ TRA holder will present the check list of the licence/TRA along with the original documents to the proper officer. The officer will compare the details entered in the system with the original licence/TRA. After satisfying himself with its correctness, Officer will submit the licence in the system on the basis of the job number of the check list. The system will generate a licence Registration. No. This registration number and date should be endorsed in bold on the original licence/TRA. After registration, the documents may be returned to the Importer and copies thereof may be kept in the office file for record. TRA ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ares imported against EPCG licence will not exceed the total face value of the licence. (ii) No credit of value will be given for spares in case of imports against TRA. It may be noted that TRA is required to be obtained for spare parts also. In case of first import, no TRA will be admissible for spares. 12.8 Amendment of licence after registration Amendment in the licence data after registration can only be made by the authorized officer. If the amount of value and quantity sought to be reduced is less than the unutilized balance available in the licence, amendments for reduction of value and quantity will not be permitted by the system. The system will give credit to quantity or value in the case of increase and will debit the quantity or value in the case of reduction. Therefore, only incremental or decremental quantity or value should be entered in respect of increase or reduction. Licence status code at the time of registration will be '0'. The licence, 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) Licence Regn. No ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... related licence and Advance Authorization schemes. The Appraiser will check the correctness of details of licence/Scheme, etc. and also ensure that any amendments made in the licences/ Schemes, subsequent to registration of licence, have also been entered in the system. If the Assessing officer is satisfied about the eligibility of exemption under related notification and the licence 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 licence 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 licence for ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mination & 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 GSTN certificate, as the case may be. If Bond or GSTN 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 ite ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of 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 GSTN certificate indicated, the system will print the Bond / BG requirements as specified by the Appraiser. (iv) In case the importer has executed the Bond with the GSTN authorities, he shall produce the procurement certificate issued by the GSTN 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 GSTN. (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 sy ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e 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 - WFD6O001). INVOICE PARTICULARS For Ex-Bond B/E No--------- 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' 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 assessa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ods 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 copies of the Ex Bond B/E. One copy is for the importer and the other copy will be for the Bond Sectio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e End use Bond Undertaking Re-export Bond Bond code EU, UT & RE 17. Certificate from Customs Authorities (i) Where the exemption notification provides for production of a certificate from the jurisdictional Customs 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 jurisdictional Customs 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/E data entry. (ii) Against one B/E only one certificate should be used. The certificate shall be utilized against all such notifications requiring GSTN certificate. At the time of assessment, the officer may verify the details of goods covered by the certificate and B/E on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bond file for the purposes read guidelines as defined by the of CBEC Circular No. 49 / 2017 - Cus dated 12.12.2017 read with Instruction No. 605/71/2015/DBK dated 02/12/2015, CBEC Circular No. 05/2010 dated 16/03/2010 and Instruction No. 609/119/2010DBK dated 18/01/2011. The Customs formations shall duly verify and confirm the details of the importers and fulfilment of their export obligation preferably through the concerned Division (erstwhile CEx/CGST/CUSTOMS) and accordingly ensure timely and transparent cancellation of bonds. 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 resp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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, 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 / Commis ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d 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 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 a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... olving 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 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 ..... 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 computation of assessable value for the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e, 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. (iii) 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 GSTN 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 appropriate approvals wherever required. 