Online Clearance of NTBs – Pilot Implementation of Paperless
Processing under SWIFT Effective from 1 Dec 2022
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Six Partner Government
Agencies (PGAs) were brought on board the Single Window Interface for
Facilitating Trade (SWIFT).
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Four PGAs use ICES for providing
online NoC
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eSANCHIT,
was enabled for the importers/exporters to upload all Licenses, Permits , Controls and Orders( LPCOs) issued by the PGAs
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Compliance Information
Portal (https://cip.icegate.gov.in/CIP/#/home) was launched on 04.08.2021 on a
single platform
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the Digital Import Clearance
System of AQCS-ICS has been developed by AQCS for purposes of improved
functioning.
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Veterinary Health
Certificate issued by the exporting country with Document Code 853AQ1
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Laboratory
reports/certificate of analysis (COA) with Document Code 001AQ1, for the
concerned CTIs listed in Annexure A (Sl.No
2) of this circular.
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IRN generated in eSanchit pertaining to Sanitary Import Permit with document
Code 911DF1
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I certify that the invoice
issued by Authorised officer of Manufacturer in the
exporting country contains a declaration that the product has undergone the
irreversible process of tanning in terms of O.M vide F.No.
L-110110/17/2017-Trade-Part(1) (E-15243) dated
17.12.2021.
[CBIC Circular No. 24/2022-Customs dated 28
November 2022]
Subject: - Improvements in SWIFT:
Integration of ICEGATE with AQCS-ICS (Animal Quarantine and Certification
Services-Import Clearance System) effective 01.12.2022.
Kind
reference is invited to Board’s Circulars 09/2015-Cus dated 31.03.2015,
03/2016- Cus dated 03.02.2016 and 10/2016-Cus dated
15.03.2016, regarding the Indian Customs' Single Window. In brief, vide the
above referred Circulars -
(a) six Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) were
brought on board the Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT).
This platform enabled importers to lodge their clearance documents online
through ICEGATE at a single point, facilitated risk- based inspection and an
Online NoC from the PGAs could be obtained, without
the trader having to approach these agencies.
(b) these agencies were Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI), Plant Quarantine (PQ), Animal Quarantine and
Certification Services (AQCS), Central Drugs Standards Control
Organization (CDSCO), Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), and a lab module
for the Textile Committee (TC) to provide its NOC for live consignments.
2. Under
SWIFT, the FSSAI and PQ are connected through online message exchange with
their own systems, while the remaining four PGAs use ICES for providing online NoC. Further, vide Circular No. 01/2017-Cus dated
04.01.2017, the facility for automatic routing of Bills of Entry (BOEs) of WCCB
for NoC in exports in SWIFT was introduced.
3. Further,
the facility of eSANCHIT, was enabled for the
importers/exporters to upload all Licenses, Permits ,
Controls and Orders( LPCOs) issued by the PGAs and other documents on ICEGATE,
via Circular no. 40/2017-Cus dated 13.10.2017 and extended to exports across
the country, vide Circular No 43/2018-Cus dated 08.11.2018. The facility of eSANCHIT was leveraged for uploading of authorisations
and LPCOs issued by PGAs in PDF format, thus dispensing with the requirement of
importers and exporters to separately upload these documents, in phases vide
Circular nos. 44/2018-Cus dated 13.11.2018, 13/2019-Cus dated 03.06.2019,
19/2019-Cus dated 16.07.2019, 03/2020-Cus dated 15.01.2020, 11/2020-cus dated 10.02.2020
and 24/2020-Cus dated 14.05.2020.
4. To
enhance transparency and better informed compliance,
the Compliance Information Portal
(https://cip.icegate.gov.in/CIP/#/home) was launched on 04.08.2021 on a single
platform to provide all necessary information related to Customs laws,
procedures along with applicable duties and taxes on each Customs Tariff Item,
as also the information about necessary permissions to be obtained from any PGA
for import or export of goods.
