EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

Central Board of Excise & Customs Enabling easy & secure

Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
Government of India
SINGLE WINDOW Trade flows…
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Facilty to lodge clearnce documents at a single point only
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Required permissions from other regulatory agencies obtained online

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Introduce risk assessment in PGA ( Participating Govt. Agency) clearance
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Trade does not have to approach different agencies
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Reduce interface, dwell time & cost of business
SINGLE WINDOW – KEY FEATURES
FY – 2015-16 FY – 2016-17
CORE MODULES ENHANCEMENTS

Integrated Declaration Compliance

information portal
Automated Routing E-Payment of PGA charges

Integrated Risk Assessment Event Notification

& Tracking
Online Release Appointments Management
Automatic License
Paperless Processing
Verification
AUTOMATED ROUTING Upon filing, declarations will be routed automatically
to concerned agencies

Presently, it is based on CCRs and a manual

decision of the Customs officers in other location or
at time of assessment/Entry Inward
Receive
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Concerned agency will process
 declarations, give NOC/
Clearance online on ICES ,
Route Respond OR
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System will transfer required data to participating
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Agency’ own system
Process
 Importer/Exporter will receive PGA clearances
online
ONLINE CLEARANCES
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ICES will collate all agency
 clearances and provide final
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 clearance to Importer
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Participating Government Agency will enter Release
Order Status into ICES application.
ONLINE
CLEARANCES
 SW-NOC MODULE
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System of online granting of “No Objection Certificate” (NoC) under ICES
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 Agencies – WCCB, AQCS, Drugs
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Agencies will be connected to the ICES
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 System will then automatically re-direct the Bills of entry

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CHA/Importer to produce hard copies of check-lists, import licenses,
 and other
certificates/documents as required by the Agency, with copy of BE
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Agency retrieve the Bill of Entry online on ICES, verify the documents and record its
decision online
AGENCY RESPONSE OPTIONS
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Release No Objection Certificate
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 Out of Scope: Item does not require PGA NOC
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 Reject: Item is not permitted for clearance for home consumption. 
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Recommendation in respect of the item such as re-export or destruction. PGA to record remarks online.
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 Customs shall take further necessary action on the Bill of Entry.
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Withhold NOC:
 documentation  NOC temporarily withheld for want of further
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PGA to record remarks online. These BEs can be retrieved by PGA’s office for a further decision
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 (Release/Provisional NOC/Out-of-Scope/Reject) after the information is received.

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 Provisional NOC: NOC is granted subject to the production of Letters of 
 Guarantee and carrying out testing of samples as required by PGA’. 
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Customs may releasegoods after a Bond or Letter of Guarantee is accepted for the Bill of Entry and the requisite
samples are drawn.
SW LAB MODULE
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Make online
 the process of referring samples of consignment for testing and
analysis
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At examination stage - examination instructions, CCRs, documents or goods
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 Customs to generateTest Memos online, record the details of the samples drawn online
and print test memos
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dispatch the samples
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Lab access the Test Memo details online, and record the results/ findings online
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Customs locations and CTHs to be mapped to the Labs – LSMs
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Importers to furnish the required documents to the respective agencies
HOW TO KNOW IF NOC IS REQUIRED - TRADE
1. Document Status in ICEGATE

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2. Other Govt. Agencies Release order status
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INTEGRATED RISK Intelligent Routing
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ASSESSMENT Participating Government Agencies will
implement risk-based intervention
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Develop selectivity criteria
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 Implement through a system
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Integrate with Risk Management System
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Selective intervention leads to faster
clearance
INTEGRATED
DECLARATION
Submission of data at one entry point
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 Data will be filed electronically at a single point (ICEGATE).
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Formats for import
 and export declarations being updated with requirements of
 other agencies.
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 Information contained in
Customs declarations will be re-used by other agencies.
Redundancy eliminated
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 Separate applications to different agencies will be dispensed with
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 Trade does not have to approach different agencies.
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Will coverclearance-related applications, declarations of other government
agencies.
9 Separate documents to be replaced by Integrated Declaration
INTEGRATED Identification ( IDT)
Name ( PNM)
DECLARATION Category ( CTG)
SW Item Characteristics (
Information CHR) Composition
Production detail
Control
Present
BE Data + Supporting
Docs Info

Declaration
Statements
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Qualifier Concept
INTEGRATED INFO_TYPE -> Broad Category

