Notice to Trade INDIA from NEW GLOBE LOGISTIK

Notice To Trade: Submission of EDI Bills of Entry @ Service Centre – To be stopped on 17.02.2014 @ 06.00 P.M [18:00 HRS]

Dear partners,

We wish to bring it to the kind attn. on Public Notice No. 09/2014 addressed to the entire Trade, Industry and CHA Association that ‘Vote on Account’, is scheduled to be presented in the parliament on 17.02.2014 instead of a regular Budget Exercise of previous years and therefore, the submission of EDI Bills of Entry at the Service Centre is to be stopped on 17.02.2014 at 06.00 P.M.

In view of the above, no Bills of Entry should be submitted into Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) 1.5, at the Data Centre after 06.00 PM on 17.02.2014. Submission of Bills of Entry through ICEGATE will also be stopped on 17.02.2014 at 05.00 PM. Submission of Bills of Entry at Service Centers / through ICEGATE would remain closed till ICES 1.5 is updated with the Vote on Account changes. All other functions of ICES 1.5 would continue as usual.

To avoid inconvenience due to the Vote on Account Exercise and changes in the notification and other directories, all stake holders are requested to expedite the clearance and take Out of Charge of their Bills of Entry in the pipeline before the Directory changes are enabled in Production of ICES. Further, Section 48 permissions in ICES, from 5.00 onwards on 17.02.2014, will not be allowed by any Dy. / Asstt. Commissioners

This information of ICEGATE being shut down for filing of Bill of Entry on 17.2.2014 from 5.00 PM onwards is being flashed on the website www.icegate.gov.in and all other services at ICEGATE will continue as usual.

Owing to the above development, the Shipping Bill filings, meant for exports, too is expected to slow down. In this regards, we request our valued patrons, to expedite their clearance process in the CFS for the shipments in pipeline, scheduled for stuffing on Monday – 17.02.2014 & Tuesday – 18.02.2014

Best Regards,

NEW GLOBE LOGISTIK