Check Bill Of Entry Status On ICE:Gate [Complete Guide]

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I know you are coming here to know how to check the bill of entry status on Ice:Gate.

Don’t worry about that.

Here you will get the complete guide on Bill of entry status checking.

Hello, friends welcome to another fresh article from “IndianCustoms.Info”. I explained everything you need about the bill of entry (B.E. or BOE) in this article.

Here I provided the proper guidance on Bill of entry tracing and types of bill of entry filed for import customs clearance.

By referring to this article you will have a clear vision of the importance of the Bill of Entry in import customs clearance and who is responsible for filing a bill of entry.

If you have any queries that are not addressed in this article then please ask in the comment section I’m very happy to solve your queries.





What Is Bill Of Entry

What Is a Bill Of Entry?

When you import any goods from abroad you need to file a bill of entry at customs.

A Bill of Entry (B.E) is filled by the importer or customs house agent for the customs clearance of imported goods.

The bill of entry filing is mandatory for the customs clearance of imported goods.

B.E contains the details of imported goods like:-

  • Name of Importer.
  • Value of Goods.
  • Supplier Details.
  • Incoterm of shipment.
  • Packages and weight of the shipment.
  • Total payable duty amount, etc…
Bill Of Entry Copy

The above B.E format helps you to understand what the details are contained in B.E.

The customs officer examines the cargo as per the details mentioned on the B.E. copy.

After completion of the examination, the proper officer allows us to get out the goods from customs.

Without filing B.E. customs clearance of goods is not possible.

Who Can File B.E. In Import?

If you are an importer and get self-CHA then you can file B.E. yourself or you can hire any authorized Customs Couse Agent (CHA) for B.E filing.

In most cases, the importer hires CHA Because they are the expert for filing B.E.

They are well-updated about new customs rules and regulations.

If you are unable to file B.E. within the time prescribed by customs.

Then Customs will charge a penalty as per  Notification No. 26/2017-Customs (N.T.).

It has been mandated that the B.E. has to be filed by the end of the next day following the day of arrival of the shipment.

Any delay in filing of the B.E, The importer will be liable to pay the late presentation charges as under.

  • Rs.5000.00 per day from the 2nd day of the shipment arrival for 3 days &
  • Rs.10000.00 per day from the 5th day onwards till the day of filling of the BOE.

How To Check Bill OF Entry Status?

Checking the B.E status is very easy but understanding the status is very difficult.

But don’t worry you’re on the “Indiancustom.info” site, here I will guide you on the right way to read the bill of entry status.

To check the B.E status, first, you need to visit the icegate.gov.in

Bill Of Entry Tracking

Click on “Public inquiries” When you click this option it will redirect you to a new page.

Bill Of Entry Status

On the left side, you can see the “services” and select the “Document Status” option, It will redirect you to another new page.

Where you can see Tracking options from tracking options you need to select “Bill Of Entry”.

Icegate Bill Of Entry

In this window, you just need to input the data. Like Location, Bill of entry number, and Bill of entry date.

After filling, in the data click on the “Submit” button.

It will redirect you to the B.E. status page. here you can see the current status of the bill of entry.

Types Of Bill Of Entry For Import.

Manly 4 types of bills of entry are filed in Indian customs for import customs clearance of goods.

  1. Bill Of Entry For Home Consumption.
  2. In-Bond Bill Of Entry.
  3. Ex-Bond Bill Of Entry.
  4. Kachha Bill Of Entry.

All types of BOE are filed for different purposes.

1. Bill Of Entry For Home Consumption:- This type of B.E. has been filed for the direct customs clearance of imported goods.

In this case, the Importer will pay the customs duty and customs cleared the goods from customs.

2. In-Bond Bill Of Entry:- If the importer does not have enough funds to pay customs duty.

Or the importer doesn’t want to release the full consignment from customs due to an issue.

So, the Importer Or their CHA  will file B.E for In-Bond B.E or Warehouse B.E.

