ICEGATE (Indian Custom EDI gateway) is the gateway for the users of Indian Customs EDI system. All the individuals (Importers/Exporters/CHAs/Airlines/Shipping Agents etc.), trade partners (Banks, Custodians/FSSAI etc) or Government Agencies (DGFT/Ministry of Steel etc) connect ICEGATE for document filing, data sharing under Customs Business Process or for administrative, statistical, and analytical or policy making purpose. It provides Remote EDI Services (RES) to the trade and industry for filing documents, data exchange, e-payment, status enquiry, document tracking, query-reply etc. In order to overcome the challenges such as impersonation of Identity of the registered user, tracing the identity of users, misuses of credibility of accredited clients etc there was a need to implement digital signature for the documents/ messages receiving / forwarding electronic to and fro the customs business partners, stakeholders and other Govt. Agencies.
