Allotment of Warehouse Code for Customs
Bonded Warehouses
[CBEC Circular No. 19 dated 20th May
2016]
Sub: Allotment of Warehouse Code for Customs Bonded
Warehouses.
Please refer to the changes made in the Finance
Act, 2016 to shift towards record based control with respect to Bonded
Warehouses. It is proposed that each warehouse be allotted a unique warehouse
code so that importers can declare the warehouse in which goods shall be
deposited, at the into-bond bill of entry stage.
2. Hence a
module has been developed in ICES to capture details of customs bonded
warehouses licensed in each Commissionerate and
generate a warehouse code in the system. The business process is annexed to
this circular.
3. Any
formation of Central Excise, having control over a customs bonded warehouse,
but not connected on ICES, is directed to forward the list of warehouses licensed
by them to the Principal Commissioner / Commissioner of Customs having jurisdiction
over the nearest EDI enabled Customs station latest by 1st June
2016. These warehouses should be registered by the customs formation following
the procedure annexed.
4. Commissioners
at EDI locations are requested to complete this exercise for existing
warehouses, including those referred by central excise formations, latest by 6th
June, 2016 and confirm the same to the Board.
5. It is
proposed to publish the unique warehouse code so generated on the ICEGATE
website for the information of trade. This activity will start from the 10th
June 2016 and shall be completed by the 15th June 2016. From 20th June
2016, declaring the Warehousing Code in the Bill of Entry would become
mandatory for filing Into-Bond and Ex-Bond Bill of Entry. As Ex-Bond Bill of
Entries with invalid warehousing code will be rejected, due care may be taken
for smooth transition so as to avoid any hardships to the trade.
6. Difficulties
relating to I.T. system, if any, may be brought to the notice of National
System Manager, ICES (nsm.ices@icegate.gov.in).
Annexure
An option has been provided in AC bond Role [ACB]
called import Warehouse entry.
On clicking the option, the system will prompt for
the following details:
·
Warehouse Name:
·
Warehouse
Address 1:
·
Warehouse
Address 2:
·
Warehouse City:
·
Warehouse State:
·
Warehouse Pin:
·
Warehouse
Licence No:
·
Warehouse
Licence Date:
·
Warehouse
License Expiry Date:
·
Warehouse
Jurisdiction (Customs/Central Excise):
·
Warehouse Type
(Public/Private/Special):
(U: Public
/ R: Private / P: Special)
3. On entry
of all the aforementioned details from the records available with the field
offices, an eight digit Warehousing Code will be generated for each Warehouse. The
Warehouse code nomenclature is as follows:
1. First 4
characters indicates the EDI port of registration(in case of Customs Jurisdiction,
it would be the jurisdictional customs commissionerate
or nearest Customs Location in case of a customs bonded warehouse licensed by a
Central Excise Commissionerate);
2. Fifth
character will denote the type of warehouse; and
3. Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth characters are running numeric serial Nos.
[For instance, for a public bonded warehouse under
Chennai Air Cargo, the code generated shall be MAA 4 U 001.]
Pl note: Section 58A has come into force on 14th May
2016. As on date no special warehouses exist. The existing warehouses have been
given an option to apply under section 58A within one month w.e.f
from 14th May 2016. The entry for Special Warehouse shall therefore not be
applicable till such time that a Special warehouse comes into existence.