Board Re-organises Faceless Assessment

· Re-organisation of Only Eight National Assessment Centres (NACs) Headed by a PrC or CC and Value of Goods also a Criteria for Faceless Assessment Groups (FAGs)

· Number of NACs Reduced to 8 from the existing 11

· In alignment with the changes to NAC, Faceless Assessment Groups (FAG) for different commodities listed in the Column (2) of the table in annexure to this circular has been identified based on the imported goods handled by these goods on basis of assessable value. This is done to further promote specialization

· Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone

[CBIC Circular No.13/2023-Customs dated 31 May, 2023]

Subject: Faceless Assessment – Re-organisation of National Assessment Centres and Faceless Assessment Groups.

Reference is invited to Circular No.40/2020-Customs dated 04.09.2020 on the constitution of National Assessment Centres (NACs), their roles and responsibilities, the co - ordination to be done by the Co-conveners of the NACs with directorates and Board etc. Further vide para 3.3 and 3.4 of Circular No.14/2021-Customs dated 07.07.2020, NACs and the Faceless Assessment Groups (FAGs) were re-organized to promote specialization.

2. Recently, Board has further reviewed the performance of Faceless Assessment and has deliberated upon certain aspects relating to the functioning and structure of the NACs and FAGs, in view of fresh measures taken in relation to Faceless Assessment such as implementation of Anonymized Escalation Mechanism (AEM) to address grievances in delays in assessments and implementation of Standard Examination Orders to enhance uniformity of examinations. Accordingly, it is proposed to effect the following changes in the scheme of Faceless Assessment.

Changes to NAC Structure:

3. Following changes are made to the structure of NACs:

a. The number of NACs has been reduced to 8, from the existing 11 (i.e by merging chemicals I, II and III into Chemicals and by merging Automobiles & Instruments and Misc. products/project imports into Automobiles, Instruments, Misc. products & Project Imports).

b. Each of the 8 NACs would now be convened by one Pr. Chief/Chief Commissioner as indicated in column 1 of the Table in the Annexure. (On the basis of the assessable value of goods imported in the zone in the ascending order).

Re-organization of Faceless Assessment Groups:

4. In alignment with the changes to NAC, Faceless Assessment Groups (FAG) for different commodities listed in the Column (2) of the table in annexure to this circular has been identified based on the imported goods handled by these goods on basis of assessable value. This is done to further promote specialization.

5. Except for the changes in the NACs stipulated in paras above, the Conveners would be responsible for carrying out all the roles and responsibilities entrusted to Co conveners and outlined in Circular No.40/2020-Customs dated 04.09.2020.

6. The changes informed in this circular would be effective from 15.06.2023 and DG Systems would issue suitable advisory in this regard. Any issue in implementation may be brought to the notice of the Board.

F. No.450/26/2019-Cus. IV(Pt)

Annexure to Circular No.13/2023-Customs

(Revision of Annexure I of Circular No.14/2021-Customs dt.07.07.2021)

National Assessment Centres (Revised)

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
Primary Products Convenor- Kolkata Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Bhubaneshwar 4. Chennai 5. Delhi 6. Kolkata 7. Mumbai II 8. Thiruvananthapuram 9. Tiruchirappalli (Preventive) 10. Vishakhapatnam	1 (01-15) – Primary Products 1 1. INIXY1, Ahmedabad 2. INKRI1, Vishakhapatnam 3. INCCU1, Kolkata 4. INNSA1, Mumbai II 5. INMAA1, Chennai 6. INNML1, Bengaluru
	1B (16-26) – Primary Products 2 1. INDAH1, Ahmedabad 2. INNSA1, Mumbai-II 3. INVTZ1, Vishakhapatnam 4. INPRT1, Bhubaneshwar 5. INMAA1, Chennai 6. INCCU1, Kolkata 7. INTKD6, Delhi 8. INTUT1, Tiruchirappalli (Preventive) 9. INCOK1, Thiruvananthapuram
Mineral Products Convenor- Bengaluru Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Bhubaneshwar 4. Chennai 5. Mumbai I 6. Thiruvananthapuram 7. Vishakhapatnam	1A (27) – Mineral Products 1. INVAD1, Ahmedabad 2. INBOM1, Mumbai I 3. INNML1, Bengaluru 4. INVTZ1, Vishakhapatnam 5. INPRT1, Bhubaneshwar 6. INMAA1, Chennai 7. INCOK1,Thiruvanathapuram

