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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)
Circular No. 31/2017-Customs
New Delhi, dated the 25th July, 2017
To,
All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive),
All
Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise/ GST,
All Commissioners of
Customs / Customs (Preventive),
All Commissioners of Customs and Central
Excise/GST.
Madam/ Sir,
Subject: Extending the Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade
(SWIFT) in Exports with WCCB to all EDI locations- reg.
Vide Circular
1/2017-Customs dated 4th Jan, 17, SWIFT was extended on export side
to online clearance for CITES/ wild life items on pilot basis at Chennai,
Mumbai, Delhi Air Cargo Complexes. Under this procedure, Shipping Bills filed on
ICEGATE or through the Service Centre were referred online to the Wild Life
Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) for a 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC), if any
required for CITES/wildlife items.
It has now been decided to extend online referral of WCCB to all Customs EDI
locatiotns with effect from 31st July, 2017. The mapping of Customs EDI locations
to WCCB offices shall remain the same as it was for imports. The Local System
Managers of ICES shall map the roles in ICES to the respective officers from
WCCB. These roles have been defined as part of the SW NOC module in Exports and
are outlined in the user manual developed by DG (Systems).
2. Chief Commissioners of Customs/Central Excise/GST are requested to
sensitize staff, other agencies and customs brokers working under their
jurisdiction to ensure smooth implementation of the SWIFT online clearance
module with WCCB in exports. Difficulty faced, if any, may be brought to the
notice of the Board at the earliest. Further, a suitable Public Notice may be
issued for the information of the Trade with a copy to the local offices of the
Agencies.
Yours faithfully
(Zubair Riaz)
Director (Customs)
[F.
No.450/101/2016-Cus-IV]
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