Circular No.ES/ 256/2016-17 January 07, 2017
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Extending the Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) to Exports
Dear Member,
The Council invites you to the earlier Circulars issued by CBEC regarding the Indian Customs Single Window (SWIFT). The project envisages that importers and exporters would electronically lodge their Customs clearance documents at a single point only with the Customs. The required permission, if any, from other regulatory agencies would be obtained online without the importer/exporter having to separately approach these agencies. The Single Window provides the importers/exporters a single point interface for Customs clearance of import and export goods thereby reducing interface with Governmental agencies, dwell time and cost of doing business.
Now, the Board vide Circular No. 1/2017- Customs dated January 4, 2017 has informed that with successful implementation of Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) for imports, it is proposed to implement online-release from Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) for exports from January 5, 2017 onwards as a pilot at Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai Air cargo complexes for CITES/ wildlife items and the procedure regarding the same has been prescribed.
For more information on the matter, you may download the above Circular.
Members are requested to make note of the above.
Thanking you,
V.ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
