The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will roll out pan-India faceless assessment for all imported goods by October 31. Such assessment for import of certain goods was already rolled out in Bengaluru and Chennai ports in June and was extended to Delhi and Mumbai early this month. It will now be expanded in phases to all ports by December 31.
Faceless assessment enables an assessing officer, who is physically located in a particular jurisdiction, to assess a bill of entry pertaining to imports made at a different customs station, whenever such a bill has been assigned to him through an automated system.The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will roll out pan-India faceless assessment for all imported goods by October 31. Such assessment for import of certain goods was already rolled out in Bengaluru and Chennai ports in June and was extended to Delhi and Mumbai early this month. It will now be expanded in phases to all ports by December 31.#
The aims are exponentially faster clearance of goods, reduced interface between trade and Customs officers and enhanced ease of doing business.
CBIC has formed 11 national assessment centres (NACs), comprising the principal commissioners, commissioners of customs.
"...The NACs need to work in a coordinated manner to ensure that all assessments are carried out in a timely manner and there is no delay or hold up of the Bills of Entry. The NACs would also examine the assessment practices of imported goods across Customs stations to bring about uniformity and enhanced quality of assessments," the CBIC said in a circular.
The NACs would have to coordinate with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM) and other directorates to enhance risk assessment.
The key elements of the 'Turant Customs' programme are faceless, contactless and paperless customs clearance processes. This includes faceless or anonymised assessment, self-registration of goods by importers, automated clearances of bills of entry and digitisation of customs documents.
Under its ‘Turant Customs’ programme, CBIC had in June unveiled a secure QR-coded shipping bill that would be electronically sent to exporters after the customs allows export. This eliminates the need for proof of export, and makes the end to end customs export process fully electronic, from the filing of the shipping bill to the final order to allow export.
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