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
Chemicals Convenor-Mumbai II Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Bhubaneshwar 4. Chennai 5. Delhi 6. Kolkata 7. Meerut 8. Mumbai I 9. Mumbai II 10. Mumbai III 11. Pune 12. Thiruvananthapuram 13. Tiruchirappalli (Preventive) 14. Vishakhapatnam	2 (28) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - I 1. INIXY1, Ahmedabad 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INKAK1, Vishakhapatnam 4. INMAA4, Chennai 5. INPRT1, Bhubaneshwar 6. INDEL4, Delhi 7. INCCU1, Kolkata 8. INBOM4, Mumbai III
	2A (29) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - II 1. INIXY1, Ahmedabad 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INMAA1, Chennai 4. INBOM1, Mumbai I 5. INVTZ1, Vishakhapatnam 6. INCCU1, Kolkata
	2B (30-31) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - III 1. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 2. INKAK1, Vishakhapatnam 3. INBOM4, Mumbai III 4. INNSA1, Mumbai II 5. INPRT1, Bhubaneshwar 6. INJGD6, Pune 7. INTUT1, Tiruchirapalli (Preventive)
	2C (32-34) - Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - IV 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INTKD6, Delhi 4. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 5. INBOM4, Mumbai III 6. INCCU1, Kolkata
	2D (35-36) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - V 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INBOM4, Mumbai III 5. INMUN1, Ahmedabad

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
	2E (37) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - VI 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INTKD6, Delhi 4. INCCU1, Kolkata
	2F (38) – Products of Chemical or Allied Industries - VII 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INIXY1, Ahmedabad 3. INCCU1, Kolkata 4. INMAA1, Chennai 5. INBOM4, Mumbai III 6. INDEL4, Delhi
	2G (39) – Plastic Products 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 3. INMAA1, Chennai 4. INDEL4, Delhi 5. INCCU1, Kolkata 6. INAPL6, Meerut 7. INWFD6, Bengaluru
	2H (40) – Rubber Products 1. INMAA1, Chennai 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 4. INTKD6, Delhi 5. INCOK1, Thiruvananthapuram 6. INCCU1, Kolkata
	2I (41-43) – Leather Products 1. INMAA1, Chennai 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INCCU1, Kolkata 5. INWFD6, Bengaluru
	2J (44-46) – Wood 1. INIXY1, Ahmedabad 2. INTUT1, Tiruchirappalli (Preventive) 3. INNSA1, Mumbai II 4. INMAA1, Chennai 5. INCCU1, Kolkata 6. INTKD6, Delhi
	2K (47-49) – Products made of Wood 1. INDEL4, Delhi 2. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 3. INBOM4, Mumbai III 4. INNSA1, Mumbai II 5. INMAA1, Chennai 6. INCCU1, Kolkata 7. INMBD6, Meerut 8. INTUT1, Tiruchirappalli (Preventive)
Textile Products Convenor- Delhi Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Chennai 4. Delhi 5. Kolkata 6. Mumbai II 7. Tiruchirappalli (Preventive)	3 (50-70) – Textile Products 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 5. INCCU1, Kolkata 6. INTUT1, Tiruchirappalli (Preventive) 7. INWFD6, Bengaluru
	3A (71) – Gems & Jewellery 1. INDEL4, Delhi 2. INHIR6, Ahmedabad 3. INMAA4, Chennai
Metal Products Convenor-Ahmedabad Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bhubaneshwar 3. Chennai 4. Delhi 5. Delhi (Preventive) 6. Kolkata 7. Meerut 8. Mumbai I 9. Mumbai II 10. Mumbai III	4 (72-73)- Ferrous base metals 1. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INNSA1, Mumbai II 4. INBOM1, Mumbai I 5. INGHR6, Delhi 6. INPRT1, Bhubaneshwar 7. INCPR6, Delhi (Prev) 8. INBNG6, Mumbai III 9. INCCU1, Kolkata

