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Customs Circulars and Public Notices

Turant Customs — All India rollout of Faceless Assessment
— Delhi and Mumbai Customs also included in 2nd
Phase
Subject : 2nd phase of All India rollout of Faceless Assessment - Regarding.
Kind reference is invited to Board Circular No. 28/2020-Customs and
Instruction No. 9/2020 [2020 (372) E.L.T. (T34)], both dated 5-6-2020 on the 1st
phase of All India rollout of Faceless Assessment under the umbrella of the
Turant Customs programme. The 1st phase was begun from 8-6-2020 at Bengaluru
and Chennai Customs Zones for items of import primarily covered by Chapters
84 and 85 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. As earlier informed, the 1st phase
marked the beginning of the pan India rollout of Faceless Assessment, in
different phases covering other ports and items of import, leading upto this
mode of Customs assessment becoming the norm across the country from 1-1-
2021.
2. Board has reviewed the 1st phase of Faceless Assessment at
Bengaluru and Chennai and resolved few technical and administrative issues
that arose. Board also noted that on expected lines the Faceless Assessment
ushered in a smooth and faster clearance process with uniformity in assessment.
Accordingly, Board has decided to begin the 2nd phase of All India rollout of Faceless
Assessment w.e.f. 3-8-2020 by including Delhi and Mumbai Customs Zones and
extending the scope of Faceless Assessment at Chennai and Bangalore Customs Zones. It
is clarified that the Customs Zones and the imports already covered under the
1st Phase would continue and be treated as subsumed under the 2nd phase.
Thus, the 2nd phase of Faceless Assessment will cover the following specified
Customs Zones and the imports primarily under the specified Chapters of the
Customs Tariff Act, 1975 :-

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