Circular No 03/2020-Customs
F.No. 450/148/2015-Cus-IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Dated 15th January, 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 e-SANCHIT– Paperless Processing under SWIFT-
Uploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by
PGAs” – reg.
‘e-SANCHIT’ application is successfully in operation since 01.04.2018. The
objective of the application is to further reduce physical interface between
Customs/regulatory agencies and the trade and also to increase the speed of clearance in both
imports & exports.
2. The facility to upload digitally signed Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other
Authorizations (LPCOs) by Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) on e-SANCHIT at
all ICES (Indian Customs EDI System) locations across India was introduced from
16.11.2018 vide Circular No. 44/2018-Cus. dated 13.11.2018. In this regard, reference is
invited to Board’s Circular No.13/2019-Cus. dated 03.06.2019 and Circular No.19/2019-
Cus dated 16.07.2019 respectively . With the Circular No.19/2019-Cus dated 16.07.2019, 43
PGAs have been enabled for uploading their LPCOs on eSANCHIT.
3. Now, 4 more PGAs with their LPCOs as detailed in the Annexure-I are being brought
onboard the e-SANCHIT platform. With this, the total number of PGAs brought on board
becomes 47.
4. Since the facility to upload the LPCOs is now being fully made available to these 4
new PGAs, the beneficiaries i.e. importer/exporters/customs brokers would not be allowed to
upload the previously issued LPCOs on e-SANCHIT w.e.f 31/01/2020. Further, to facilitate
the members of the trade (beneficiaries), the PGAs are required to upload the LPCOs issued
by them during the last 15 days from above cut-off date. Any LPCOs issued on a prior
date may also be uploaded by the PGAs on e-SANCHIT, in order to enable the beneficiary to
utilize the same.
5. It is reiterated that the PGAs will be communicating with the beneficiaries through the
e-mail addresses registered in the ICEGATE. Board had already 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 e-
SANCHIT (communication and viewing) and the IRNs will be communicated to such email
IDs. In this regard, kindly refer to Board’s Circular No.13/2019-Cus. Dated 03.06.2019 and
circular No.19/2019-Cus. dated 16.07.2019 . Since the facility of beneficiary uploading these
documents through e-SANCHIT will be deactivated from 31.01.2020, 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.
6. 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.
7. Any difficulties, in this regard, may be brought to the notice of the Board.
Yours sincerely,
(Eric C Lallawmpuia)
OSD (Cus-IV)
ANNEXURE-I
Sr.No. Document
Code
Document Name Document Description PGA Code
1
864TO1
Certificate of Origin in
Form-A under GSP
Certificate of Origin under GSP is a
preferential certificate of origin issued
by Tobacco Board
TOBBD
2
101TO1
Registration as Exporter
under REX self-certification
system
Registration as Exporter under REX self-
certification system issued by Tobacco
Board
TOBBD
3
864TO2
Global System of Trade
Preferences [GSTP]
Global System of Trade Preferences
[GSTP] is a preferential certificate of
origin issued by Tobacco Board
TOBBD
4
864TO3
Certificate of Origin under
APTA
Certificate of Origin under APTA is a
preferential certificate of origin issued
by Tobacco Board
TOBBD
5
864TO4
Certificate of Origin under
SAPTA
Certificate of Origin under SAPTA is a
preferential certificate of origin issued
by Tobacco Board
TOBBD
6
002TO1
Certificate of Authenticity-
Tobacco
Certificate of Authenticity-Tobacco
issued by Tobacco Board
TOBBD
7
101TO2
Registration-Cum-
Membership Certificate
[RCMC]
Registration-Cum-Membership
Certificate [RCMC] is issued by Tobacco
Board for availing benefits under
Foreign Trade Policy and of customs
duty exemption
TOBBD
8
101TO3 Exporter of Tobacco
Registration Certificate of Exporter of
Tobacco is issued by Tobacco Board for
exporting Tobacco
TOBBD
9
101TO4
Exporter of Tobacco
Products
Registration Certificate of Exporter of
Tobacco Products is issued by Tobacco
Board for exporting Tobacco Products
TOBBD
10 101IR1
Certificate of Registration
Certificate of Registration issued by
DSIR for availing import duty benefit
DSIR
11
101CA1
Registration cum
Membership Certificate
Registration cum Membership
Certificate issued by Cashew Export
Promotion Council for availing benefits
under Foreign Trade Policy and for
customs duty exemption
CASHEW
12
861CA1
Certificate of Origin (Non
Preferential)
Certificate of Origin (Non Preferential) is
issued by Cashew Export Promotion
Council certifying the goods of Indian
origin.
CASHEW
13
911DA1 Import Licence
Licence for import is issued by
Department of Atomic Energy for
import of prescribed substance as per
Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and Rules
thereunder
DAE
14
811DA1 Export Licence
Licence for Export is issued by
Department of Atomic Energy for Export
of prescribed substance as per Atomic
Energy Act, 1962 and Rules thereunder
DAE
