Government of
Office of the Commissioner
of Customs
Custom House, Kandla, Near
Fax: (02836) 271467:
Subject:
Procedure for E-Payment of Customs Duties under the Indian Customs EDI system –
(ICES)
Imports at Kandla -regarding
1. Attention of the trade is invited to the Public Notice No 18/2004
dated 06/07/2007 issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Kandla regarding payment of Customs Duty and registration
of goods for examination. In addition to the facility of payment of Customs
Duty at the Kandla branch of State Bank of
2. This
Trade Notice outlines the changes to the Customs procedures, on the ICES for
importers/CHAs who choose to pay duties through e-Payment
mode.
3. After
the introduction of the ICES at Kandla only the State
Bank of India Bank branch at Kandla had been the designated
bank to receive payments of Customs Duty and any other Customs dues.
4. In
addition, as a trade facilitation measure, it has been decided to authorize
more bank branches for collection of Custom Duties. RBI has designated to State
Bank of India, Kandla Branch Bank (BSR Code 2658) has
been authorized to collect Custom Duty w.e.f. 14/08/2007.
The importers operating at
5. The
Kandla Port is also starting e-payment of Customs
Duties via e-payment gateway with State Bank of India Bank.
6. Importer/CHA,
who have internet enabled accounts with the State Bank of
7. Existing
Procedure for payment of duty on the ICES
(a)
After
the assessment is completed, the ICES sends a challan message electronically to the computers of the
designated bank. Simultaneously, a printout of the TR-6 challan
(in 4 copies) is generated by the ICES for the Importer / CHA along with the
assessed copy of the Bill of Entry. For ICEGATE users, the challan
message us also communicated through ICEGATE by e-mail.
(b)
The
Importer / CHA physically presents all the four copies
of the TR-6 challan at the designated bank along with
the monetary instruments (cash, demand draft, pay order, instruction of debit of
bank account at the designated bank etc) for payment of duty.
(c)
The
bank enters the particulars of receipt of the amount in their System and
returns two copies of TR-6 challan to the CHA /
importer duly stamped and signed. The bank retains two copies of the TR-6 challan.
(d)
After
receipt of the duty, the bank conveys this information electronically to the
ICES. The ICES permits registration of goods, which is a prelude to Customs
examination, only after receipt of electronic payment confirmation from
designated bank.
(e)
The
stamped challans are then presented, along with other
documents for registration of goods for examination.
8. Procedure
after implementation of E-Payment Module
The
existing system of duty payment by physical mode shall continue as it is done presently.
However, the facility of duty payment by electronic mode (E-Payment) is being
introduced as an additional facilitation measure to the trade. The importers / CHAs are requested to avail the facility by observing the
following procedures.
(a)
The
person desirous of availing the E-Payment facility must approach the designated
bank State Bank of
(b)
CBEC
has set up a CUSTOM E-Payment Gateway (CEG) at ICEGATE (www.icegate.gov.in). The users who are
already registered with ICEGATE will automatically be able to avail the
facility of e-Payment as REGISTERED USER without any further registration
process. However, even the users who are not registered with the ICEGATE can
avail e-Payment facility as an UNREGISTERED USER.
(c)
In
the ICEGATE home page, a person can select the e-Payment icon from the main
menu or if the person is using any other module of ICEGATE (like document
filing), he can select the e-Payment option from the side screen menu.
(d)
On
selection of E-Payment option, the e-Payment page will open. The users already
registered with ICEGATE can login with their username and password as
REGISTERED USER. Thereafter their (personal) web page would open which will
display all the unpaid challans details for the Bills
of Entry filed by him.
(e)
If
the person is an UNREGISTERED USER, or he intends to make payments of duties on
the documents not filed by him through ICEGATE, then he can make E-Payment by entering
the IE Code of the importer. The CEG will display all the unpaid challans against the IE Code.
(f)
Once
the list of unpaid challans is displayed to the
registered / unregistered user, he must select “PAY” option against the challan for duty payment.
(g)
On
selection of the challan the user will be shown the
options of the “designated” banks for the purpose of E-payment. The user can
select any bank authorized for e-payment at
(h)
Thereafter,
the user will see the web page of the selected bank. He would be required to
login as an “Internet Customer” of the bank.
(i)
After
successful login in the bank site, the user will be shown the details of the challan including the amount to be paid. The user shall be
prompted to confirm the payment option.
(j)
On
successful payment, a cyber receipt will be generated by the bank on successful
transaction. Then user may take the printout of the cyber receipt for his reference.
The bank will prompt the user to come back to the CEG (Customs E-Payment
Gateway) after completion of the bank transaction.
(k)
The user must come back
to the ICEGATE site to complete the transaction.
(l)
In case of an incomplete
transaction or link failure, a VERIFY
option is automatically activated
against the concerned challan for verification of the
duty payment details. In case of
incomplete transaction, the Importer/ CHA must go back to ICEGATE and select
the VERIFY option against the challan. On selecting
the VERIFY option, the Importer/ CHA is taken back to the site of the Bank for
completion of the transaction. The VERIFY option must be exercised on the date
of payment itself, and the option would be de-activated the next day.
(m)
After
e-payment is made at CEG, ICEGATE will send the payment particulars to the ICES
location. Thereafter, the Bill of entry shall automatically move to the
examination queue.
(n)
The
importer / CHA need not produce any proof of payment for the clearance of goods
in case of e-payment. However, he is advised to keep the copy of the cyber
receipt with him for future reference for his own conveience.
(o)
In
case of problems in e-Payment, the Importer/ CHA can contact the ICEGATE 24
hour helpdesk by phone at (011) 23370133 or (011) 23379020 or by email at icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in.
9.
The
facility of e-payment shall commence from
Sd/-
(T.Jayaraman)
Commissioner of Customs
Kachchh Commissionerate
Kandla
To,
(1) The Chamber of Commerce, Gandhidham.
(2) The Kandla
Custom House Agents Association, Gandhidham
(3) State Bank of
(4) Webmaster of the official
website of Kandla Customs,
(5) Notice Board