24. Assessment of Special Valu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sit (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 of goods from a specified country. Due to re-structuring of the notifications into a defined forma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll 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. (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 Data Entry. The extract of the Table is indicated below. 39B. Classification Details (1)Invoice Serial Number (2)Actual Invoice Number (3)Classification Details Item No. RITC8 digit CTH ANotfn IS No PS No QTY T Notifn No IS No Qty Exemp. Notf Yr Sl No CTH Notfn Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Abbreviations in Col. (3) above refer as under. T Notn. = Tariff Value notification number/year I S No. = S.No. in the notification QTY = Qty in the unit of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 4. DEEC Shipping Bills 5. EPCG Shipping Bills 6. DFIA Shipping Bills 7. 100 %EOU Shipping Bills 8. Jobbing Shipping Bills 9. Other Exim Scheme Shipping Bills 10. NFEI Shipping Bills 11. Reward Schemes PROCEDURE 3. The procedure to be followed in respect of filing of Shipping Bills under the Indian Customs EDI System 1.5 at ICD Dappar shall be as follows: - Under the EDI System, the Shipping Bills shall be filed electronically and processed online in an automated environment. Certain declarations and certificates, etc., that are required to be provided in hard copy should be attached with the export documents when the goods are presented for export. The following pre-requisites are to be complied with before filing shipping bills: 3.1 IE-Code of the exporters-Import Export (IE) Codes are being issued to the exporters by the DGFT, details of which are transmitted online to ICES on a daily basis. ICES automatically registers the IE Codes after confirming their validity, to enable the exporters to file the Shipping Bills electronically. Before filing the Shipping Bills, the exporters are advised to check from the DGFT, as to whether their IE Code has already been tra ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is required to open bank account with any Core Banking System branch of any bank in the country. Before filing of Shipping Bill under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES 1.5. Annexure E (Export) 3.6 Exchange Rates of un-notified currencies: The ICES 1.5 maintains exchange rates in respect of currencies the rates of which are notified by the Ministry of Finance on a monthly basis. However, in respect of 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 Shipping Bill is filed should be produced to the customs officer and details of the same should be entered in the ICES 1.5 while filing the Shipping Bill. The Shipping Bill should be submitted in the system on the same date for which the rate of exchange is certified. 3.7 Exim Scheme Codes: The DGFT has notified Exim Scheme Codes in respect of various schemes, the list of which is appended with this Public Notice. An appropriate Code should be indicated against each item in the Shipping Bill. For example, if expo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the country. Before filing of Shipping Bill under ICES 1.5, the exporter should approach the designated customs officer to register the details of such bank account in the ICES 1.5. Annexure G (Export) 4. DATA ENTRY FOR SHIPPING BILLS 4.1 Shipping Bills can be filed through the service centre located at ICD Dappar or through Remote EDI System if the Exporter or the Customs Broker has registered themselves at ICEGATE. In case the Shipping Bill is filed through Service Centre, the Exporters/Customs Brokers would be required to submit a filled up form (Annexure A) at the Service Centre with the following documents: i) A declaration of all particulars in the SB in the format placed at Annexure - A (Export) ii) Copy of Invoice iii) SDF declaration at Annexure B (Export) iv) DES/EPCG declarations etc. as applicable Annexure D (Export) 4.2 The formats should be duly complete in all respects and should be signed by the exporter or his authorized representative/Customs Broker. Forms, which are incomplete or unsigned, will not be accepted for data entry. Exporters/Customs Broker should ensure that the data provided by them and entered by service centre is correct in all respects ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... GATE. Detailed procedure for registration can be seen in New Registration Module from the website www.icegate.gov,in. To operationalize the facility to use Digital Signature Certificate for filing the aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process would be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines, and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines and their agents shall use the Digital Signature Certificate and the web based Common Signer utility to 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 us ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y of goods at ICD Dappar, it is noticed that the declaration has not been registered in the system, the Exporters and Customs Brokers will be responsible for the delay in shipment of goods and any damage, deterioration or pilferage, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken. 7 PROCESSING OF SHIPPING BILLS 7.1 The