The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council

Mandatory filing of Advance Filing of Bill of Entry

Circular No.ES/213/2016-17                         December 5, 2016    

To: Members of the Council

Sub:  Mandatory filing of Advance Filing of Bill of Entry

Dear Member,

This is to inform you that the Office of the Commissioner of Customs, JNCH (Nhava Sheva) has issued Public No. 164/2016 dated 30.11.2016 on the above subject.

It has been decided that all the Bills of Entry pertaining to Full Container Load (FCL) cargo, will have to be filed in the Indian Custom EDI System (ICES) system as Advance/Prior Bills of Entry mandatorily, as a measure to ensure faster clearances, reduce dwell time of cargo and as a step towards ‘Ease of Doing Business’

Members may kindly make note of the same.

Thanking you,

V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR