Faceless Assessment All India Roll Out

Date:14.09.2020 DIN-202009770000009H53F5 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 60/2020 Sub: Faceless Assessment All India Roll Out -Reg. Kind attention of all the Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers and all other stakeholders is invited to the Board’s Circular No.40/2020-Customs dated 4.9.2020 issued vide F. No.450/26/2019-Cus IV(Pt.) with regards to ‘All India roll-out of Faceless Assessment’. Reference is also made to Circular No. 34/2020-Customs dated 30.07.2020 issued vide F. No. 450/26/2019-Cus IV(Pt) read with Circular No. 28/2020-Customs dated 05.06.2020 issued vide F.No. 450/26/2019- Cus IV(Pt) and Instruction No. 09/2020, dated 05.06.2020 on roll- out of Faceless Assessment under the umbrella of the Turant Customs programme.
2. Board has decided to roll-out the Faceless Assessment at an All India level in all ports of import and for all imported goods by 31.10.2020. The detailed roll-out plan in phases covering different Customs Zones and Chapters of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, including the existing Phases I and II, is given in Annexure I of the said Circular. However, detailed roll-out plan for Mumbai Zone-I i.e. Import I and Import-II Commissionerate is as below:
Group Involved
Date of Implementation Different Customs Zone
Gr. 5, 5A, 5B & 2A 15.09.2020 Mumbai I, II, III, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Begaluru, Chennai, Delhi & Visakhapatnam

IS 15700:2005 Cft No. WRO/SQSC/L-7000051 OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT)-I, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI 400 001. E-mail Id: ag1.mumbai@gov.in Phone: 022-22757433

Gr. 5, 5A, 5B, 4, 3, 2G, 2A & 1A 01.10.2020 Mumbai I, II , III, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Begaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Meerut, Nagpur, Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi (Prev.), Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli (Prev.),
Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneshwar, Patna (Prev.) & Guwahati Gr. 5, 5A, 5B, 4, 3, 2G, 2A, 1A, 1, 6, 2K, 2, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2H, 2I, 2J 31.10.2020 Mumbai I, II , III, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Begaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Meerut, Nagpur, Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi (Prev.), Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli (Prev.),
Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneshwar, Patna (Prev.) & Guwahati

4. For the roll-out of Faceless Assessment, the following procedure shall be followed:-
   4.1. Faceless Assessment Groups: Two FAG shall be created in Import-I and Import-II Commissionerate each for verification of assessment of any bill of entry that shall be assigned to this group by the Customs Automated System.
   4.2. Port Assessment Groups (PAGs): Similarly, Two PAG shall be created in Import-I and Import-II Commissionerate each for verification of the assessment and other related functions as per the normal practice. The PAGs would also handle all other functions pertaining to the bills of entries which are not marked

to the Faceless Assessment Group by the Customs Automated System as well as the bills of entry that are referred by the Faceless Assessment Group at other locations to the port of import for any reason. It is clarified that the port of import is the Customs station of import of the goods where the importer has entered any bill of entry under Section 46 or Section 68 of Customs Act, 1962 for home consumption or warehousing.
4.3. Turant Suvidha Kendra (TSK): TSK created in Zone-1 is a dedicated cell to cater to functions and roles clarified in Public Notice No. 42/2020 dated 14/7/2020. The Turant Suvidha Kendra is basically created to facilitate the trade in completing various formalities relating to the Customs assessment locally at the port of import, as is presently done, even though the actual assessment may be done remotely or virtually by the proper officer physically located in another Customs station.
4.4. Details regarding functions and roles of different Faceless and Port Assessment may be seen from the Circulars and Instructions cited supra and Public Notice 46/2020 dated 1/8/2020 issued by Import II Commissionerate, available on the Zonal Website.
4.5. Difficulties faced in this regard may be brought to the notice of Grievance Redressal Cell (Mr. Anuj Jain, Examiner, TSK, Contact No. 022-22757406, 9928634583) which is being setup for the said purpose and it will be headed by Joint Commissioner (FAG), Import I and Import-II.

-sd- Manoj Kumar Kedia
Commissioner of Customs
New Customs House
Mumbai Zone-1

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Manoj Kumar Kedia
Commissioner of Customs
New Customs House
Mumbai Zone-1