S/B would be processed by the system on the basis of the declaration made by the exporter. Till the introduction of Export RMS, The following kinds of S/B shall require clearance of the Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner (AC/DC Exports): - i. Duty free S/B for FOB value above ₹ 10 lakh ii. Free Trade Sample S/B for FOB value above ₹ 25,000 iii. Drawback S/B where the drawback exceeds Rs. one lakh 7.2 The following categories of Shipping Bills shall be processed by the Appraiser/Supdt. (Export Assessment) first and then by the Asstt./Deputy Commissioner: i. DEEC ii. DFIA iii. EOU iv. EPCG v. Any other Exim Scheme if so required 7.3 Apart from verifying the value and other particulars for assessment, the AO/Supdt. and AC/DC may call for the samples for confirming the declared value or for checking classification under ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... officer as Appraising Instructions. The RMS instructions can also be accessed by using "View" option in the SB header. Instructions will be given in the RMS tools interdicting the bill as per the perceived risk in each Shipping bill based on the declarations made in the bill. Officers assessing the SB shall carefully read each instruction and arrive at a decision to tackle the risk. These RMS instructions form an assist and are intended to guide the officers in assessment. All such instructions are displayed as RMS instructions in ICES. Officers are expected to study all the instructions on the screen carefully and assess the SB in compliance of the RMS instructions. Officers shall enter the reasons in the Departmental Comments if any of the RMS instructions are not followed. The officer need not limit his scrutiny to the strict confines of RMS instructions. The officer has the freedom to go beyond the instructions and scrutinize other sensitive aspects of the SB which are not referred to in RMS instructions. Whenever the Officer assessing the SB feels that any specific RMS instruction is not in tune with the declaration in the SB, he/she should enter a detailed comment in the d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m will display the Single-Sign-On Id (SSO Id) of the officer for inspection/examination. If the SB is interdicted for examination, the package numbers to be examined will also be displayed. (v) Examination: The examination of all RMS interdicted bills shall be carried out as per the instructions communicated by the RMS and the assessing officer's examination instructions. Certain SBs may be directly routed by the RMS for examination without any assessment by officers. In such cases, the RMS instructions for examination should be treated as examination orders. The officers shall bear in mind all existing standing orders and circulars issued by the department, while performing their work. The examining officers shall ensure that the goods under examination tally with the declared description, including critical parameters like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc., which may have a direct bearing on valuation, benefits under Export Promotion schemes and classification etc. The examination of the goods and Let Export Order (LEO) shall be completed by the officers, only after ensuring that the compulsory compliance requiremen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CRs and RMS instructions in respect of a particular SB, he/she should record the reasons for his/her view in the EDI. (v) Export General Manifest (EGM): After issue of LEO, the next major event in the processing of a SB is the filing of EGM. There will not be any change in the procedure for filing of EGM. In the second phase, the RMS will also process the SB data after EGM is filed electronically and provide output to ICES for selection of SBs for Drawback scrutiny and PCA. Detailed instructions in this regard will be issued during the implementation of second phase of Export RMS. (vii) Data Quality: The Assessing/Examining officers are also required to focus on the 'data quality' of the SB declarations. The assessing officer should check the description of the item, besides the correctness of classification, valuation, claim of benefits under export promotion schemes, if any, and also ensure compliance with mandatory requirements prescribed under Foreign Trade Policy and/or allied enactments. They are required to check all critical aspects of description like brand, model, make, number, specification, grade, purity, configuration, capacity, denier etc. which may have a dir ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e exporter will contact the Examining Officer/Inspector and present the checklist with the endorsement of Custodian of arrival of containers on the declaration, along with all the original documents such as Invoice, Packing List, etc. He will also present additional particulars in the form at Annexure C(Export). 8.2 The Officer will verify the quantity of the goods actually received against that entered in the system. He will enter Annexure C particulars in the system. The system would identify the Examining Officer (if more than one are available) who would be carrying out physical examination of goods. The system would also indicate the packages (the quantity and the serial numbers) to be subjected to examination. The Officer would write this information (Name of examination officer and package Srl. Nos to be examined) on the checklist and hand it over to the exporter. He would hand over the original documents to the Examining Officer. No examination orders shall be given unless the goods have been physically received in the Export Shed. It may, however, be clarified that Customs Officers have the discretion of examining any or all the packages/goods. 