If B.E. is filed under In-Bond there is no need to pay the customs duty.

After the customs clearance process, the shipment will be shifted to Bonded Warehouse.

3. Ex-Bond Bill Of Entry:- Ex-Bond B.E is filed when the imported needs to release a part or full shipment from In-Bonded Shipment.

At the time of Ex-Bond B.E Importer only needs to pay the customs duty for the part of the shipment that they want to release from the bonded warehouse.

4. Kachha Bill Of Entry:- Kachha B.E is also filed for direct customs clearance of Imported Goods.

Kachha B.E is filed for the customs clearance of perishable goods. like:- fruits, vegetables, live animals, etc…

I hope now you understand how to track the bill of entry and the importance of filing B.E in the case of import. Comment below if anyone has any suggestions or queries regarding the B.E filing.

Admin (Indian Customs Info)

120 Responses

  2. DARSHIL EMBRO

    Our bill of entry no is 4255772 dated 24/09/2011.As we require some details urgently, we filled in the required details online ,However the message appears on the site ” NO RECORD FOUND ” Since the matter is urgent, we request you to kindly guide us in the matter

    Regards ,
    For DARSHIL EMBRO
    smg

  3. Weber

    Dear sir,

    We followed your instruction on the BOE inquiry page and filled everything, and clicked submit, but the page just refreshed and became unfilled again, nothing shows up, no notice, will you please help me of this BOE. I need this BOE content urgently, thanks.

    BE NO.5606705
    port: NHAVA SHEVA SEA (INNSA1)
    BE date: 8th,Nov 2019

    If possible please send me the copy or screenshot via e-mail. Thanks
    (And do not reveal this message in public if possible)

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      Hi,

      I had mailed the screenshot to your e-mail ID,

      Sometimes ice-gate goes down, You may check the B.E status at that time.

      • prakash patel

        i have ten day submitted bill of entry but query is not resolve so please what meaning of current status apr so please explain
        APPRAISEMENT CURRENT QUEUE QUERY RAISED QUERY REPLY REPLY DATE REPLY STATUS APPR DATE ASSESS DATE PAYMENT DATE EXAM DATE OOC DATE
        OFFICER APR PLZ JUSTIFY VALUE AS ITS APPEAR VERY LOW sir value declaration and proforma invoice uploaded in e sanchit, pl assessment 2020-9-18 13.25.56.0 YES N.A. N.A. N.A. 2020-9-17 18.20.57.0 N.A.
        OFFICER APR PLZ GIVE DETAIL AS PER DEPT COMMENT AND B E NEED TO PUSH BACK TO PAG SIR, PACKING LIST UPLOADED IN ESANCHIT 2020-9-23 15.17.0.0 YES N.A. N.A. N.A. 2020-9-17 18.20.57.0 N.A.

  4. Hiram Liu

    Thanks for this article . I read all your articles .
    I am from china , and my company will have a project in indian.
    My job is in charge of the logistics and I am learning the procedure of the import customs clearance in Indian .
    From the above comment , I knew the BE number . It means the bill of entry for the import cargos .
    But what is the SB number ? At fist , I guess the SB number is the number of MBL . But , it was not .
    If I have a IEC number , MBL number and BE number for a cargo from china to indian .
    How to search the SB number and the date of the SB number ? Could I tracking all the import details through the SB number ?

  5. Weber

    Hello Sir,
    I need to submit Bill of entry to my Bank as I had imported embroidery machines from China. This import was done in the year 2010 – 2011 and in January 2020 bank have asked to submit those Bill of entries. I have lost them, so can I download it online? or how can I get it?

    Thank you so much.

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      It’s not possible to download the Bill of entry online, You can contact your CHA and ask them to provide a copy print of the Bill of entry.

      If you want Final print then it bit difficult.

  6. M.RAMESH

    Dear Sir
    My name is M.RAMESH FROM CHENNAI. COULD NOT TRACK THE BILL OF ENTRY STATUS. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME FOR TACKING THIS BILL OF ENTRY
    BENO;7016776 DATED 25.02.20

  7. Albert

    For my sea shipment, i can only track the IGM status, but can’t find the Bill of Entry No. of my shipment. How to know the BE no. from online tracking?

