MANU/CUCR/0014/2019

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department/Board : CBEC Customs

Circular No. : 14/2019-Customs

Date : 03.06.2019

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Circular No. 35/2018 dated 01.10.2018 MANU/CUCR/0035/2018

Citing Reference:
Circular No. 35/2018 dated 01.10.2018 MANU/CUCR/0035/2018  Referred

To

All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs,
Customs & Central Taxes and Customs (Preventive).
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs,
Customs & Central Taxes and Customs (Preventive)
All Participating Government Agencies (PGAs)

Simplified auto-registration of beneficiaries (IEC holders) on ICEGATE for eSANCHIT and other benefits

I am directed to refer to Board's circular No. 35/2018 dated 01.10.2018 wherein it was stated that CBIC was working towards bringing all the Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) under eSANCHIT and enable PGAs who issue Licenses, Permits, Certificates and Other Authorizations (LPCOs) to upload the documents themselves instead of importer/exporter. The IRN of the uploaded documents would be communicated to the beneficiary importer/exporter for quoting the same in their declaration. The importers, exporters, Customs Brokers and other beneficiaries transacting with Customs were, therefore, requested to come forward and register on ICEGATE Portal. A detailed procedure was also made available for this purpose.

2. However, the response from the trade has not been encouraging. The matter was examined in consultation with the Directorate General of Systems. For successful implementation of PGA-eSANCHIT, it is essential that beneficiaries are registered with ICEGATE portal. Once the facility of uploading the LPCOs on eSANCHIT by PGAs is implemented, the beneficiaries will not be allowed to upload the same themselves. Out of 48 PGAs, nodal officers of around 29 PGAs have registered with ICEGATE and will commence uploading LPCOs shortly.

3. It was reported that one of the bottlenecks in registration was the requirement of Digital Signature Certificate of beneficiaries. For the effective implementation of PGA-eSANCHIT and other planned enquiries and interactions, it was decided to simplify the registration process on ICEGATE for those importers and exporters that do not intend to do any filing of documents through ICEGATE and would use the login only as an information and interaction portal.