8.3 The Examining Office ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 9.3 The system may require re-examination of the factory stuffed container on a random basis. If the container is selected for re-examination by the system, the same shall be examined and report entered in the system. The Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent may also decide to re-examine the container in which case he will obtain the approval of AC/DC Export, before such re-examination. The AC / DC Export shall permit such re-examination for reasons to be recorded in writing. 9.4 Once the Appraiser/ Superintendent is satisfied that the goods are permissible for export in all respects, he will proceed to allow "Let Export" in the system for the shipments and inform the exporter. 9.5 This procedure will apply to containers stuffed in factories and self-sealed by the manufacturer-exporter. In respect of containers sealed in the factory after examination by the Customs / GSTN officers, there will normally be no further examination at the ICD. 10. GENERATION OF SHIPPING BILLS 10.1 As soon as the Shed Appraiser/ Superintendent gives "Let Export" order, the system would print 6 copies of the Shipping Bills in case of Free and scheme Shipping Bills. All copies of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... " in ICES for use by CRCL, Textile Committee and other agencies: Under Lab Module the Examining Officer can generate test memos and record the details of the samples drawn online, as well as print test memos. Customs will duly dispatch the samples to the concerned laboratory/agency. Upon the receipt of the samples, the laboratory/agency can access the test memo details online and when the test or analysis has been carried out, the results or findings shall be recorded online. Customs can access the results and take the appropriate action regarding the concerned consignment without waiting for the physical reports of the Laboratory. Please refer the CBEC Circular NO.03/2016 dated 03/02/2016 regarding extension of Indian Customs Single Window Project to other locations and Government. 13 QUERIES 13.1 In case of any doubt, the exporter, during examination, can clarify doubts. However, in case where the need arises for a detailed answer from the exporter, a query can be raised in the system by the Appraiser/Supdt., which needs to be approved by concerned AC/DC(Exports). The S/B will remain pending and cannot be printed till the exporter replies to the query to the satisfaction o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e basis of the "Let Export" order already recorded on the system. 18. RE-PRINT OF SHIPPING BILLS 18.1 Similarly, re-prints can be allowed where there is a system failure, as a result of which the print out (after the "Let Export" order) has not been generated or there is a misprint. Permission of AC/DC (Exports) would be necessary for the purpose. The misprint copy shall be cancelled before such permission is granted. 19. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER CESS 19.1 For export items, which are subject to export cess, the cess shall be applied by the System on the basis of the corresponding 8 digit Heading Schedule maintained in the system. A printed challan generated by the system would be handed over to the exporter. The cess amount indicated should be deposited with the designated bank. 20. EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER CLAIM FOR DRAWBACK 20.1 The scheme of computerised processing of Drawback claims under the Indian Customs EDI System-Exports will be applicable for all exports through ICD Dappar. 20.2 The exporters who intend to export the goods through ICD Dappar under claim for Drawback are advised to open their account with the bank as stated in Para 3.5 above. This ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... system. The exporter should specify the Sl. No. of drawback as 98.01 for provisional drawback in the Annexure -A (Export) 20.8 All the claims sanctioned in a particular day will be enumerated in a scroll and transferred to the designated bank. The designated bank would credit the drawback amount in the respective account of the exporter and where the account of the exporter is in any other CBS branch of any bank, the designated bank would transfer the amount to the respective CBS branch who would credit the amount to exporter's account. The exporters may make arrangement with their banks for periodical statement of credits on account of drawback. a) An exporter desirous to have his drawback credited in any core banking branch of the bank authorized for drawback payment at that EDI location or any other bank other than the authorized bank (in any core banking enabled branch which is also RTGS and NEFT enabled), the exporter will be required to declare to the Customs authorities the Indian Financial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch where he operates his bank account, in addition to the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address in the prescribed format (As p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rs in the AIR Schedule is 8701, the declaration on the shipping bill would be "98078701B". Similarly, for "Bicycle pump" the related Drawback Tariff Item number in the AIR