Streamlining of Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) in Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EXPORT)

EDI SECTION, 1ST FLOOR, NEW BUILDING,

NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI- 400001

F. No. S/1-09/2019-20 EDI Date: 18.08.2020

Public Notice No: 51/2020 DIN No:202008770000001OF883

Subject: Streamlining of Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) in Bills

of Entry and Shipping Bills

Kind attention of all the Importers, Exporters, Custom Brokers and all other stakeholders is invited CBIC Advisory No 29/2020 dated 17.08.2020 issued by Directorate General of Systems, ICES on the above-mentioned subject wherein Board had undertaken an exercise towards standardization of Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) for purposes of export / import declarations filed on EDI.
2. It is noted that many importers and exporters use UQCs like BGS (Bags), BTL (Bottle), BOX, CTN (Carton), GGR (Gross), HPT (Hopper Ton), KPC (Kilo Parse), ODD and DRM(Drum) etc. which are neither stipulated in the Customs Tariff Act nor prevalent in the normal business transactions. These nonconvertible/inappropriate Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) lead to a poor quality of data capture and related implications. 3. As a first measure, declaration of quantities in Statistical UQCs (SQCs) as prescribed under the Tariff Act have been made mandatory in both imports (since Feb 2019) and exports (since Feb 2020) for every item in addition to the quantities declared in the commercial units as per the invoice. The SQC declarations are being captured in the Single Window table of the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills.

In order to further improve data quality, even among the commercial Unit Quantity Codes (UQCs) declared for the items as per the invoice, henceforth only codes as mentioned in the Annexure attached would be permitted in Bills of Entry/Shipping Bills. Declarations in any other UQC will not be accepted. 5. The above changes will come into effect from 20.08.2020.
6. Action to be taken in terms of decisions conveyed in this Public Notice should be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of officers.

                            Sd/-  
                       
(MANISH MANI TIWARI)                       

Commissioner of Custom (Export),

New Custom House, Mumbai, Zone-I

Copy to:

1. The Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-1.
2. The Commissioner of Customs,General and Preventive, NCH, Mumbai Zone-I
3. The Commissioner of Customs, Audit, Import I & II, NCH, Mumbai Zone-I
4. All Additional Commissioner of Customs, NCH, Mumbai Zone-I
5. All Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs, NCH, Mumbai Zone-I
6. All Section/Groups, NCH, Mumbai Zone-I
7. All Trade Members, Importers, Exporters and All Custom Brokers.
8. AC/DC, EDI for uploading on NCH website immediately.
9. Office Copy

ANNEXURE UQC
Description CBM
CUBIC METER CCM
CUBIC CENTIMETER CMS
CENTIMETER CTM
CARAT DOZ
DOZEN FTS
FEET GIF GRM FISSILE ISOTOPE GMS
GRAMS GRS
GROSS GYD
GROSS YARDS HKS HANKS INC
INCHES KGA
KILOGRAM ACTIVITY KGS
KILOGRAMS KWH
KWH KILO WATT HOUR LBS
POUNDS LTR
LITERS MGS MILLI GRAMS MTR
METER MTS
METRIC TON NOS
NUMBERS PCS
PIECES PRS
PAIRS QTL
QUINTAL SET SETS SQF
SQUARE FEET SQI
SQUARE INCHES SQM
SQUARE METER SQY
SQUARE YARDS TBS TABLETS THD
THOUSANDS TKW
THOUSAND KILO WATT HR UNT UNITS VLS
VIALS YDS
YARDS