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1. Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) A.S.Sastry 
3. Reengineering in Government More relevant and essential
Age old procedures continue
Trade Transactions
interface with a large number of government agencies 
4. Reengineering Requirement All the agencies of the government should present a single face to the user
Data captured once in the EDI Community System should be reused by all agencies
User should interact with only one agency and that too only once 
5. Business Process Reengineering (BPR)  for Government Regulatory Agencies Customs EDI Community System
Agencies involved
Customs
DGFT
AEPC
AAI
PNB
RBI
Port Authority
Customer
(Importer/Exporter/CHA/Freight Forwarder/Shipping Agent) 
6. EDI Community System Government Agencies
Internal functions automated
EDI-capable
Receive, Transmit inter-agency data files, automatically act upon the messages received, and generate response messages
Inter-agency reengineering issues 
7. Technical issues for EDI Community System Internal automation of all agencies
Training of officers/staff of all regulator agencies
Change of mindset
Paperless environment
No interaction with customers
Software and Hardware
Communications Network
Standards 
8. Documents Involved in ICES Imports
Bill of Entry
Invoice
Import Licence
IGM
Bank Challan for Duty
Bank Scroll 
Airway Bill / Bill of Lading
Locational Information of goods 
9. Documents Involved in ICES Exports
Shipping Bill 
Invoice
Packing List
Quota Certificates
EGM
Drawback Payment
Bank Scroll 
Airway Bill / Bill of Lading
Document for Negotiating FE with Bank 
10. BE Movement Arrival of Aircraft
IGM Filing
Arrival Notice
Filing of BECustoms Processing
Appraising, Audit, Duty Calculation, Licence, Bond, Guarantees
Duty Payment
Examination
Out of Charge 
11. SB Movement SB Filing
Goods Registration
Examination
DBK
Let Export
Departure of Aircraft
EGM Filing
DBK Release 
12. Customs Processing Paper based procedures
Multi-agencies involved
DGFT
AEPC
AAI
Airlines
RBI
Banks
All have own procedures 
13. BPR introduced in ICES Noting stages eliminated
All Registers eliminated
Computist stage removed
Imports
Duty payment can be automated if importers maintain sufficient balance in their account
System appraisal for certain categories of imports
Green Channel clearance for certain importers
No examination of goods
Fast Track clearance for certain importers
No appraising (System appraisal only)
No examination
Post audit only 
14. BPR introduced in ICES Noting stages eliminated
All Registers eliminated
Computist stage removed
Imports
Duty payment can be automated if importers maintain sufficient balance in their account
System appraisal for certain categories of imports
Green Channel clearance for certain importers
No examination of goods
Fast Track clearance for certain importers
No appraising (System appraisal only)
No examination
Post audit only 
15. BPR in ICES (Exports) No appraising for non-drawback SBs
No separate application filing for DBK SBs
DBK automatically released after EGM filed
No manual Cheque
DBK credited to exporters account in the bank 
17.   
22. ICES/Exports Service Centre
Document  Preparation
Submission
Enquiry
Amendment filing
Entry of Query Reply
Appraising
SBs having items of experts under different license schemes or values over Rs.10 Lakhs or Drawback value over Rs.1.00 Lakhs are appraised
Facility to issue examination instruction
Examination
Random selection of packets for examination
Allotment of Inspector for examination by system
Facility to view examination instructions, enter examination report, departmental comments, raise query to exporter, issue of Let Export Order
EGM
Manifest filing
Amendment
MIS 
25. Inter-agency Message Formats A total of 135 messages have been developed for the EDI community system mainly with CUSTOMS as the  HUB. 
      Agencies :
Custom Houses
DGFT
AEPC
AAI
Airlines
CHA/Importer/Exporter
Port Authority
Shipping Lines/Agents
ICD/CFS
CONCOR/CWC
Banks
RBI
Texprocil
DGCI & S 
28. SHIPPING BILL-MESSAGE FORMAT ICSBSB^]ICDELNIC^]ICTKD^]300^]
<RES/E>3.0
<TABLE>SB
300^]20010702^]G^]001/2001^]1111111111^]0^]^]NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTER^]A BLOCK
 CGO COMPLEX^]LODI ROAD^]NEW 
 DELHI^]DELHI^]US^]^]^]01^]0000001^]TKD^]NYC^]US^]^]R^]CP^]34.00^]KGS^]SDFDS
<TABLE>INVOICE
1^]INV101^]20001010^]USD^]FOB^]NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTER^]A BLOCK CGO
 COMPLEX^]LODI ROAD^]NEW
DELHI^]DELHI^]USD^]0.00000^]0.00^]0.00000^]USD^]0.00^]0.00000^]USD^]0.00^]0.00000^]USD^]0.0
0^]0.00000^]USD^]0.00^]N^]0.00^]FSFSDC^]LC^]120^]^]43.50^]
<TABLE>ITEM
1^]1^]01011100^]TEST^]^]^]NOS^]100.000^]10.00000^]N^]Y^]N^]N^]NOS^]1^]N^]
<TABLE>EXCHANGE
USD^]USA DOLLARS^]1.00^]43.5000^]20010701^]Y^]^]
<TABLE>DBK
1^]1^]62.01^]100.000^]
<TABLE>APPENDIX
3^]4A^]5A^]
<END-SBE>
^D 
32. DRAWBACK SCROLL TO BANK 10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6077563|27/03/2001|36493.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6090879|09/04/2001|22916.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6090971|09/04/2001|19283.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6082753|31/03/2001|33149.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6081223|29/03/2001|39062.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6089205|07/04/2001|12887.000000|
10716/2001|0588020559|FREDBIFASHIONS|40470000000379|6080397|29/03/2001|21095.000000|
10716/2001|0588095079|MAHARAJAARTPALACEPVTLTD|40470000000656|7652447|14/02/2000|11547.000000|
10716/2001|0588095079|MAHARAJAARTPALACEPVTLTD|40470000000656|7652076|14/02/2000|4301.000000|
10716/2001|0588095079|MAHARAJAARTPALACEPVTLTD|40470000000656|7652454|14/02/2000|3630.000000|
10716/2001|0588095079|MAHARAJAARTPALACEPVTLTD|40470000000656|7652400|14/02/2000|6548.000000|
10716/2001|0588095079|MAHARAJAARTPALACEPVTLTD|40470000000656|7652423|14/02/2000|5220.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6064530|15/03/2001|55250.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6143061|08/06/2001|2833.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6063238|14/03/2001|28723.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6055591|05/03/2001|65370.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6150770|18/06/2001|21000.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6147409|14/06/2001|9434.000000|
10716/2001|0588171174|VAMAINDUSTRIES|40470000001056|6149758|16/06/2001|4163.000000|
10716/2001|0691002061|EASTERNEXPORTS|40470000003975|7233828|05/10/1998|47469.000000|
10716/2001|0691002061|EASTERNEXPORTS|40470000003975|7639879|02/02/2000|24292.000000|
10716/2001|0598064494|THE INFINITY|40470000012604|6059118|08/03/2001|46870.000000|
10716/2001|0598064494|THE INFINITY|40470000012604|6059122|08/03/2001|43041.000000| 
34. Sample EGM File EGM/2000/1591
1/SK968/DEL/01JAN
CPH
117-58074100DELSTO/T1K25/COTTON 
117-58075334DELMPL/T2K24/HCFTS
117-58076443DELEWR/T1K22/MONITOR TUBE
117-58090535DELPAR/T16K287/MADEUPS
117-58090561DELGOT/T1K57/CARBURETOR
117-58090900DELDUB/T19K410/COTTON
117-58090911DELMAD/T6K88/COTTON
117-58465971DELLON/T6K137/BUILDING HARDWA
117-58465982DELCPH/T3K134/COTTON
117-58465993DELBHX/T8K80/RUBBER
117-58466004DELZRH/T6K60/VISCOS
117-58466494DELLAX/T56K1249/HCFTS
117-58468491DELGOT/T24K370/CONSOL
117-58469423DELTLS/T119K461/GMTS
117-58469434DELLON/T2K10/CONSOL
117-58470101DELGOT/T69K633/GMTS
T
 