Schedule is 841403 and the declaration on the shipping bill would be "9807841403B". Such a shipping bill is to be processed by the Customs for payment of provisional drawback amount equivalent to the Customs component ('B' column of AIR Schedule consisting of rate and cap) for the said declared Drawback TI of AIR Schedule. This processing is subject to same conditions as applicable to AIR drawback wherein there is claim for only Customs component. Suitable change in EDI is being implemented by DG (Systems). (iii) After goods are exported, the exporter may apply to the relevant Commissioner of Customs Headquarters office for fixation of brand rate under rule 7. In case of a timely filed complete application for fixation of brand rate under rule 7, subsequent drawback payments may arise against such shipping bill on account of provisional brand rate letter issued by GSTN in terms of para 5A-5B of Instruction No.603/01/2011-DBK dated 11.10.2013 and/or the final brand rate letter and here the above said provisional ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... No. 45/2016-Customs dated 13th August, 2016 has been issued providing exemption to fabrics (including interlining) from import duty subject to conditions specified therein. Further, Notification No. 110/2016-Customs (NT) dated 13th August, 2016 has been issued providing, subject to the specified conditions, the alternative All Industry Rates (AIRs) of drawback in the Drawback Schedule for the exports made against the Special Advance Authorisation in discharge of export obligations in terms of Notification No. 45/2016-Customs dated 13th August, 2016. These notifications may be downloaded from cbec.gov.in. ii). For the alternative AIRs relevant tariff item has to be suffixed with suffix 'C' or suffix 'D' for the situation when Cenvat facility has not been availed or when Cenvat facility has been availed, respectively, instead of the usual suffix 'A' or suffix 'B'. In the option to claim Brand Rate of duty drawback in terms of rule 7 of the Drawback Rules 1995 with the Special Advance Authorization, the procedure in Annexure 1 with Circular No. 29/2015-Cus dated 16.11.2015 has relevance. However, the exporter shall have to declare the figure '9807' as identifier (in the shipping bi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) from DGFT to Customs through an Electronic Message Exchange System is operational at this port in respect of DES / EPCG licences issued on or after 30th September 2008. As per the procedure prescribed by DGFT, exporters apply for Advance licenses under Duty Exemption Scheme (DES) and licenses under Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) to DGFT. As per the Handbook of Procedures Vol I, exports under DES can be started immediately on generation of file no. which is generated by DGFT on submission of application for licenses under DES. Accordingly DGFT would transmit the messages relating to File Numbers so generated by them to Customs so as to enable Customs to permit exports under DES. As, the exports under EPCG can be started only after issuance of license; the DGFT would transmit the License messages immediately on issuance of licenses under DES and EPCG scheme. The licenses under above mentioned schemes issued by DGFT would be received online by Customs. Such licenses would be subjected to the prescribed online validation checks at ICEGATE and thereafter, the same would be available for use by the exporters at the port of registration for imp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... these schemes on or upto 30th September 2008, would continue to be followed. 22.6 In case of EPCG/DES (except those issued under Scheme Code 17) issued on or after 30th September 2008 there is no need of any registration at this port. However, in case of EPCG/DES issued prior to 30th September 2008 and DES issued Scheme Code 17, the exporters intending to file Shipping Bills under the aforesaid schemes including those under the claim for Drawback should first get their EPCG/ DES (issued upto19th June 2014 by the DGFT) registered with this port, which would be done by the designated officer. The original EPCG/DES would need to be produced before designated officer for data entry. A print out of the relevant particulars (Checklist) entered will be given to the Exporter/Customs Broker. The EPCG/ DES would need to be presented to the Appraiser/ Supt, who would verify the particulars entered in the computer with the original EPCG/DES and register &verify the same in the EDI system. The Registration No. of the EPCG/DES would be furnished to the Exporter/Customs Broker, which would need to be mentioned on the declaration forms (Annexure D) at this port for export of goods. It would not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e System by the designated officer. The officer designated to supervise stuffing of containers is expected to enter the stuffing report on same day. 25 Rebate of State Levies on Textile garments Scheme for implementation of Rebate of State Levies on textile garments (ROSL) notified vide Notification Nos. 12020/03/2016-IT dated 12.8.2016 and 31.8.2016 by the Ministry of Textiles for all Exporters/ Customs brokers/ members of Trade is invited to. Further, the Central Government (Ministry of Textiles) has issued Notification No. 12020/03/2016-IT dated 13.8.2016 notifying the rates of rebate in Schedule I and Schedule II. Additionally, CBEC has issued Board Circular 043/2016-Cus dt.31.08.2016 which provides the guideline framework for implementation of this scheme. ROSL Scheme: In the ROSL scheme, the Central Govt. provides rebate of State levies comprising of State VAT/CST on inputs including packaging, fuel, duty on electricity generation and duties and charges on purchase of grid power, as accumulated through the stages of production from yarn to finished garments. There is no need for separate application or supporting documents except for making a specific choice in the Shippi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... giving a scheme code. 2. The option and total ROSL amount thus claimed is reflected in the SB Enquiry available on the ICEGATE website. 