The Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, operating under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, has issued Advisory No: 01/2024 on January 16, 2024, addressing the upcoming Union Budget 2024-25.
Subject: Updation of changes vide Bucket 2024-25 in System
With the Union Budget 2024-25 scheduled for presentation in Parliament on February 1, 2024, the Directorate General of Systems, New Delhi, will oversee the updation of Notifications and Tariff Directories in the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES). Nominated budget officers from Directory Management sites will carry out this exercise after the budget presentation.
Impact on Filing of Bills of Entry (BE):
- Filing of Bills of Entry (BE) will be unavailable from 11:00 hours onwards on February 1, 2024, until the completion of ICES updation. Section 48 approvals will also cease after 11:00 hours on the same day.
- However, services at ICEGATE, apart from BE filing, will continue as usual. The system will remain available to officers for other functions in ICES.
Export Related Guidelines: While Shipping Bill (SB) filing and assessment will continue without disruption, sites must monitor Let Export Orders of relevant SBs given after February 1, 2024, until online directory changes are completed. Any changes in export duty or other levies in the Union Budget should be manually collected until the online updates are implemented.
Prior Bills of Entry and System Availability:
- Processing of BEs filed before 11:00 hours on February 1, 2024, will proceed normally. However, field formations should track Prior Bills of Entry filed on or before this date for any changes in duty liability before granting Out of Charge (OOC).
- The filing and processing of documents (BE) will resume after suitable updates are made in ICES according to the Budgetary changes. Typically, this process takes around 48 hours, provided no substantial new levies are introduced in the Budget.
Importers, Customs Brokers, and trade members are advised to plan the clearance of their BEs in consideration of the outlined timelines. The cooperation of all stakeholders is essential to ensure a smooth transition in compliance with the Budgetary changes.
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Directorate General of Systems and Data Management
CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES & CUSTOMS
Dept. of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Advisory No: 01/2024 Date: 16 Jan., 2024
Category: Budget Updation
Issued by: DGoS, ICES
Subject: Updation of changes vide Bucket 2024-25 in System
The Union Budget 2024-25 is expected to be presented in the Parliament on 01.02.2024. Consequent to the same, the exercise of updation of Notifications and Tariff Directories in ICES would be undertaken by nominated budget officers from Directory Management sites under the supervision of Directorate General of Systems, New Delhi, after the presentation of Budget 202425.
2. Consequent to the presentation of Budget on 01.02.2024, filing of Bills of Entry (BE) would not be available from 11:00 hours onwards on 01.02.2024 till the completion of updation of all changes in ICES. Section 48 approvals would also be stopped after 11:00 hours on 01.02.2024. Other than filing of BE, all other services at ICEGATE will continue as usual. System will also be available to officers for other functions in ICES.
3. Since Shipping Bill (5B) filing and assessment will continue as usual, in the event of changes in the Export Duty and Export Cess or other export related levies in the forthcoming Union Budget, it is advised that the respective sites shall keep a track of Let Export Order of the relevant SBs given after 1st February 2024 till the directory changes are made online. Till such time export duty or cess or any other export levies imposed, consequent to the changes owing to aforesaid Budget, should be collected manually thereon.
4. Further, while processing of BEs filed before 11:00 hours on 1st February 2024 will continue as usual, the field formations should keep a track for Prior Bills of Entry filed before on or before 1st February 2024 for any change of duty liability before giving OOC.
5. System will be available for filing and processing of documents (BE) only after suitable updation is made in ICES according to the Budgetary changes. This is generally carried out within 48 hours in association with Directory Management sites and NIC if no substantial new levies are notified in the Budget. Importers / Customs Brokers and members of the trade may be suitably advised to schedule clearance of their BEs in view timelines as indicated above.
Deputy Director, ICES