5.1 To
further enhance SWIFT, the Digital Import Clearance
System of AQCS-ICS has been developed by AQCS for purposes of improved
functioning. This would enable migrating from Online NoC
through ICES to online message exchange mode, similar to that of FSSAI and
PQMS. The AQCS-ICS shall be introduced from 01.12.2022. For this, the following
changes will be made in the Customs System:
5.2 Integrated Declaration:
To
enhance the ambit of paperless processing and to facilitate risk-based
inspection, changes in the Integrated Declaration as follows:
a. The importer must upload the Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting
country with Document Code 853AQ1 for the concerned Customs Tariff Items
(CTIs) listed in Annexure A (Sl.No
1) of this Circular.
b. The importer must upload the Laboratory reports/certificate of analysis (COA) with Document
Code 001AQ1, for the concerned CTIs listed in Annexure A (Sl.No 2) of this circular.
c.
The Importer must quote the IRN generated in eSanchit pertaining to Sanitary Import Permit with
document Code 911DF1, issued and uploaded by AQCS, for the concerned CTIs
listed in Annexure A (Sl.No
3) of this Circular to obtain the NoC.
d. The importer must give the following
declaration under Statement Code AQ002 at item level for the CTIs listed in
Annexure B of this Circular: “I certify that the
invoice issued by Authorised officer of Manufacturer in the exporting
country contains a declaration that the product has undergone the irreversible
process of tanning in terms of O.M vide F.No.
L-110110/17/2017-Trade-Part(1) (E-15243) dated
17.12.2021.”
5.3 Risk-based Inspection:
Based
on the above additional data being received through integrated declaration,
risk- based selectivity criteria shall be introduced in stages for CTIs
requiring NoC from AQCS along with the integration of
AQCS-ICS with ICEGATE.
5.4 Post Filing requirements for NoC by
AQCS:
All
documents required to be submitted to AQCS to obtain NoC,
will normally be uploaded during Integrated Declaration. Under circumstances
where additional documents are required by AQCS from the importer post-filing,
the importer may submit the same by logging in via ICEGATE. Till the time that
the integration of AQCS-ICS with ICEGATE is complete, the importer may log in
to the AQCS-ICS portal to submit the additional documents.
5.5 Electronic transmission of NoC to Customs:
The
Online NoC will be automatically transmitted to
ICEGATE, and importers will also have complete visibility as soon as it is
issued (or rejected) by PGA officers. Any further queries by PGA officers
as well as real time tracking of the status of processing of applications can
be accessed through ICEGATE portal and as well as the AQCS-ICS Portal.
6. With the introduction of AQCS-ICS, there is no
change in the role or functioning of Customs officers. The Customs
officers would be able to access the details of the BOEs referred by ICES
to AQCS-ICS. The electronically received Release Order (RO) regarding the BOEs
referred to AQCS-ICS shall be accepted by the Customs. The documents referred
before the implementation of this Circular will continue to be processed in
ICES.
7. Suitable Public Notices may please be issued
to guide the trade/industry.
8. Any
difficulties in this regard may be brought to the notice of the Board at the
earliest.
