Circular No.ES/ 233 /2017-18 November 21, 2017
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Truncated Bank Account numbers of IEC holders as reported by State Bank of India
Dear Member,
We have received a message from Sahar Air Cargo Customs regarding issuance of a Public Notice No. 40/ 2017 in connection with the above subject.
In this regard, it has been reported by State Bank of India, International Air Cargo Complex Branch, Sahar, Mumbai that the amount of Drawback sanctioned and forwarded by Customs for crediting into the Bank account of the concerned exporters could not be credited due to truncation /distortion of the 13- digit Account Numbers into 11- digit Account Numbers. Accordingly, State Bank of India branch, ACC has returned the amount by cheques to the Customs Drawback (EDI) department with a request to examine and find a solution to the problem of truncation/distortion of the Account Numbers of the exporters.
Sahar Air Cargo has informed us that, a meeting was held with the Stakeholders / Representatives of Customs Brokers and the Chief Manager, State Bank of India, ACC branch. In the meeting, it was decided that State Bank of India will communicate the problem of truncation/ distortion of Account Numbers to the concerned exporters by way of bulk SMS and E-mail with a request to get their account numbers corrected by Customs (EDI), ACC, Mumbai.
Further, as a Pro-Trade facilitation measure, a list of IECs in respect of the account numbers which have been found to be truncated/distorted along with the list of Shipping Bills in respect to the particular Scrolls/date is also shared with FIEO, Export Promotion Councils and Customs Broker Association with a request to advise the exporters to approach the Customs for necessary action.
The above mentioned lists are also uploaded on the website accmumbai.gov.in for ready reference. Therefore, all exporters whose IEC figures in the list of truncated/ distorted bank account are requested to approach Customs for re-validation of their Bank Account to the norms stipulated by Core Banking Solutions. Moreover, these exporters are also required to make an application to the Customs DBK (EDI) Section with a request to process the payment of Drawback claim manually.
Further, to meet this exigency, Customs Department has dispensed with many formalities of taking NOC from various sections of Export/Import Commissionerate in relation to procedure of disbursement of drawback claims from EDI to Manual mode in the above referred list of IECs.
Members are requested to make a note of the above.
Thanking You,
S. BALARAJU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
