OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
New Custom House, Panambur,
Mangalore – 10.
F. No. II/39/05/2003 – EDI
09.05.03
Public Notice No. 15 /2003
Sub: Processing of Shipping Bills under EDI System -
i.
Involving multiple EXIM Scheme Code and Multiple Licences
ii.
Third Party exports
iii.
Where CENVAT not availed for Drawback etc.,
The exporters, Custom House Agents,
Officers of the Department and all other concerned are hereby informed that
provision has been made in the ICES (Exports) for processing of all categories
of Shipping Bills involving multiple schemes, multiple licenses, third party
export and for one time registration of NO CENVAT Claim Certificate issued by
CE authorities in respect of Manufacturer Exporter. All the type of Shipping Bills (except re-export under claim of
Drawback) shall be processed only under EDI System with effect from 19.05.2003.
Declaration Form for export of goods (Annexure A) has been
modified to capture requisite data in the system. Information containing details of the data required to be entered
in the ICES (Export) at the Service Center should be furnished in the revised
Annexure “A” enclosed with this Public Notice.
Detailed guidelines for preparation of electronic
Shipping Bills and entry of data in the system are provided in a document “ICES
Export version 2.0” enclosed with this Public Notice. These guidelines may be
carefully studied and kept in view for making the Annexure ‘A’ Declaration.
Under
the revised System, the category of Shipping Bills will be depending on the
type of Scheme code under which an item is declared for export. The scheme code has been notified by the
DGFT in the EXIM Policy (Handbook of Procedures). These codes are also listed in the aforesaid guidelines.
All other activities relating to the processing of
Shipping Bills like checklist submission, appraising in respect of certain
categories of goods, goods arrival registration, examination, LEO, sanction of
Drawback registration of license, etc shall continue as at present.
Amendments:
Any amendment which converts of shipping bill from one
scheme code to another or addition of fresh license, requiring appraisal of the
shipping bill, the AC / DC at the time of approving the amendment on the system
shall also ensure that new licenses etc being added by amendment, is valid in
respect of goods under export. In case, the amendment is sought to be made
after the goods registration, all such Shipping Bills would also require
approval of AC / DC for examination / re-examination, if already examined, or
inspection if shipping bills was earlier selected for inspection.
Registration of No CENVAT Claim Certificate:
The officer designated in the Drawback Section of the
Custom House shall register the NON-CENVAT Claim Certificate. The Designated Officer registering this
certificate shall ensure genuiness of the Certificate. The Central Excise authority issuing the
Certificate should inform Drawback section of the Custom Houses immediately, if
the manufacturer starts claiming CENVAT before expiry date of Certificate.
Use of Multiple License for same item:
Where, in respect of same item of Shipping Bills more
than one licence is used for discharge of export obligation, separate quantity
in respect of each licence should be specified and total of the quantity
against licences should be equal to the quantity of item in the shipping
bill. FOB for the purpose of export
against a licence would be determined by the system proportionate to the
quantity.
Third Party Exports:
If the goods are being exported on the basis of Third
Party exports, the system would require at the Shipping Bills master level as
to whether any of the item in the Shipping Bill relate to “Third Party”. On indicating “Y” only the third party
details could be entered against all or any single item in the shipping
bill. In case of option “N” third party
details would not be allowed to be entered by system.
In the case of third party exports the Drawback shall be
credited into the account of the exporter in whose name the shipping bill is
filed. In case where the exports are in
discharge of export obligation against a licence, the system will automatically
determine the status of third party on the basis IE code of the Licence holder,
no separate third party details are required to be indicated in respect of
exports against licence.
The facility of electronic filing of Shipping Bills shall
be made available in the night on request; therefore, the shipping bills
relating to perishable goods also shall be processed under EDI system. In case where Cess is involved, Exporters
are advised to file shipping bill in advance so that the cess amount is paid at
the Designated Bank during banking hours.
In case of any difficulty in the matter, the System
Manager may be approached.
(P. Karthikeyan)
Commissioner