Customs-Drawback- Pendency of Drawback claims clue to non-receipt of Brand Rate letters under Rule 6 and Rule 7 of the Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Duties Drawback Rules, 1995 from the Jurisdictional Central Excise Authorities within time limit prescribed in Board's Circular No. 14-cus-2003 dated 06.03.2003-reg. - Customs - 2/2013

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, TUTICORIN : 628 004 C NO. VIII/20/402/2013-DBK Dated: 27.03.2013 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 2/2013 Sub:- Customs-Drawback- Pendency of Drawback claims clue to non-receipt of Brand Rate letters under Rule 6 and Rule 7 of the Customs, Central Excise Service Tax Duties Drawback Rules, 1995 from the Jurisdictional Central Excise Authorities within time limit prescribed in Board's Circular No. 14-cus-2003 dated 06.03.2003 - reg. Drawback - Brand Rate Claims - Liquidation of Pendency Attention of all Exporters, Customs Brokers and the Trade is invited to the pendency of a large number of Brand Rate Drawback Shipping Bills in this Commissionerate for want of submission of Brand Rate sanction / fixation orders from the Jurisdictional Central Excise authorities. Many of these Shipping Bills are pending for more than three years. The list of Brand Rate Shipping Bills, which are pending for want of the aforesaid sanction / fixation letters at CUSTOM HOUSE TUTICORIN AND ICD ST.JOHN TUTICORIN (INTUTI AND INTUT6) is available on the CUSTOM HOUSE TUTICORIN WEBSITE : www.tuticorincustoms.gov.in 2. The efforts made in the past with individual exporters to liquidate the pending cases have not proved fruitful. Therefore, all exporters /Customs brokers are hereby advised . 1) to submit the Brand Rate sanction / fixation letters issued by the Jurisdictional Central Excise Commissionerates or 2) where the Brand Rate has not yet been sanctioned / fixed, a copy of the application filed by the exporter with the Jurisdictional Central Excise Authorities accompanied with a self-declaration to the effect that the Brand Rate has not been fixed (both documents duly attested by the Jurisdictional DC/ AC of Central Excise), be submitted. In case the documents, as at SI.No.2(1) or 2(2) above, are not submitted on or before 30/4/13, the pending Brand Rate Drawback Shipping Bills may be disposed off as not pursued without any further reference to the exporters / Customs brokers All the Exporters, Customs brokers and the Trade are requested to take note for suitable compliance so that pending Brand Rate Drawback Claims could be disposed off at the earliest. (Commissioner of Customs, Tuticorin, Public Notice No. 2/2013-Cus dated 27.03.2013) (D.K. SRINIVAS) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS