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Circular No. 58/2016-Customs-IV
F. No. 450/221/2016-Cus IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Excise & Customs)
Perea
Room 227B, North Block
New Delhi, dated the 2" December, 2016
To
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Prev.)
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Prev.)
Madan/Sir,
Subject: Roll out of Express Cargo Clearance System (ECCS) at Courier
Terminal, Sahar, Mumbai-reg.
Customs officers facilitate customs clearance of courier parcels, gifts,
documents etc. in the Courier Terminals across the country. The clearance provided so
far is by filing the Customs documents manually. Since the volume of import/export
through the courier mode has shown phenomenal growth, there was an acute need for
an advanced automated system on lines of ICES to speed up the clearance process.
Further, with the advent of e-commerce in a big way, the requirement for a system
based clearance process was felt even more.
2 Express Cargo Clearance System ECCS is an Automation Program developed on
PPP model by Express Industry Council of India (EICI). ElCl, a representative body of
courier/express industry in the country would put up the entire hardware, software and
networking for automation. For smooth and seamless operation of ECCS application,
ICES and ICEGATE teams at DG System, CBEC, New Delhi will provide all necessary
support and help to ensure that the best IT standards are maintained. However, the
system would function under the control of the Jurisdictional Customs authorities as in the
case of ICES.
3. The new system known as Express Cargo Clearance System (ECCS) would be
introduced as a pilot project at Courier Terminal, CSI Airport, Mumbai with effect from 5"
December, 2016 to carry out automated assessment and clearance under the Courier
Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010.
4. EICI shall provide the software application for Automation, as per the
requirements projected by Directorate General of Systems, for Customs clearance
process of Express.Cargo at the Courier Terminal, CSI Airport, Mumbai on a turn-key
basis, including all hardware, network, security, Data Centre Services, operations and
maintenance including helpdesk, etc. as may be required for the smooth functioning of
this system. All intellectual property arising out of ECCS including source code,

documents and artifacts shall be owned by and belong to the Central Board of Excise and
Customs (CBEC).
5, The operation of ECCS and related services shall be provided under the
guidance, supervision, direction and control of the Directorate of Systems & Data
Management, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of
India. Standard guidelines regarding change management, providing data to CBEC,
business continuity and disaster recovery, security requirements, information security and
audit, documentation and reporting requirements and application training requirements
etc. will be provided by Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, New
Delhi.
sy In this regard, it is requested that suitable Public Notice, be issued. Chief
Commissioners/ Principal Commissioners/ Commissioner of Customs who have
functioning courier terminal in their jurisdiction may be in touch with the Commissioner of
Customs, CSI Airport, Mumbai, to obtain feedback about the functioning of ECCS which
would come in handy at the time of expanding the coverage of automated courier
clearances to other stations.
6. Any difficulty in implementation of the pilot project may be brought to the notice of
the Directorate of Systems & Data Management under the Central Board of Excise and
Customs.
Yours faithfully,
(Zubair Riaz)
Director (Customs)