Members of Trade are hereby informed that any Data Transmission to and from Customs will be suspended from 09.07.2021 (i.e. Friday) to 11.07.2021 (i.e. Sunday) due to planned maintenance activity by Customs Authorities. Trade community is requested to plan operations accordingly. [DGFT website]

Directorate General of Systems, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) would be conducting a planned Customs Maintenance activity from 2000 Hours on 9th July 2021 to 1200 Hours on 11th July 2021. Please refer ICEGATE websites for ICEGATE and GSTN advisory. [CBIC website]

Online Filing of Application for Authorised Economic Operators (AEO T2 and AEO T3) Launched

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) Chairman M. Ajit Kumar on 7 July, 2021 inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) T2 and T3 applications. The AEO web application is accessible at URL www.aeoindia.gov.in. The new version (V 2.0) of the web application is designed to ensure continuous real-time and digital monitoring of physically filed AEO T2 and AEO T3 applications for timely intervention and expedience.

The AEO application processing for AEO T1 on the web-based portal www.aeoindia.gov.in has been functional since December 2018. To take this endeavour for digitisation forward, in line with the government’s Digital India initiative, the CBIC Board has launched a new version (V2.0) for on-boarding of AEO T2 and AEO T3 applicants for online filing, real-time monitoring, and digital certification.

For further details, refer to CBIC Circular No. 13/2021-Customs dated 01.07.2021.

[See Circular No.13/2021- Customs dated 1 July 2021 (DINDEX Code 13708) for detail]