SINGLE WINDOW PROJECT Enabling easy & secure trade flows… Central Board of Excise & Customs Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Government of India

AUTOMATED CARGO PROCESSES  Automated Regulatory Clearance  Indian Customs EDI System  Indian Customs e-Commerce Gateway  Indian Customs Single Window (implementation is underway)  Automated Cargo Clearance  Customs integration with Port and Cargo Community Systems  EDI with stakeholders  e-Freight

INDIAN CUSTOMS EDI SYSTEM  Complete automation of Customs operations  Supports automated cargo clearance processes  Covers over 99% of Air cargo operations  Supported by Risk Management Systems  Near 100% electronic payment of Customs duties/taxes  Online management of Bonds; Guarantees  Integrated Cargo Processing with ground handlers

INDIAN CUSTOMS E-COMMERCE GATEWAY (ICEGATE)  A million EDI messages every day  Remote EDI filing is over 95%  Integrated with India’s Port Community System, Terminal  Digital signatures and authentication  Connectivity with Air Cargo Community Systems, Airlines, Consol Agents & Ground handlers  Transferring Trade Statistics  Many more services……

SINGLE WINDOW – KEY FEATURES Integrated Declaration Automated Routing Integrated Risk Assessment Online Release Paperless Processing Compliance information portal E-Payment of PGA charges Event Notification & Tracking Appointments Management Automatic License Verification CORE MODULESENHANCEMENTS FY – FY –

INTEGRATED DECLARATION Submission of data at one entry point  Information contained in Customs declarations will be re-used by PGAs.  Formats for import and export declarations will be updated with additional requirements.  NSW Data Set - data will be filed at a single point (ICEGATE) as an ‘integrated declaration’.  Trade does not have to approach different agencies and file different forms/ checklists. Separate applications will be dispensed with.  Will cover clearance-related applications, declarations of PGAs.  Not an application for a license or permit.

AUTOMATED ROUTING Upon filing, declarations will be routed automatically to concerned agencies Presently, it is based on CCRs and a manual decision of the Customs officers  Concerned agency will process declarations on ICES module, OR  Transfer of required data to PGAs own system  Will be managed by the “PGA corridor”, as part of the Risk Management System Receive Route Process Respond

INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT  PGAs will implement risk-based intervention  Develop selectivity criteria  Examination &/or testing – random &/or %  Automatic determination  Integrate with Risk Management System  Selective intervention leads to faster clearance

ONLINE CLEARANCES Importer/Exporter will receive clearances online  ICES will collate all agency clearances and provide final release to trader  Agency will deliver online response/ clearance message to Customs via ICEGATE or  Agency will enter NOC/Permits into ICES application  Custodian will receive Out of Charge Message electronocally ONLINE CLEARANCES

PAPERLESS PROCESSES Trader will submit supporting documents digitally:  Importer/exporter/CHA can scan, digitally sign and upload supporting documents  Includes invoices, packing lists, licenses, certificates, permits etc issued by other government agencies  Pdfs or scanned images of supporting documents to be accessed via hyperlinks in Customs Declaration  Supporting documents to be dematerialized progressively  Routine printouts at Customs to be eliminated  Electronic Let Export order and Out of Charge to be issued with digital signatures Copyright creative commons

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION PORTAL Comprehensive view of product-wise compliance requirements  Trade will see the commodity compliance requirements as implemented on SW- same databases & business logic.  For import/export of any product  Step-wise procedures, conditions, documentary requirements  Service locations, business hours, service levels, enquiry points and helpdesk for each step in the procedure  Trade can determine duties, fees & charges online  Links on governing laws and procedure for the commodity. Live, accurate, up to date info. SHIPPING BILL TRANSPARENCY LICENSE NOC APPLICATION FORMS TESTING PERMITS NOC APPLICATION CERTIFICATE CONDITIONS NOTIFICATION CIRCULAR BILL OF ENTRY DUTY OF END-USE SAMPLE HELPDESK ENQUIRY POINTS CESS LAB WORKING HOURS WEBSITE

AUTOMATIC LICENSE VERIFICATION Applies : For all Licenses/ Permits/Certificates that are issued electronically Referred to as a ‘supporting document’ Accessible by ICES/ ICEGATE Document issuer transmits data to ICES or permits online access to its database. Verification points: Document Number Beneficiary Party Issuing agency Issue Date Validity Date Note: Customs is not involved in the issue of licenses permits and certificates.

EVENT NOTIFICATION, TRACKING & SCHEDULING Trade to receive integrated status notifications for regulatory and logistics events  Source systems of Customs, other agencies, Custodians, ports etc ‘push’ update notifications to a common platform  Platform publishes - trade and transport actors subscribe to notification updates  Platform also receives tracking facilities for vessels, trains, vehicles, containers  GPS & RFID based tracking services and sensor inputs to be integrated into the platform  Notified events to trigger the next activity. TIME IS MONEY

APPOINTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Participating Government Agencies will co- ordinate actions/ processing  Participating Agencies remain competent in their respective areas, but their field activities will be co-ordinated through an Appointment Management System  All PGA resources, service outlets will be asked to specify their work schedules and calendars online Copyright of the picture Creative Commons

ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF DUTIES FEES & CHARGES All import and export charges (duties, taxes, fees) to be paid online  ePayment of Customs duties mandatory  Several Agencies also accept online payment;  Other agencies to be included in Single Window  Transparent fee schedules & services  Payment via ePayment Gateways

THANK YOU Indian Customs Single Window Enabling easy & secure trade flows… Central Board of Excise & Customs Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Government of India