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      Hi Sambhav,

      BCD (Basic Customs Duty) value is always considered in B.E for SWS value & IGST value calculation.

  10. AMIT

    While I put in all the information to check the bill of entry status .the page opens with the options to select further .but when I click ahead for the option to check the status and payment option it just shows as please wait and the page does not open futher

  11. Monika

    Our company had Imported certain items at concessional rate of duty in year 2011-12. Now we have to submit to customs the Import reconciliation which requires a submission of Chartered engineer certificate & excise department verification along with our copy of Bill of Entry. We have lost that Bill of entry. How can I get the copy of Bill of Entry for closure of Import reconciliation with customs. I have the Bill of entry number & date.

  12. monika nanda

    can I atleast get a screenshot of status of Bill of entry? The way it is generated from ICEGate website?

  13. monika nanda

    Not able to access the Bill of entry number. I have filled all the details & submitted but the page reloads blank again. Pls provide the screenshot. Bill of Entry number: 4995989 Dated: 22.10.2011 Port: Nhava Sheva

  16. Sunil Mody

    Dear Sirs,

    We have Import consignment at Pipavav port, the B/E filed on 18th August and Customs duty paid on 21st August. The consignment was inspected and B/e passed on the 24th August, but while waiting for OC we find that duty payment not reflected in the system.
    The details are as under:
    B/E No: 8517029 Dtd 18/08/2020
    IEC No: 2488006441
    Name: Stretch Bands ( Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd.

    Quick help shall be highly appreciated as all Export Production has been held up

  17. Meena

    Hello Sir,
    I need to submit Bill of entry to my Bank as I had imported from China. This import was done in the year 2010 – 2011 I have lost them, so can I download it online? or how can I get it?

  19. Rajesh

    What does imp means in current queue while checking bill of entry status. In current queue 1st it was Appr, than ACL, than again Apr and now it is showing imp.

  20. KAUSHIK

    Our bill of entry no is 7033241 dated 10/10/2016 . As we want to knock of the bill of entry from bank records and clear the same, but the same is not being reflected in IDPMS and Ice gate asks to contact RBI

    Regards ,
    For goodluck steels
    smg

  21. Pradeep R

    Hi,
    We had imported goods to Bangalore Port vide BOE Ref No: CBEXIII_BLR_2020-2021_1407_10603 mentioned on Fedex Invoice for which we have paid the custom duty.
    We are not having the Customs Certificate for the same which is required for auditing purpose.
    We would be thankful, if you can help us in getting the Customs Certificate.
    Regards,

  22. Ramanand

    Dear Sir

    We have some urgent requirement for Bill Of Entry of the Goods imported in May 2014. Goods were imported in May 2014 but we do not have the documents of BOE. Hence Kindly help / guide the right way to fetch the data.

    Regards,

    Ramanand

  23. Anna S

    Sir,
    I needed the details for BOE 1210625 filed on Dec-17-2020 from Mumbai Courier terminal. Appreciate if you could send me via email. Thank you and your response is much appreciated.

  24. Atul Sukhani

    Hi

    We are regularly importing goods from USA through Fedex in courier mode.
    Our gst number is mentiond in all Courier Bill of Entries.
    But the IGST credit is not reflecting on GST Portal.

    For Shipments cleared in cargo mode through CHA, IGST paid under custom duty is reflecting on GST portal.