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Annexure A |
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Sl.No. |
Mandatory
Document |
CTIs |
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1. |
Veterinary
Health Certificate (853AQ1) |
0101,
0102, 0103, 0104, 0105, 0106 (excluding 01061200), 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206
(excluding 02061000, 02062100, 02062200, 02062900, 02063000), 0207, 02081000,
02089090, 0210 (excluding 02102000, 02109200, 02109100, 02109300), 0401, 0402,
0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0502, 0504 (excluding 05040010, 05040031,
05040041, 05040051), 0505 (excluding 05051010, 05059021, 05059031, 05059091),
0506 (excluding 05061011, 05061021, 05061031, 05061041), 0507 (excluding
05071020, 05071010), 0510 (excluding 05100091, 05109011, 05109091), 05111000,
05119929, 05119991, 05119999, 1505, 1601, 1602 (excluding 16025000),
16030010, 16030090, 1901, 19021100, 19021900, 21039090, 21041010, 21041090,
21042000, 2105, 21061000, 21069099, 2301, 2309 (excluding 23099031,
23099032), 3001 (excluding 30019010, 30019091), 30024910, 30024990, 30025900,
30029020, 30029090, 30039031, 30039090, 30069300, 3101, 3501, 3502, 3503
(excluding 35030010), 35040099, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4301, 4302 (excluding
43021940), 5101, 5102, 5103, 6701, 94044010, 94044020, 94044030, 94044040,
94049000, 95069910, 9601 (excluding 96011000, 96019090), 96020030, 98051000 |
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2. |
Laboratory
Reports / Certificate of Analysis (COA) (001AQ1) |
0101,
0102, 0103, 0104, 0105, 0106 (excluding 01061200), 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206
(excluding 02061000, 02062100, 02062200, 02062900, 02063000), 0207, 02081000,
02089090, 0210 (excluding 02102000, 02109100), 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405,
0406, 0407, 0408, 0502, 0504 (excluding 05040010, 05040031, 05040041,
05040051), 0505 (excluding 05051010, 05059021, 05059031, 05059091), 0506
(05061011, 05061021, 05061031, 05061041, 0507 (excluding 05071010, 05071020),
0510 (excluding 05100091, 05109011, 05109091), 05111000, 05119929, 05119991,
05119999, 1505, 1601, 1602 (excluding 16025000), 16030010, 16030090, 1901,
19021100, 19021900, 21039090, 21041010, 21041090, 21042000, 2105, 21061000,
21069099, 2301, 2309 (excluding 23099031, 23099032), 3001( excluding
30019010, 30019091), 30024910, 30024990, 30025900, 30029020, 30029090, 30039031,
30039090, 30069300, 3101, 3501, 3502, 3503 (excluding 35030010), 35040099,
5101, 5102, 5103, 6701, 94044010, 94044020, 94044030, 94044040, 94049000,
95069910, 9601 (excluding 96011000, 96019090), 96020030, 98051000 |
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3. |
SIP
(911DF1) |
0105
(Optional), 0203, 0204, 0205, 0207, 02081000, 02089090, 0210 (excluding
02102000, 02109100, 02109200, 02109300), 0302, 0303 (excluding 03039210),
0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0309, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0408, 0502,
0504 (excluding 05040010, 05040031, 05040041, 05040051), 05040039 (optional),
0505 (excluding 05051010, 05059021, 05059031, 05059091), 0506 (excluding
05061011, 05061021, 05061031, 05061041, 05069011, 05069091), 0507 (excluding
05071010, 05071020), 0510 (excluding 05100091), 05119140, 1601, 1602
(excluding 16025000), 1603, 1604, 1605, 1901 (excluding 19012000), 19021100,
19021900, 2105 , 2301 (excluding 23011010, 23011090), 2309 (excluding
23091000, 23099031, 23099032), 30029020, 30039031, 94044010, 94044020,
94044030, 94044040, 94049000, 95069910, 98051000 |
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Annexure B |
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Leather
Products under Chapter 41 (between 4104 to 4115) not to be routed to AQCS-ICS
for NoC |
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Sl.No. |
HS
Code |
Description
of item |
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1 |
41041100 |
In
the wet state (including wet-6/ue}: Full gains,
unsplit; grain splits |
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2 |
41041900 |
Other |
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3 |
41051000 |
In
the wet state (including wet-blue) |
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4 |
41062100 |
In
the wet state (including wet-blue) |
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5 |
41063100 |
In
the wet state (including wet-blue) |
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6 |
41064000 |
Of
reptiles |
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7 |
41069100 |
In
the wet state (including wet-blue) |
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8 |
41071900 |
Other |
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9 |
41079900 |
Other |
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10 |
41133000 |
Of
reptiles |
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11 |
41139000 |
Other |
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12 |
41141000 |
Chamois
(including combination chamois) leather |
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13 |
41142010 |
Patent
leather and patent laminated leather |
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14 |
41142020 |
Metallised
leather |
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15 |
41151000 |
Composition leather with a basis of leather
kg. 10% -4115 20 -or leatherfiber, in slabs, sheets
or strip, whether or not in rolls |
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16 |
41152010 |
Cuttings
of leather |
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17 |
41152090 |
Other |