Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Room No. 253-A, North Block,
12th May, 2011, New Delhi-110001.
To,
All Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Prev.)/ C&CE,
All Directors General of CBEC,
All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.) / C&CE
All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise (Appeals).
CORRIGENDUM
Subject: Manual filing and processing of bills of entry / shipping bills -
stringent checks required to prevent misuse -reg.
Sir / Madam,
Attention is invited to instructions issued vide Board's instruction of even
number dated 4.5.2011 on the subject mentioned above.
- Paragraph 2 of the said instruction is hereby omitted and the subsequent
paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are renumbered as 2, 3 and 4. Further, the renumbered
paragraph 2 shall read as under:
"2. The Board has taken a serious note of the cases of misuse detected on
account of manual documentation as well as of casual manner in which this
facility is being extended, which is prone to be detrimental to revenue.
Accordingly, to redress the issue it has been decided that manual processing and
clearance of import/export goods shall be allowed only in exceptional and
genuine cases when it is not feasible to process the import/export documents
through EDI. Further, in accordance with Sections 46 and 50 of the Customs Act,
1962, this authority shall be exercised only by the Commissioner of Customs. It
is reiterated that the facility of manual processing of import/exports documents
shall be provided as an exception to the rule of EDI processing and whenever
granted it shall be withdrawn no sooner EDI processing is feasible."
- The other contents of the said instruction shall remain unchanged.
Yours faithfully,
(Vikas)
Under Secretary (Customs-III/VI)
Telefax-011-2309 5532
Fax-011-2309 2173-
F.No.401/81/2011-Cus.III