Deferred payment of Customs duty

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Public Notice No.-03/ 2017-18

Subject: Deferred paymentof Customs duty -rer, Attention of all Exporters/ Customs brokers /Shipping Lines/ Custodians and Members ol Crade f arvited ta the Board's Civeular Number 52/2016-Custom dated 15.11.2016 regarding deferred paynient of Custom Duty, zs, Customs Notification No. 134/2016-Customs (N.T) & 135/2016-Customs (NLT) dated 2" November, 2010 permitting Importers certified under Authorized Economic Operator Programme as ALO (Ties Tivo y snd AUO (Tier-Three) to make deferred payment of duty of Customs.

• Every importer certified as AEO-T2/AEO-T3 shall obtain ICEGATE Login which is essential to eed henelits envisaged in the AEO Programme, Further, in order to avail the facility of deferred payment, ove ARO-T2/ALO-T3 is advised to nominate a nodal person borne on their establishment who world he responsible for authenticating all the customs related transactions op behalfof the AO. Since the option of deferred payment has been extended only to AEO (Tier-Two) and ALO (Tier-Three), itis important for Mie Aff) to exercise due caution in nominating the AEO nodal person to prevent misuse of facility of detorrost payrnent, The contact details of AKO nodal person shall also be provided in ICEGATE login to ensure that ihe information reaches in time at their registered mail for authentication.

4 As per cule 4 of the Deferred Payment of lmport Duty Rules, an eligible importer who intetiels Gs avail the benefit of deferred payment shall intimate to the Principal Commissioner of Custonis oF fie Conmnissioner of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the port of clearance, his intention ty avail the said benefit. An intimation addressed to the AEO Programnie Manager with a copy to tn Principal Comimissioner(s) of Customs or the Commissioner(s) of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the port(s) of clearance shall be considered as an intimation by an eligible importer of his itention to avail the said benefit.

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. ‘Vhe elivible importer who intends to make deferred payment shall indicate the same using flap "D" inthe Payment Method column of Bill of Entry filed. In order to ensure that the facility of deferved payment is availed only by the eligible importer, option has been provided in (CEGATE Login for ALO Nodal person ta acknowledge such intent and authenticate using One Time Password (OTP) sent to his registered entail address. The Nodal person would be able to authenticate multiple Bills of Entry at once. Only on ouch authentication by the eligible AEO importer, customs clearance would be provided for the consipniicnt wider deferred payment of duty Rules.

G. rhe due dates for deferred payment of import duty by eligible importers are specified in vale 6 ot che said Rules. The eligible importer also has an option to select the challans belonging to the deferre:! period and pay atanytime, even before the due date at their convenience, Te Reports regarding availing of deferred payment at each port are made available in ths. Phe Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs may monitor the same for their jt igdiciion. 8, Difficulty faced in this regard, ifany, may be brought to the notice of this office. AAT SSL— cf} eat ant Yssh) (P. V. R. REDDY) yeitet area /Principal Commissioner, F. No. VIHI/48- 03/PN/AG/CHM/2017-18 Date: 12.04.2017 Copy to: nOK ‘ opy ay oa 1. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Gujarat Zone, Ahmedabad. * Oy \ 2. The Principal Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad/ Kandla \S Ly

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3. ‘The Commissioner of Customs, Jamnagar. ; 4, The Additional Commissioners, Custom House, Mundra. 5. All Deputy/Assistant Commissioners, Custom House Mundra. 6. ‘The Shipping Agent Association, Mundra. 7. ‘The Customs Brokers Association, Mundra

4. The Container Freight Station Association, Mundra., 9. The Kandla custom House Agent Association, Kandla 10. M/s MICT, Terminal, Mundra.

5. M/s Adani Port & Special Economic Zone Ltd., Mundra. 12. Notice Board/Guard File. . 13. EDI Section for uploading on the website

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