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Circular No. 11/2020-Customs

F.No. 450/148/2015-Cus-IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
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Dated 10
th
February, 2020
To
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs, Customs &
Central Taxes and Customs (Preventive).

All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs, Customs & Central
Taxes and Customs (Preventive)

Madam / Sir,
Sub: Implementation of PGA eSANCHIT – Paperless Processing under SWIFT-
Uploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs
– reg.
‘eSANCHIT’ application is successfully in operation since 01.04.2018. With the
objective of further reducing physical interface between Customs/regulatory agencies and the
trade and to increase the speed of clearance in both imports & exports, a facility to upload
digitally signed Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by Participating
Government Agencies (PGAs) on eSANCHIT at all ICES locations across India was introduced
from 16.11.2018 vide Circular No. 44/2018-Cus. dated 13.11.2018. In this regard, kindly refer to
Board’s Circular No.13/2019-Cus. dated 03.06.2019, Circular No.19/2019-Cus. dated
16.07.2019 and Circular No.03/2020-Cus dated 15.01.2020. Already 47 PGAs have been
enabled for uploading their LPCOs on eSANCHIT.
2. Now, 3 more PGAs with their LPCOs as detailed in the Annexure-I are being brought
onboard eSANCHIT platform. With this, the total number of PGAs brought on Board becomes
50 as on date.
3. Since the facility to upload the LPCOs is now being fully made available to these 3 new
PGAs, therefore, the beneficiaries i.e. importer/exporters/customs brokers would not be allowed
to upload the previously issued LPCOs on eSANCHIT w.e.f 28.02.2020. Further, to facilitate the

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members of the trade (beneficiaries), the PGAs are required to upload the LPCOs issued by them
during the last 15 days from the stated cut-off date. Any LPCOs issued on a prior date may also
be uploaded by the PGAs on eSANCHIT, in order to enable the beneficiary to utilize the same.
4.
It is reiterated that the PGAs will be communicating with the beneficiaries through the e-
mail addresses registered in the ICEGATE. Board had also introduced simplified auto
registration process in ICEGATE based on email ids already provided by them for registration
under GST without the use of digital signatures for limited purposes of eSANCHIT
(communication and viewing) and the IRNs will be communicated to such email ids. In this
regard, kindly refer to Board’s Circular No.35/2018-Cus. dated 01.10.2018 and Circular No.
14/2019-Cus. dated 03.06.2019.
Since the facility of beneficiary uploading these documents
through eSANCHIT will be deactivated from 28.02.2020, beneficiary registration is of utmost
importance. Hence, all the formations are requested to reach out to the beneficiaries to ensure
that correct email addresses are reflected in the ICEGATE. Special efforts may be taken for wide
publicity in this regard.
5.
All Chief Commissioners of Customs are requested to issue public notices. Feedback and
queries, if any, may be sent by email to icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in
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. Any difficulties, in this regard, may be brought to the notice of the Board.

Yours sincerely,

(Vineeta Sinha)
OSD
(Cus-IV)

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ANNEXURE - I
Sr.No. Document Code Document Name Document Description PGA Code
1 636AQ1
Health Certificate for
Livestock
Health Certificate for Livestock
issued by Animal Quarantine &
Certificate Services
AQCS
2 636AQ2
Health Certificate for
Livestock Products
Health Certificate for Livestock
Products issued by Animal
Quarantine & Certificate Services
AQCS
3 911AQ1
Import Permit for Live
Animal
Import Permit is issued by Animal
Quarantine & Certificate Services
for Import of Live Animals
AQCS
4 101CI1
Certificate of
Registration for Import
for Export Only
Certificate of Registration for Import
for Export Only issued by Central
Insecticides Board
CIB
5 101CI2
Certificate of
Registration for
Indigenous
Manufacturer for export
only
Certificate of Registration for
Indigenous Manufacturer for export
only issued by Central Insecticides
Board
CIB
6 101CI3
Certificate of
Registration for Import
Certificate of Registration for Import
issued by Central Insecticides
Board
CIB
7 101CI4
Certificate of
Registration for
Indigenous
Manufacturer
Certificate of Registration for
Indigenous Manufacturer issued by
Central Insecticides Board
CIB
8 911CI1
Import Permit for
Research Test and Trial
Import Permit for Research Test
and Trial issued by Central
Insecticides Board
CIB
9 911CI2 Import permit for Biocide
Import permit for Biocide issued by
Central Insecticides Board
CIB
10 911CI3
Import Permit for Non-
Insecticidal use
Import Permit for Non-Insecticidal
use issued by Central Insecticides
Board
CIB
11 911DF1
Permit for Import of
Livestock Products
Permit for Import of Livestock
Products issued by Department of
Animal Husbandry and Dairying
DADF