3 Declaration-cum-eligibility as detailed below is printed on the checklist. I declare that, I have not claimed or shall not claim credit/ rebate/ refund/ reimbursement of these specific State Levies under any other mechanism and I am eligible for the rate and rebate claimed for. Further, declare that an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), where applicable, in pursuance of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 has been constituted. RES vendors may ensure that their RES versions are compliant to changes in (1) & (3) as stated above. SB Message format has also been revised accordingly. ROSL Disbursal: ROSL would be disbursed as per procedure detailed in para 8 of the above referred Board Circular. For speedy disbursal, Exporters may ensure that the Account No. already registered for drawback disbursal is live and valid, as the ROSL Disbursal would be made to the same account. The disbursal shall be in parallel with drawback albeit separately. The status of disbursal would be displaye ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rt order (LEO) which is the date when the export goods are permitted to be exported. An endorsement on the exporter's copy of S/Bill would be made specifying the due date for realization of export proceeds. f. The system shall indicate list of the shipping bills under drawback where the BRC/negative statement has not been furnished by the exporter within the prescribed date. The Assistant Commissioner / Deputy Commissioner (Export) may peruse such lists either for the entire Customs port or for an individual exporter by entering the IE code of the exporter and accordingly initiate action to recover drawback. g. The BRC entry module gives three options for entering the details of foreign exchange realization. If the exporter furnishes the BRCs as a proof of foreign exchange realization, the officer will choose option (1) and enter the specific Shipping Bill numbers and dates. Such Shipping Bills will be deleted by the system from the list of shipping bills pending for realization of export proceeds. If the exporter produces a "negative statement" for a specified six monthly period from the AD/chartered accountant that no foreign exchange is pending realization for the expo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cial Service Code (IFSC) of the bank branch in which exporter wishes to receive the STR amount, the core banking enabled account number, bank name and address, using 'Annexure-A' enclosed with Board's circular. The procedure for registration of bank account is the same as existing procedure for registration of bank account for receiving drawback amount. The Customs officer having 'CLK' role with enter these details in ICES 1.5 and generates a checklist. Exporter/ his authorized representative will check the checklist and confirm its correctness. Once the details are found correct, the same shall be saved in system. (For this purpose additional officers may be mapped to CLK role if required.) Refer Annexure G (Export). Exporters who have their bank account numbers registered for drawback purpose need not register their bank accounts again. The existing account itself shall be used for crediting IGST Refund also. It may be added that there is no option of having separate accounts for drawback and IGST Refund. 29.2 Registration of GSTN registration number or IGST code number (including IGST registration number) Besides bank accounts, each exporter claiming IGST refund need to prov ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... DBK-AC screen (in case DBK is more than ₹ 1lakh). c. In the final scroll, a single amount indicating DBK and STR amount shall be shown against Shipping bills. However print copy of Scroll shall contain a consolidated breakup indicating Drawback amount and ST refund amount. d. Exporters can check status of STR through ICEGATE as well as Touch screen application. e. MIS has been suitably modified to indicate drawback and STR amount separately for Reporting and accounting purpose. 29.4 Claim for Availment of Chapter 3 benefits: Exporters intending to claim Chapter 3 benefits are required to declare 'Y' in the item segment of the rewards claimed (Table 28(14)) without which their Shipping bill will not be transmitted to DGFT for availing such benefits. 30. Grievances Handling The Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner of Customs may be approached by the Importers/ Exporters or their Customs Brokers for redressal of any problems faced at any stage of the importer/ exporter clearances. Regarding Helpdesk facilities, the following may be noted: a) ICEGATE users would continue to interact with the Helpdesk at 011-23379020 and 011-23370133 or through [email protected] ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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