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A. For RES Users:

Please note that RES package, which was made available to Exporters and Custom House agents by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has already been modified keeping in view the requirements of ICES1.5. Those RES users who have not yet installed the revised versions may collect it from the suppliers or NIC.

The operation of the RES package i.e., the procedure for creation of the B/E & S/B would be the same as it was earlier for filing on the ICEGATE. However, the procedure for submitting the document is different in the case of ICEGATE.

Members of the trade who do not wish to use RES package provided by NIC but wish to develop their own software for the creation of Shipping Bills/ Bills of Entry for filing on ICEGATE may refer to the Message Implementation Guidelines which are available at  www.icegate.gov.in

B. For Non-RES Users:

The trading partners have to generate their own messages based on the messaging guidelines. These guidelines can be downloaded from

"http://www.icegate.gov.in >>> Guidelines >>> Electronic Filing >>> Message Implementation Guideline"

These guidelines advise the Trading Partner about the message composition, validation rules and directory information

Message format should be identical to what has been explained in the Message Implementation Guidelines. A few sample messages of each of the document types are also provided in the guidelines.

The generated file is to be mailed to respective custom houses.