Extending the Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) to Exports
Dated 4th January, 2017 | Copy of | Customs Circular No.1/2017 | F.No.450/101/2016-Cus-IVGovernment of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of Revenue(Central Board of Excise and Customs)New Delhi To,All Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive),All Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise,All Principal/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive),All Principal/Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise. Extending the Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) to Exports - reg. Kind reference is invited to Board’s Circulars No.03/2016 dated 03.02.2016 and No.09/2015 dated 31.03.2015 regarding the Indian Customs Single Window (SWIFT). This project envisages that the 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 ...
Integrated Declaration to ease bottlenecks for importers
The Dollar Business Bureau Good news for the importers, as now they just have to file only one “Integrated Declaration” electronically, whereas currently the process was to submit nine forms to be approved from various government agencies before consignments could be imported. This move has been brought in to remove bottlenecks and to speed up the process. “Integrated Declaration” was developed by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), where all the information that would be required for import clearance by the government agencies has to be incorporated electronically in the form of Bill of Entry. The custom broker or the importer will need to submit the “Integrated Declaration” at a single gateway, i.e. the Customs gateway (ICEGATE). The trial ...