New Delhi: In yet another move towards improving the ease of doing business in the country, importers will be allowed to file just one ‘Integrated Declaration’ electronically from April 1. Currently, they had to nine forms for clearances of consignments from different government agencies.
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has developed the integrated declaration, under which all information required for import clearance by the government agencies has been incorporated into the electronic format of the Bill of Entry.
Customs broker or importer will submit the ‘Integrated Declaration’ electronically to a single entry point — the Customs Gateway (ICEGATE). Integrated Declaration is being tested on the ICEGATE facility and “will go live with effect from April 1.
These nine forms currently used include Customs Bill of Entry, Customs valuation declaration, application for import of livestock products, application for import of pet animals/aquatic/other animals, birds and poultry (chicks), application for quarantine inspection and form for NOC from Fssai to import food items.