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
	4A (74-83) – Non-ferrous Base Metals 1. INSAG6, Ahmedabad 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INMAA1, Chennai 4. INGHR6, Delhi 5. INKKU6, Delhi (Preventive) 6. INDER6, Meerut 7. INCCU1, Kolkata
Mechanical Machineries Convenor-Mumbai III Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Chennai 4. Delhi 5. Kolkata 6. Mumbai I 7. Mumbai II 8. Mumbai III	5 (8401-8469) – Machinery & Mechanical Appliances - I 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INBOM4, Mumbai III 5. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 6. INCCU1, Kolkata 7. INBLR4, Bengaluru 8. INBOM1, Mumbai I
	5E (8470-8473) Machinery & Mechanical Appliances - II 1. INBOM4, Mumbai III 2. INMAA4, Chennai 3. INNSA1, Mumbai II 4. INBLR4, Bengaluru 5. INDEL4, Delhi
	5N (8474-8487) – Machinery & Mechanical Appliances - III 1. INNSA1, Mumbai II 2. INMAA1, Chennai 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INMUN1, Ahmedabad 5. INBOM4, Mumbai III 6. INBLR4, Bengaluru 7. INCCU1, Kolkata

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
Electric Machineries Convenor-Chennai Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Chennai 4. Delhi 5. Mumbai II 6. Mumbai III	5A (8501-8516) Electrical machinery 1. INMAA1, Chennai 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INDEL4, Delhi 4. INBLR4, Bengaluru 5. INBOM4, Mumbai III 6. INMUN1, Ahmedabad
	5C (8517-8531)-Communication and related equipment 1. INMAA4, Chennai 2. INDEL4, Delhi 3. INBLR4, Bengaluru 4. INBOM4, Mumbai III 5. INNSA1, Mumbai II
	5M (8532-8548)- Micro-electronics 1. INDEL4, Delhi 2. INMAA4, Chennai 3. INBLR4, Bengaluru 4. INNSA1, Mumbai II 5. INBOM4, Mumbai III
Automobile and Instruments & Miscellaneous Products Convenor-Mumbai I Nodal Commissioners - Zones 1. Ahmedabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Chennai 4. Delhi 5. Hyderabad 6. Kolkata 7. Mumbai I 8. Mumbai II 9. Mumbai III 10. Pune 11. Thiruvananthapuram 12. Vishakhapatnam	5B (86-87)-Vehicles 1. INMAA1, Chennai 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INGHR6, Delhi 4. INBRC6, Ahmedabad 5. INBOM1, Mumbai I 6. INWFD6, Bengaluru 7. INTLG6, Pune
	5F (88) – Aircrafts 1. INCOK1, Thiruvananthapuram 2. INDEL4, Delhi 3. INBOM4, Mumbai III 4. INBLR4, Bengaluru 5. INMAA4, Chennai 6. INNSA1, Mumbai II

National Assessment Centre (Pr. CC/CC of the Zone) (Revised) & Nodal Commissioners (1)	Faceless Assessment Groups (Chapters covered by Customs Tariff Act, 1975) & FAG from Zones (Revised) Port Code, Zone (2)
	5S (89) – Vessels 1. INKAK1, Vishakhapatnam 2. INBOM1, Mumbai I 3. INALA1, Ahmedabad
	5I (90-92) – Instruments & Apparatus 1. INDEL4, Delhi 2. INBOM4, Mumbai III 3. INMAA4, Chennai 4. INBLR4, Bengaluru 5. INNSA1, Mumbai II 6. INHYD4, Hyderabad
	6 (93-98) – Miscellaneous Products/Project Imports 1. INCOK1, Thiruvananthapuram 2. INNSA1, Mumbai II 3. INCCU1, Kolkata 4. INBOM1, Mumbai I 5. INDEL4, Delhi 6. INMAA1, Chennai 7. INHYD4, Hyderabad 8. INBOM4, Mumbai III 9. INBLR4, Bengaluru