Scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on export of garments and made-ups (RoSCTL) - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 09/2019

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE : PORT AREA : VISAKHAPATNAM 530 035 F. No. P3/06/2017-Stats(AM).Pt.II Date: 14.03.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 09/2019 Sub : Scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on export of garments and made-ups (RoSCTL). Reg Attention of exporters and the members of trade is invited to Board s Circular 10/2019 dated 12.03.2019 regarding Scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on export of garments and made-ups (RoSCTL). 2. Board has referred that Ministry of Textiles (MoT) has notified a new scheme called Scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on export of garments and made-ups (hereinafter referred to as RoSCTL) vide notification No. 14/26/2016-IT (Vol II) dated 7.3.2019. The new scheme has come into effect from 7.3.2019. Rates of rebate under RoSCTL have been notified by MoT vide notification No. 14/26/2016-IT (Vol II) dated 8.3.2019. Existing Rebate of State Levies (RoSL) scheme for garments and made-ups has been discontinued w.e.f. 7.3.2019. The notification may be downloaded from website egazette.nic.in and perused. 3. In view of the above, claims under the erstwhile RoSL scheme are to be processed for shipping bills with Let Export Order (LEO) date upto 6.3.2019 only. Board has advised the Directorate General of Systems and Data Management to make necessary changes in the System. 4. It is to point out that under the RoSCTL, the benefit to exporters shall be given by DGFT in form of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) type duty credit scrips. Detailed procedure for claiming benefit under the RoSCTL, issuance of scrips and their usage is being worked out. Till finalisation of such details, in the transition period, it has been decided that claims filed under the existing scheme codes for the erstwhile RoSL scheme will be treated as claims filed under RoSCTL scheme. 5. In this regard, all exporters at Visakhapatnam Custom House are requested to follow the instruction as contained in the subject notification and the said Board Circular. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of Deputy Commissioner (Exp), Custom House, Visakhapatnam. -Sd- (Dr. D. K. Srinivas) Principal Commissioner of Customs