    Please advise , what to do so that IGST paid in Courier bill of entry also gets reflected on GST Portal

    Regards
    Atul

  25. chetan Kalaskar

    We import Shipment via Courier mode on Mumbai Port We pay the duty and having Bill of Entry as well TR6 challen but IGST Amount not reflect on GSTR2B also GSTR2A

    Please help me to resolved this issue

    Note :- Shipment is in Air Courier mode not Cargo Mode

  27. suresh agrawal

    I had filed BE in ICD ahmedabad . They have queery for Certificate of origine I have claimed for safta FTA 40% concession but apprisal not to consider and they have not consider concessional duty apprised without concession under cod but not assessed again they have querry this chaptor not under concesson list my suppler had certificate of origin trafir heading number 7304.31 and bill made under 730419 and material also 730419 how to sort out the matter

  28. suresh agrawal

    I had filed BE in ICD ahmedabad . They have queery for Certificate of origine I have claimed for safta FTA 40% concession but apprisal not to consider and they have not consider concessional duty apprised without concession under cod but not assessed again they have querry this chaptor not under concesson list my suppler had certificate of origin trafir heading number 7304.31 and bill made under 730419 and material also 730419 how to sort out the matter AND SUPPLIER HAD GIVEN STATMENT THEY HAD MADE MISTAKEN AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION OF CERTIFICAT OF ORIGIN MENTION 7304.31 INPLACE OF 730419

  30. chandroday Singh

    Dear Sir/Mam,

    If any BOE is under FAG then how can we know that our BOE is in which location?

    Thanks
    Chandroday

  31. Ranjit Sutradhar

    Our 3 bill of entry no is No.3396922 dt 27.11.2015 , 3835731 dt 07-01-2016 and 3924636 dt 15-01-2016 from Nhava Sheva Mumbai . As we want to knock of the bill of entry from bank records and clear the same, but the same is not being reflected in IDPMS and Ice gate asks to contact BOE Customs clearing location officer to give approval to update record Banks’ AD Code in Bill of Entry so that it transmitted data to RBI IDPMS system. Our CHA had contacted to Customer Commissioner there to give his approval to update AD Code but he denied and then he met EDI officer there request to do update AD Code but denied to do that. How can it be resolved?

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      Hi Ranjit Sutradhar,

      Let me know why you are updating the AD code?

      You just need to inform customs, your Bill of entry does not reflect in Bank for remittance or contact the Ice:gate help desk they will also guide you.

  32. Pramod

    Dear Sir,
    We regular imports goods from China. But we make the payment at UK based company and their subsidry company located at China. We submit all the BoE to bank but bank telling benificary name should be present in the boe even if both company are same group company. In the BoE subsidry company name is there.last 2 year they raise any query about this now Bank tell us go to customs and change the name. Please help us how to do it

  33. Sunder das

    Sir
    We filled bill of entry prior to arrival of shipment but due to funds problem we could not pay the duty on time unfortunately after 30 days the bill of entry rejected on icegate and not shown on portal

    We filled fresh bill of entry and now an fine imposed on bill of entry

    Sir advise why the bill of entry rejected or not showing on portal

  34. SHEELA R KOTIAN

    Dear Sir,
    We have filed five nos. Bill of Entry through DHL’s Express Cargo Clearance System during the period April 2020 to May 2021. However, GST credit in respect of three Bill of Entries are not reflected on the GST Portal and for the remaining two Bills of Entries, part credit is shown. Staff at DHL are ignorant on the issue and ICEGATE helpdesk has not reverted on the grievance. Please advise. Thanks and Regards

  35. Avinash Kothari

    Hello Sir,

    We are importing food supplement under 2106 90 99 from Europe via Air Cargo. BE filed yesterday, answered to query raised and now we can see current queue status as “ACL” and Appraiser date as 26/10/2021 17.54.53. What can be the next step? are we supposed to get more queries or we will get challan for duty?

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      Hi Avinash Kothari,

      If the “Apr” date is showing it means your B.E is passed by Apr. now it’s pending with the Assistant commissioner (ACL) for assessment, ACL also has the authority to raise query but he raises queries on rare cases only.

  36. Ankit

    Hello
    We had import materials for reexport and filed BOE on 15-11-2021 but after 40 days still it show status APR. Now i don’t know what to do next? Please guide us

      • Ankit

        Thank you for the reply. our CHA already in touch with the authority but i dont know where is the delayed?
        Even CE inspection also completed before 20 days. when i aske my CHA about the status they only told that file is with DC.
        Now i am in crucial situations what to do?