44. ICES Started as a Pilot Project at IGI Airport, Delhi in May, 1995
All imports covered by the end of 1995
Exports processing started in May, 1996
Drawback automation started in November, 1996
EDI linkages in ICES through NICNET provided from October, 1995 
45. Indian Customs EDI SystemoverNICNETNICEMAIL & EDI VAN 
47. ICES implementation status 						Export	               Import
AIR CARGO
1	NCH, New Delhi				01.11.1995	03.05.1995
2	Chennai				17.12.1997	Aug, 1998
3	Trivandrum				16.09.1999
4	Sahar, Mumbai				08.10.1997	Nov. 1998
5	Calcutta				26.11.1998	June 1999
6	Bangalore				26.02.1998	Nov. 1998
7	Hyderabad				15.09.1998	Nov. 1998
SEA CARGO
8	Chennai				18.11.1998	Dec. 1998
9	Cochin				31.12.1998	Feb. 1999
10	Tuticorin				23.12.1999
11	Goa					15.04.1999
12	JNPT					22.09.1998	Nov 1998
13	Mumbai				26.04.1999	Oct 1999
14	Kandla				22.02.1999	Nov 1999 (Closed)
15	Calcutta				14.12.1998	June 1999
16	Vizag					13.10.1998	Nov 1998
17	Mangalore				June 2000		July 2001
 
48. ICES implementation status 							Export	               Import
ICDs
18	Tuglakabad				18.08.1997	July 1998
19	Patparganj				01.04.1998	May 1998
20	Ahmedabad				18.11.1998	Dec 1998
21	Jaipur				27.04.2000
22	Ludhiana				17.06.2000
23	Petrapole				24.05.2000
24	Raxaul				Oct. 2001
 
49. UN/EDIFACT Mapping for Customs Mapping of Shipping Bill and Bill of Entry to CUSDEC (D96.B)
150 data fields in Shipping Bill
250 data fields in Bill of  Entry
Implementation Conventions developed for both these documents.