The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) has issued an advisory introducing changes in the Customs System w.r.t. Authorised Dealer Code (AD Code) Registration in exports, so as to do away with the requirement of multiple AD codes associated at different ports.
There was a demand from trade that an AD code should be required to be registered only once in Customs System for filing documents across all the customs locations. To facilitate trade, the following changes have been made in the System in respect of AD Code registration.
AD Code with associated bank account registration in System was a one-time process for an IEC for filing of a document (i.e. Shipping Bill) at any Customs EDI port. An AD Code was required to be registered at every port where documents were filed. There could be multiple AD codes associated with an IEC at various ports. The registration request could be made online either through ICEGATE ID or at the Customs House. The same was to be approved by an officer at every individual port, where the IEC sought the registration of the AD code.
Further for existing AD code(s) and associated accounts registered for an IEC, the Customs port, where the last Shipping Bill with a particular AD code was filed, has been taken as the port of registration for that AD code in the System. The details of the port of registration for each registered AD code against an IEC would be available on the ICEGATE login ID under Bank Account Management Option. As explained above, any change/amendment in the particular AD code account details will have to be done at that port only.
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