        Ankit

  38. SURESH REDDY

    Sir ,
    We have imported fourteen shipments under courier mode in the financial year 2017- 18. Only four bill of entries are reflected at GSTR2A. Balance ten bill of entries are not reflected on GSTR2A. Kindly confirm how this issue will be sort out?

  39. Ganesh Gaikwad

    Hello Sr,

    We have lost our Original EPCG License (FY 2006-07) and now we company want to redeem the same.

    How we can do this

  41. Meena

    Hi Few of our corier BOE’s are not reflecting in IDPMS, even after ECCS confirmed successfully transmission of these CBE’s. how to resolve this issue whom to contact as bank has rejected our remittance against these CBE’s

    Please advice

  43. Sourav

    Hi,

    Thanks for the current post on how to check the status of Bill of Entry on Ice gate portal.
    Would also request you to kindly share a detailed blog on how to understand this status on the portal as well.

    share the link if already posted.

  45. Ashok Beeyani

    Our bill of entry no. is 7690724 dtd. 18-05-2020 filed at INDEL 4 (Delhi Air Cargo) but the same is not reflected at ICE-GATE, on checking of BOE status it’s mentioned “No record found”. Please confirm our future course of action.

  47. Yash

    Hi, I am seeing the below status on Icegate for my package which is stuck for almost 3 weeks now. What does it mean? Anything you can share would be great. Thanks in advance.

    APPRAISEMENT: Under processing
    CURRENT QUEUE: ACL
    NO OF QUERY RAISED: 0
    NO OF QUERY REPLIED: 0
    REPLY DATE: N.A.
    REPLY STATUS: NO
    APPR DATE: 2023-6-13 12.51.36.0
    ASSESS DATE: N.A.
    PAYMENT DATE: N.A.
    EXAM DATE: 2023-6-12 15.38.52.0
    OOC DATE: N.A.

  48. VIKRANTH GOEL

    Dear sie we have file the bill of entry vide no :6904584 dt:17/7/2023 and the appraising officer transfer the file to Acl, but since 2 days the acl sending file back to APr officer back with out any query raising . which cause delay in shipment . So please help me how to handle this situtation . As per my Cha this file already assessed but Acl sending back file to Apr. So will the have right to do this with out raise any query . Apr raise the query no 1 and we already replied and its accepted also and appraising date laso came as 20/07/2023 9.18.18.0. So please guide me what to do to clear this shipment .

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      The statuses PAO, PVR, and PAC after OOC on a Bill of Entry mean:

      PAO: Pending Assessment Officer
      PVR: Pending Verification Report
      PAC: Pending Assessment Confirmation

      These indicate various stages of post-clearance verification and assessment.

  53. vivek mehta

    we have imported 3 containers in Nov 2023 and still now its showing in IDPMS, Can you please tell what is IDPMS and why these 3 BOE still showing in IDPMS

  55. SUSHMITHA

    HOW WILL I KNOW THE LOCATION IT IS NOT MENTIONED IN BOE.IN BOE IT IS MENTIONED , Port : New Courier Terminal Airport Bangalore THEN WHICH LOCATION SHOULD I SELECT ,
    Airport Of Arrival : BLR

  56. PRIYA

    What does FDC means in current queue while checking bill of entry status ? What does FAO means in current queue while checking bill of entry status ? What does FBN means in current queue while checking bill of entry status ?What does FVR means in current queue while checking bill of entry status ?

    • Admin (IndianCustoms.Info)Author

      Hi Priya,

      Here are the meanings of the abbreviations in the current queue while checking the bill of entry status:

      FDC: Final Document Check
      FAO: Facilitated Assessment Officer
      FBN: First Check by Bank
      FVR: First Verification Report

      These statuses indicate different stages of processing your bill of entry.

      Best regards,
      Admin (Indian Customs Info)

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