Tuesday, September 4, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 123/2018 ISSUED BY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (NS-1) MUMBAI ZONE -II

Attention of all the importers customs brokers & Officers under the jurisdiction of JNCH Mumbai customs zone -Ii is invited towards public Notice no. 162/2017 dated 29.12.2017 as amended  by public notice no. 054/2018 dated 31.03.2018 on the subject of introduction of e sanchit at JNCH and the issue of requirement of hard copy of documents fro the registration and out of charge in DPD/ RMS facilitation centers/ cfs.

it has been observed that customs brokers are still producing docket of B/E along with other supporting import documents for registration and out of charge and submitting this docket to customs after obtaining out of charge this defeats the very purpose of introducing the e sanjit facility for moving towards a less paper environment .

after implementation of e sanchit all the said import documents   forming part of the docket are required to the upload in PDF format using  e sanchit application ai ICEGATE.

In view of the above till further directions it has been decided that the customs officials in DPD/RMS facilitation center and cfs under JNCH should follow e sanchit procedure stated in the public notice no. 162/2017 dated 29.12.2017 and to register bill of entries on presentation  of only hard copy examination order and give out of charge after scrutiny and check off upload documents like county of origin certificate etc. are required to be presented in original for verification  and / or debiting . trade should present hard copies at the time of examination of the goods at  CFS or registration at RMS  facilitation center for obtaining out of charge . the trade must upload digitally all the documents , including those that has to be presented in original hard copy. further for supporting documents . where  a debit or quantity/ value is required to be made on the hard copy for every subsequent bill of entry filed for import, the latest debit sheet to be uploaded . the practice of submitting hard/ paper copies of documents constituting the docket shall be dis continued with immediate effect.

In case of any difficulties the specific issue may be brought in the notice of deputy / Assistant  Commissioner in charge of DPD cell NS-III .