Procedure for Manual Correction in EDI Bills of Entry at JNCH
[Public Notice No. 134/2018 dated 01.10.2018]
The following Public Notice was issued by the Office of the Commissioner of
Customs, Nhava Sheva-III
Mumbai Customs Zone-II
Subject: - Procedure to be followed for “Manual correction in EDI Bills of Entry
JNCH.
Attention of the
Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and other stakeholders coming under the
jurisdiction of Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH), Nhava
Sheva and all other stakeholders is invited towards
“present practice being observed for taking delivery of consignment after out
of charge (OOC) has been obtained but error is detected generally in “Container
No” as declared in the Bill of Entry.
2. As per the
practice being followed till date, in such cases importers or their authorised Customs Broker have been taking hard copy of the
EDI Bill of Entry to “Import Noting Section” of JNCH and obtaining manual
endorsement on such copy of Bill of Entry after verification of correct
Container No from Import General Manifest (IGM) by “Import Noting section”.
Such containers were allowed delivery on the basis of such amendments. However,
no amendments were carried out in Electronic Bill of Entry filed in the ICES
and no amendment fees were paid.
3. Similar
procedure was being followed in cases where there was error in declaration of
type of container (LCL /FCL) or where “Container No” was not at all mentioned
in the Bill of Entry.
4. After
introduction of e-Sanchit vide Public Notice No.
31/2018, dated 01.03.2018, earlier system of deposit of hard copy of EDI Bill
of Entry has been discontinued. Moreover, correction of wrong particulars
entered in the Bill of Entry is actually “amendment process”, which is required
to be carried out in the system after payment of amendment fees.
5. In view of
above, it has been decided to discontinue the existing manual endorsement
procedure being followed at Nhava Sheva.
Following procedure would be required to be followed by Importer / Customs
Brokers in such cases:
i. In
case error / mistake is noticed / detected prior to obtaining OOC, the Importer
or his Customs Broker have to approach respective group for amendment before
taking “Out of Charge”. The step by step procedure would be as under:
a. Approach Group for
approval of amendment
b. Approach Service Centre for amendment
c. Approval of amendment by Group in the system
d. Forwarding BE to docks / RMS Facilitation Cell
for OOC
ii. In case, error / mistake is detected after
“OOC” has been obtained, OOC has to be cancelled and Bill of Entry would be
recalled by the concerned Group for amendment and correction in Container
number / other particulars as discussed above. The step by step procedure would
be as under:
a. Approach Group for approval of amendment
b. Approach EDI for cancellation of OOC
c. Recall of BE by Group
d. Approach Service Centre for amendment
e. Approval of amendment by Group in the system
f. Forwarding BE to docks / RMS Facilitation
Cell for OOC
iii. DC/ AC Groups and DC / AC EDI have been
advised to approve such amendment requests on priority (within 2 hours of
receipt of request).
6. It is also
advised that Custom Brokers should be more systematic and sincere while filing
Bills of Entry to avoid such typing mistakes as such mistakes not only delays
the clearance but also increases cost.
7. Applicable fee
of such amendment in system to be paid. [Please refer Notification No.
36/2017-Cus (NT), dated 11.04.2017 (Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Amendment
Regulations, 2017) regarding amendment of Bill of Entry under Section 149 of Customs Act, 1962]
8. In case of any
difficulty, the specific issue may be brought to the notice of Additional
Commissioner in charge of ‘RMS Facilitation Cell’, NS-III.
9. Action to be
taken in terms of decisions taken in this Public Notice should be considered as
standing order for the purpose of officers and staff.
10. Revised
procedure as specified in this Public Notice will be effective from 5th October 2018.
F. No.
S/12-Gen/Misc-216/DPD-RMS/16-17/JNCH Dated 01.10.2018