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Dear Professional Colleagues,

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The Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs had issued Circular No.09 /2023-Customs dated March 27, 2023 and Notification dated March 30, 2023, regarding Phased Implementation of Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) in Customs w.e.f 01.04.2023.

The Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) functionality is envisaged in Section 51A of the Customs Act, 1962. It provides enabling provision whereby the importer, exporter, or any person liable to pay duty, fees etc., under the Customs Act, has to make a non-interest-bearing deposit with the Government for the purpose of payment. The Customs (Electronic Cash Ledger) Regulations, 2022 (ECLR) notified vide No. 20/2022-Customs (N.T) dt. 30.03.2022 govern the manner of operationalization of ECL and related aspects. The statutory provision came into force on 01.06.2022.

Pending development of IT infrastructure and necessary integration with authorized banks, RBI and Pr.CCA (CBIC), all the deposits classes were exempted till 31.03.2023. Considering the present state of development and integration, Board has decided to enable ECL in phases from 01.04.2023.

In the first phase from 01.04.2023 till 30.04.2023, the exemption shall be restricted to:

I. Deposits with respect to Goods imported or exported in Customs stations where Customs Automated System is not in place;

II. Deposits with respect to Accompanied baggage;

III. Deposits with respect to Goods imported or exported at International Courier Terminals;

IV. Deposits, other than those used for making electronic payment of:

a. any duty of customs, including cesses and surcharges levied as duties of customs;

b. integrated tax;

c. Goods and Service Tax Compensation Cess;

d. interest, penalty, fees or any other amount payable under the Act, or Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

In second phase, payments relating to Courier shipments would be required to be done through ECL from 01.05.2023 onwards.

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