Allotment of Warehouse Code for Customs Bonded Warehouses - CBEC Instructions
AS per the changes made in the Finance Act, 2016 to shift towards record based control with respect to Bonded Warehouses, it is proposed that each warehouse be allotted a unique warehouse code so that importers can declare the warehouse in which goods shall be deposited, at the into-bond bill of entry stage.
A module has been developed in ICES to capture details of customs bonded warehouses licensed in each Commissionerate and generate a warehouse code in the system.
It is proposed to publish the unique warehouse code so generated on the ICEGATE website for the information of trade. This activity will start from 10th June 2016 and shall be completed by the 15th June 2016.
From 20th June 2016,declaring the Warehousing Code in the Bill of Entry would become mandatory for filing Into-Bond and Ex-Bond Bill of Entry. Ex-Bond Bill of Entries with invalid warehousing code will be rejected.
CBEC Circular No. 19/2016-Cus., Dated: May 20, 2016