The Ministry of Coal has rationalised the registration fee under the coal import monitoring system (CIMS) portal to a flat rate of Rs 500 per consignment.
The CIMS is a digital platform developed to enable real-time monitoring of coal imports and support data-driven policy formulation for coal import substitution. Importers are required to register details of coal consignments in the CIMS portal prior to their arrival at Indian ports and obtain an automatic registration number, which must be quoted in the bill of entry at customs clearance. The revised fee replaces the earlier slab-based structure ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 1,00,000 per consignment. The move brings the CIMS in alignment with other import monitoring systems such as the steel import monitoring system, non ferrous import monitoring system, and paper import monitoring system.