Additional Checks for CoO Declaration in Bill of Entry

सीमाशुÐक ÿधान आयुĉ कायाªलय (एन एस –I) OFFICE OF THE PR. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (NS– I), जवाहरलाल नेहł सीमाशुÐक भवन /JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, शेवा/SHEVA,
तालुका/ TAL- उरण /URAN,: िजला/DISTRICT- रायगड/RAIGAD, महाराÕů/MAHARASHTRA-400707

फा सं/FN. S/22-Gen-20/2020-21/AM (I)/JNCH Pt-I

        िदनांक /Dated: 07.07.2021 

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. - 64/2021 DIN- 20210778NW0000000E70 Sub: Additional Checks for CoO Declaration in Bill of Entry - reg Attention of all Importers/Exporters, Custom Brokers and other stakeholders is invited to D.G. System, ICES, Advisory No. 17/2021 dated 06.07.2021 (copy enclosed), on the above subject.
2. Reference is also invited to the CBIC’s Notification No. 81/2020-Customs (N.T.) dated 21.08.2020 and JNCH’s Public Notice No. 114/2020 dated 10.09.2020 regarding capturing additional details for Certificate of Origin (hereinafter referred as CoO) in the Bills of Entry as per Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules or CAROTAR, 2020. The mechanism enabled in System for implementing aforesaid Notification has been described in the ICES Advisory No. 34/2020 dated 17.09.2020 and JNCH’s Public Notice No. 120/2020 dated 17.09.2020 to claim preferential rate of duty under the specified trade agreements, the importer or her/his agent have been filing certain additional declarations as per the above rules at the time of filing of Bills of Entry. 3. In continuation now, as per the instructions of the Board, a check has been put in the System to disallow the use of the same CoO number in more than one Bill of Entry. This has been done in respect of those FTAs/PTAs which specify that a CoO shall be valid only for one import or importing operation and may include one or more goods. Assessing/Examining officers are also advised to match the CoO numbers given in the BE vis-à-vis the submitted CoO copy to ensure that the CoO numbers have been declared correctly in the BE. The same CoO number can, however, be given for multiple items in the same Bill of Entry.
4. The above changes will come into effect from 08.07.2021 in the System. Trade and other stakeholders are advised to refer to the above changes for filing the Bills of Entry w.e.f. 08.07.2021. 5. This Public Notice should be considered as Standing Order for the concerned Officers and Staff of Customs JNCH.

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(उ. िनरंजन/ U. Niranjan) ÿधान आयुĉ, सीमाशुÐक / Pr. Commissioner of Customs Copy to: 1. The Pr. Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-II, Nhava Sheva. 2. The Pr. Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs, NS-I,NS-II,NS-III, NS-V,NS-G and NS-Audit, Nhava Sheva. 3.
Additional/Joint/Dy./Asstt. Commissioners of Customs, Nhava Sheva. 4. Sections/Groups/Docks/RMSFC, Nhava Sheva through JNCH website. 5.
Customs Broker Associations- BCBA/WISA. 6. Members of the Trade (MANSA/CFSAI/CSLA etc) as per mailing list. 7. AC/DC, EDI for uploading on JNCH website.

Leveraging Technology for Serving Taxpayers Date: July 6th, 2021 Advisory No: 17/2021 Category: Customs Issued by: DGoS, ICES

Subject: Additional Checks for CoO Declaration in Bill of Entry

Kind reference is invited to the Board Notification No. 81/2020 -Customs (N.T) dated 21.08.2020 regarding capturing additional details for Certificate of Origin (hereinafter referred as CoO) in the Bills of Entry as per Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules or CAROTAR, 2020. The mechanism enabled in System for implementing aforesaid Notification has been described in the ICES Advisory No. 34/2020 dated 17.09.2020. To claim preferential rate of duty under the specified trade agreements, the importer or her/his agent have been filing certain additional declarations as per the above rules at the time of filing of Bills of Entry. 2. In continuation now, as per the instructions of the Board, a check has been put in the System to disallow the use of the same CoO number in more than one Bill of Entry. This has been done in respect of those FTAs/PTAs which specify that a CoO shall be valid only for one import or importing operation and may include one or more goods. Assessing/Examining officers are also advised to match the CoO numbers given in the BE vis-à-vis the submitted CoO copy to ensure that the CoO numbers have been declared correctly in the BE. The same CoO number can, however, be given for multiple items in the same Bill of Entry. 3. Above changes related will come into effect from 08.07.2021 in the System. Public/Trade Notice may kindly be issued on these changes so that the BEs are filed correctly. Deputy Director, ICES