DECLARATION INFO_QUALIFIER -> Type of Detail sought ( Breed, Plant Part etc.)
INFO_CODE, INFO_TEXT -> Values of details ( code or text or uqc )
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Level Concept
Master , Invoice or Item Level
Control, Statement, Supporting Doc ( eg. 1 BE has 2 invoice & 5 item each)
BE level Invoice 2 In 2; it 3 In 1; it 4 Inv 1

Invoice Sl.no 0 2 2
Item Sl.no 0 0 3

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Directory driven concept individual
Field to directory based
– dynamic and accommodate different requirements
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Statement Code
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Supporting Doc Code
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PEC Code
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EU Mapping
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Code Map
INTEGRATED How To Identify PGA Requirement
DECLARATION 
 SUBMISSION - Data requirement
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Identified CTH
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PEC Exception Category (ADC list of chemicals etc. )

CTH – PEC = Submission Requirement

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Selection – Routing for PGA
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Data elements
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End Use (Coded – GNX100, GNX200 )
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Control Elements (Previous Test Report etc. )
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Risk criteria
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Random sampling
INTEGRATED DECLARATION –> BE_SW_INFO
Type Qualifier Code Text Measure

IDT MIC AST23478

Identification (Microchip No.)
IDT CAS 7732-18-5
( water)
PNM SCI Musa acuminata
(Product Name) (Scientific Name)
PNM COM Banana
(Common Name)
CTG PLP PLP001
(Plant Part) (Rhizomes)
CHR BRD ( Breed) Siamese

CHR CLR ( Color) Grey

CHR STT 273 K ( UQC

(Storage Temp.) separate Column)
INTEGRATED DECLARATION –> CONSTITUENT, PROD
Constituent Details
Const. Sr.No Element Nm. Element Code Const. % Const.yield % Active Ingrd.

Production Details
Batch ID Batch Qty UQC Manu Dt Expiry Dt. Best Before
Dt.
INTEGRATED DECLARATION
Control Code Start date & End Control Result Control Text
date Code
004PT1 01/02/2016 – 004PT101 azo dyes cleared
31/08/2016
005V01 01/03/2016 005V0101
( Vaccinated)

Control – is regulatory/ action performed on cargo/cargo hold/ Container – or to be performed

Statement – Is declaration / Undertaking/ Remark provided by the Importer – move towards

Paperless initiative
Statement Type Statement Code Control Result Code
Control Text
UTG WP001 I/we hereby declare that I/we have the license(s) for goods
imported in this Bill of Entry for the possession of Wireless
Receiving and or Transmitting Apparatus in India as required
under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933.
INTEGRATED Finally – Check that
DECLARATION
PQ FSSAI AQ DC WCCB

PCN FSP COM DRC COM

PLP STC Prod Details SCI

PLC Manuf. details

PQV Transit Country

SCI Source Country

PAPERLESS PROCESSES
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 to file BE digitally signed
Importer/CHA
 [Implemented]
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  signed supporting
Importer/CHA to file digitally
 documents – invoices, LPCOs

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Custodian to receive digitally singed Out of Charge

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Eliminate Routine printouts in the Shed
Copyright creative commons
 UPLOADING OF SUPPORTING DOCS
CBEC eDocument Repository

E-document
Unique
Number
Generation
Digital Signature
ICEGATE Upload

Hardcopy Scanning

Unique Number
Customs Broker
CO-ORDINATED ACTION BY 
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Participating Agencies remain competent in their
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES 
 respective areas
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Referrals to competent Government  agencies will
 continue as per current regulations
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Expected to progressively reduce  rates of testing based
 on principles of risk management
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 Delegation of authority to Customs
 for examination
& to collect samples for testing
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
Standard Operating Procedures and timelines
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Copyright of the picture Creative Commons

Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC)

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24X7 operations
 Present Status
 Online Clearance and Automatic Routing implemented with AQ, PQ, FSSAI, ADC,
WCCB and TC in imports.
 SW in Exports is slated to roll out by 31st December 2016.
 Integrated Risk Assessment implemented for aforementioned agencies.
 Requisite infrastructure for implementation of Paperless Processing is in the process
of acquisition.
 DG (Systems) is in designing phase of module for Automatic Transmission and
Verification of LPCOs.
 Indian Customs Single Window
Enabling easy & secure trade
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance THANK YOU flows…
Government of India