Request for data for determination of Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) rates for Advance Authorization (AA)/ Export Oriented Unit (EoU)/ Special Economic Zone (SEZ) exports. - Customs - F.No.605/19/2021-DBK /879-947

F.No.605/19/2021-DBK /879-947 Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs (Drawback Division) 4th floor, Jeevandeep Building, New Delhi, dated 28th October, 2021 To, Export Promotion Councils/ Commodity Boards/ Trade and Industry Associations/Chambers of Commerce (as per list attached) Madam/ Sir, Subject: Request for data for determination of Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) rates for Advance Authorization (AA)/ Export Oriented Unit (EoU)/ Special Economic Zone (SEZ) exports. Government of India vide Order dated 18.10.2021 (copy enclosed as Annexure A) has constituted a Committee for determination of ceiling rates for RoDTEP for AA/EoU/SEZ exports. 2. RoDTEP Committee has since started the exercise and held its first meeting on 25.10.2021. 3. In this connection, Export Promotion Councils/ Commodity Boards/ Trade and Industry Associations/Chambers of Commerce are requested to provide data w.r.t. inputs used in the respective export products in the specified Proforma (enclosed as Annexure B). 4. While providing the above data, care should be taken regarding the following aspects - (a) Data provided should be complete for the exports made during the period 01.10.2019 to 31.03.2020. For a particular manufactured export item, the details of all input(s) that are used in the manufacture of all types/styles of that particular export item should be indicated. (b) The incidence of duty should be restricted to cunently un-refunded (i) duties/taxes/levies at the Central, State and local level, bome on the exported product, including prior stage cumulative indirect taxes on goods and services used in the production of the exported product and (ii) such indirect duties/taxes/levies on distribution of exported product. An illustrative list of various duties/ taxes/ levies that might remain unrefunded is attached as Annexure C) (c) It may be ensured that only taxes/levies/duties borne on the exported product which are at present not getting refunded/reimbursed under any other mechanism such as Duty Drawback, GST refunds, Central/State Govt. exemptions, subsidy, etc. are taken into account while calculating the tax incidence on the export product. (d) Data with regard to most of the relevant AA/EoU/SEZ units should be collected. The units should be carefully selected from amongst the small, medium as well as large manufacturer exporters. (e) Data provided should only be of exports made under Advance Authorization (AA)/ Expon Oriented Units (EoU)/ Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and it should be certified by the manufacturer and its Chartered Accountant/ Cost Accountant. (f) The data should be supported by copies of relevant documents such as tax invoices of inputs used, shipping bills of export product, State Govt. notifications regarding taxes/levies like electricity duty, mandi tax etc. In addition to above, a copy of the relevant legislation/notification relating to taxes and exemption etc. should also be supplied along with data. (g) The data provided should pertain to only those manufacturers/units that are ready to have their records and production processes subj ected to inspection by Customs/ Central Excise Depaftment if required for the purpose of verifying the correctness of information. 5. It is requested that the above information may be sent to Drawback Division within three weeks' time. Your response may also be sent on E-mails- hasan.ahmed@gov.in shakti.singh1981@gov.in. For any clarification required in the matter, the undersigned may be contacted. Yours sincerely, (Shakti Singh) OSD (Drawback) Tel: 011-23362843 Encl: As above. List of Export Promotion Councils/ Commodity Boards/ Trade and Industry Associations/Chambers of Commerce Sl. No. Export Promotion Councils 1 Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) - Gurgaon 2 All India Cycle Manufacturers' Expon Promotion Council - New Delhi 3 Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL) - Mumbai 4 Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) - New Delhi 5 Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) - Kolkata 6 Cashew Export Promotion Council - Kerala 7 Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) - Mumbai 8 Council for Leather Exports (CLE) - Chennai 9 Engineering Expon Promotion Council (EEPC) - New Delhi 10 Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council - New Delhi 11 Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH) - New Delhi 12 Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council - Mumbai 13 Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC) - Chennai 14 Indian Silk Export Promotion Council - Mumbai 15 Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Association (IOPEA) - Mumbai 16 Plastic Export Promotion Council - Mumbai 17 Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council - Hyderabad 18 Project Export Promotion Council - New Delhi 19 Powerloom Development and Expon Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) - Mumbai 20 Shellac and Forest Products Export Promotion Council - Kolkata 21 Sports Goods Export Promotion Council - New Delhi 22 Synthetic Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) - Mumbai 23 Wool Textiles Export Promotion Council - Mumbai 24 Expon Promotion Council for EOUs SEB - New Delhi Commodity Board 25. Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) -New Delhi 26 Coffee Board - Bangalore 27 Coir Board - Kochi 28 Jute Manufacturer Development Council - Kolkata 29 Marine Product Export Development Authority (MPEDA) - Kochi 30 Rubber Board - Kochi 31 Spice Board - Kerala 32 Tea Board - Kolkata Trade / Industry Association 33 All India Agarbathi Manufacturers Association - Bangalore 34 All India Confederation of Small Micro Industries Association - New Delhi 35 All India Cycle Manufacturers' Association - New Delhi 36 All India Stainless Steel Industries Association - Mumbai 37 All India Rice Exporters Association - New Delhi 38 Association of Synthetic Fibre Industry - Mumbai 39 Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India - New Delhi 40 Builders Hardware Exporters Association - Aligarh 41 Confederation of Footwear Industry - New Delhi 42 Confederation of Indian Textile Industry - New Delhi 43 Delhi Exporters Association - New Delhi 44 Dyestuffs Manufacturers' Association of India - Mumbai 45 Federation of Indian Coir Exporters' Associations - Kerala 46 Federation of Indian Mineral Industries - New Delhi 47 Glass Manufacturer and Export Association - New Delhi/ Firozabad 48 Hand Tools Panel - Jalandhar 49 Indian Bicycle Manufacturers Association - Ludhiana 50 Indian Council of Ceramic Tiles Sanitaryware- New Delhi 51 Indian Tobacco Association - Guntur 52 Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) - New Delhi 53 Jamnagar Chamber of Commerce Industry (JCCI) - Jamnagar 54 Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT) - New Delhi 55 Moradabad Handicraft Exporters Association - Moradabad 56 Punjab Stainless Steel Industries Association - New Delhi 57 Panipat Exporters Association -Panipat 58 Seafood Exporters Association of India - Cochin 59 Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) - New Delhi 60 Steel Furnace Association of India - New Delhi 61 Steel Wire Manufacturers Association of India - Kolkata 62 Tamilnadu Handloom Industry and Trade Association - Chennai 63 Tirupur Exporters Association -Tirupur 64 Tractor Manufacturers Association (TMA) - New Delhi 65 Writing Instruments Manufacturers Organisation - New Delhi 66 Cellular Operators Association of India - New Delhi 67 Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) - New Delhi Chambers of Commerce 68 ASSOCHAM - New Delhi 69 Confederation of Indian Industry (Cll) - New Delhi 70 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - Delhi 71 Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) - New Delhi 72 PHD Chamber of Commerce Industry - New Delhi ANNEXURE-A F. No. 605/14/2021-DBK/758-771 Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Drawback Division New Delhi, the 18th October, 2021 ORDER Subject: Constitution of RoDTEP Committee. The Government of India hereby constitutes the Committee for determination of RoDTEP rates for AA/EoU/SEZ exports and to give supplementary report/ recommendations on issues or representations relating to erors or anomalies, if any, pointed out, arising from the report of the erstwhile RoDTEP Committee, as well as the report of the incumbent RoDTEP Committee. 2. The RoDTEP Committee shall comprise the following: - a. Shri G.K. Pillai, Secretary (retd.), Government of India (Chairman), b. Shri Y.G.Parande, Special Secretary-cum-Member, CBEC (retd.) (Member), and c. Shri Gautam Ray, Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise (retd.) (Member). 3. The Terms of Reference of the Committee shall be as follows: - (a) To interact with the administrative Ministries, Export Promotion Councils, Commodity Boards, Trade Bodies and other stake holders, so as to elicit their views for determining RoDTEP rates for AA/EoU(SEZ exports; (b) To work out the modalities for calculation of duties/ taxes/ levies at the Central, State and Local level, borne on the exported product, including prior stage cumulative indirect taxes on goods and services used in the production of exported product and such indirect duties/ taxes/ levies in respect of distribution of exported product and recommend in their report the ceiling rates for RoDTEP for AA/EoU/SEZ exports. The Committee may take into consideration the incidence of such duties/ taxes/ levies on exports and other relevant factors as deemed fit; (c) To give supplementary report/ recommendations on issues or representation, if any, arising from the report of the erstwhile RoDTEP Committee as well as report of the incumbent RoDTEP Committee. This review may not be a general review and restricted to only removal of apparent en ors or anomalies, as pointed out by the trade/associations/line ministries. 4. For discharging the above Tems of Reference, the Committee will: (a) Determine the methodology; (b) Decide the modalities of holding deliberations and meetings with the stake holders; (c) Conduct field visits and study specific production processes, as it may consider necessary; and (d) Provide documentation and calculation or worksheets, supporting the suggesting ceiling rates, as part of its report. 5. The Committee will submit its report to the Government within a total period of eight months (six months for submission of report for determining RoDTEP rates for AA/EoU/SEZ exports and another two months for the supplementary exercise). 6. Joint Secretary (Drawback) shall be the Secretaty to the Committee. The Committee shall be serviced by the Drawback Division in the Departtment of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. 7. The members of the Committee shall be entitled to TA/DA, as applicable to Group 'A' officers of equivalent status, for its meetings with stakeholders or for the field visits, which the Committee decides to undertake. The members shall also be entitled to a sitting fee of Rs.5000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) per member, per day, of sitting. For sittings in Delhi, the members shall also be entitled for admissible local conveyance. All expenses incidental to the functioning of the Committee, including office expenses, shall be met from the Budget of the Department of Revenue- Grant No.33. 8. This issues with concurrence of AS FA (Finance) vide FTS No. 300502049 dated 11.10.2021. (Gopal Krishna Jha) Director (Drawback) Tel:23360581