Import of DeepSea Fishing Trawlers under 100% EOU Scheme - Customs - F. No. 305/8/86-FTT

Import of Deep Sea Fishing Trawlers under 100% EOU Scheme F. No. 305/8/86-FTT Dated 25-7-1986 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise Customs, New Delhi Subject : Import of Deep Sea Fishing Trawlers under 100% EOU Scheme - Regarding. The question of allowing the deep sea fishing trawlers to be operated within the scope of 100% EOU Scheme had been under consideration of the CBEC, particularly, in view of the difficulties inherent in bonding of deep sea fishing trawlers during their voyage for fishing operations. 2. It has now been decided by the Board to extend the scheme of 100% EOUs to the deep sea fishing trawlers without requiring them to be subjected to strict requirements of physical bonding. This would enable the deep sea fishing trawlers to be operated within the scope of notification no. 13/81-Cus. dated 9.2.1981 without insisting upon the literal requirements of carrying out the operations within fixed confines. 3. You may accordingly allow the deep sea fishing trawlers already imported or being imported now by the 100% EOUs to be cleared duty free under the notification referred to above. Since the trawlers would be covered under the 100% EOU Scheme; they would be allowed to be imported under the OGL applicable to such units. The cases where trawlers imported by 100% EOUs have been allowed clearance provisionally, may be now regularised in terms of the above instructions. 4. It has been further decided, in consultation with the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Agriculture, that in case of deep sea fishing trawlers the permanent base of operation of the vessel will be notified in the letter of Approval itself, and a second base of operation would be permitted if the vessel intends operating in both Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal on specific request in writing. The warehousing licence under section 58 can, therefore, be issued by the concerned Collector in whose charge the permanent base of operation would fall so that these units may import spares for the trawlers and retain such spare in bond on shore before issuing them on board the trawler. The vessel would be allowed to be operated under the 100% EOU Scheme in accordance with the terms and conditions attached to the Letter of Approval. A copy of the terms and conditions to be attached with the Letter of Approval would be separately sent to you for your information. The approved manufacturer in this case shall be required to maintain a record of gods imported duty free or procured free of duty indigenously and kept on board the trawler as also the goods caught from the sea. Such record would be available for inspection as and when required by the officer in charge of the base port. 5. It has been further stipulated that the quantity, quality and value of the fish catch for export shall be certified by the duly authorised officer of the Ministry of Agriculture or M.P.E.D.A., as in the case of foreign charter vessels, and operations of such vessel while in the deep sea would be monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture in association with the Coast Guard. The Customs control would be confined to the processing of the shipping documents, G.R.forms etc., usual checks on export of the fish catch and periodic and surprise checks on the record maintained by the manufacturer of the goods imported duty free or procured free of duty indigenously, and kept on board the trawlers for use. 6. It is requested that suitable instructions may be issued to field formations under you. The past cases where the deep sea fishing trawlers have been allowed import provisionally may also be regularised on the above lines. 7. The receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.