Exempts capital goods specified in paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, when imported into India against an Agri. Infrastructure Incentive scrip (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) issued under Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana - 094/2009 - Customs -Tariff

Exempts capital goods specified in paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, when imported into India against an Agri. Infrastructure Incentive scrip (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) issued under Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana NOTIFICATION NO. 94/2009-Cus. Dated: September 11, 2009 G.S.R. 660 (E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) , the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts capital goods specified in paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy , when imported into India against an Agri. Infrastructure Incentive scrip (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) issued under Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana (Special Agriculture and Village Industry Scheme) in accordance with the aforesaid paragraph, - (a) from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) ; and (b) from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon 19 [ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975(51 of 1975) , subject to the following conditions, namely,- (i) that the said scrip has been issued to an exporter of products specified in paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy by the Licensing Authority or Regional Authority and it is produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit of the duties leviable on the 8 [ goods and the proper officer of customs taking into account the debits already made under this exemption and the notification No. 31 of 2012-Central Excise, dated the 9th July, 2012, shall debit the duties leviable on the goods, but for this exemption; ] 1 [ (ii) that the scrip shall be non-transferable and the capital goods allowed for import shall be in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy: Provided that the scrip shall be freely transferable amongst status holders for import of Cold Chain equipments, and Provided further that the scrip shall be freely transferable for import of cold chain equipment by units (the terms units shall not include developers) in a Park recognized by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. ] 12 [ Provided also thatthe said scrip shall be transferable by the status holder, to whom it was issued, to its supporting manufacturer, who is neither a status holder nor has a unit (the term unit shall not include developer) in a Park recognised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, if such transfer is endorsed by the Regional Authority during the period of validity of the said scrip and upon such endorsement, the validity of the said scrip remains unchanged ] (iii) that the capital goods imported under para 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy shall be subject to actual user condition and the importer at the time of clearance of the said capital goods, shall furnish an undertaking to this effect to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that in case of non compliance of the said condition, he shall pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption contained herein together with interest at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials : (iv) that the imports and exports are undertaken through seaports at Bedi (including Rozi-Jamnagar), Chennai, Cochin, Dahej, 21 [Dhamra, Dharamtar, 22 [ Dighi, Gopalpur ] ,] 18 [ Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port), Hazira (Surat), ] Kakinada, 11 [Kandla, Kattupalli (Tamil Nadu), Kolkata], 2 [ Krishnapatnam 6 [Ennore (Tamil Nadu) and Karaikal (Union territory of Puducherry)]] Magdalla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Muldwarka, Mumbai, Mundhra,Nagapattinam, Nhava Sheva, Okha, Paradeep, Pipavav, Porbander, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam and Vadinar or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, 14 [Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai] Cochin, Coimbatore, Dabolim (Goa), Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow (Amausi), Mumbai, Nagpur, Rajasansi (Amritsar), Srinagar, 10 [Trivandrum, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam] or through any of the Inland Container Depots at Agra, Ahmedabad, Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Babarpur, Bangalore, Bhadohi, Bhatinda, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Bhusawal, Chheharata (Amritsar), Coimbatore, Dadri, Dappar (Dera Bassi), Daulatabad (Wanjarwadi and Maliwada), Delhi, Dighi (Pune), Durgapur (Export Promotion Industrial Park), Faridabad, Garhi Harsaru, Gauhati, Guntur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jallandhar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karur, Kota, Kundli, Loni (District Ghaziabad), Ludhiana, Madurai, Malanpur, Mandideep (District Raisen), Miraj, Moradabad, Nagpur, Nasik, Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Pondicherry, Raipur, Rewari, Rudrapur(Nainital), Salem, Singanalur, Surat, Surajpur, Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, 3 [Waluj (Aurangabad) , Talegoan (District Pune), Dhannad Rau (District Indore), Kheda (Pithampur, District Dhar)] 4 [Patli (Gurgaon), Irugur Village (Tamil Nadu), Thudiyalur (Tamil Nadu), Chettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) 5 [Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu) 7 [Marripalem Village in Taluk of Edlapadu, District Guntur 9 [Tondiarpet (TNPM), Chennai and 15 [ Irungattukottai, SIPCOT Industrial Park, Kattrambakkam Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, 16 [ Tamil Nadu, Melapakkam Village (Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District), 17[ Hosur (Tamil Nadu), Nattakkam Village (Kottayam Taluk and District), Kalinganagar and Tumb Village (Taluka Umbergaon, District Valsad) ] ]]]]] or through the Land Customs Station at Agartala, Amritsar Rail Cargo, Attari Road, Changrabandha, Dawki, Ghojadanga, Hilli, Jogbani, Mahadipur, Nepalganj Road, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole, Ranaghat, Raxaul, Singhabad and Sutarkhandi or a Special Economic Zone notified under section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) : Provided that the Commissioner of Customs may with in the jurisdiction , by special order, or by a Public Notice, and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permits import and export from any other seaport/airport/inland container depot or through any land customs station; 13 [Provided further that the exports may also be undertaken through the Foreign Post Office at New Delhi ;] (v) that the importer shall be entitled to avail of the drawback or CENVAT credit of additional duty leviable 20 [ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) against the amount debited in the said scrip. 2. The following categories of exports specified in paragraph 3.17.2 of the Foreign Trade Policy shall not be counted for calculation of export performance or for computation of entitlement under the scheme: (i) EOUs / EHTPs / BTPs who are availing direct tax benefits / exemption; (ii) Export of imported goods covered under Para 2.35 of FTP ; (iii) Exports through transshipment, meaning thereby that exports originating in third country but transshipped through India; (iv) Deemed Exports; (v) Exports made by SEZ units or SEZ products exported through DTA units; and (vi) Items, which are restricted or prohibited for export under Schedule-2 of Export Policy in ITC (HS). Explanation . - For the purposes of this notification,- (i) Capital goods has the same meaning as assigned to it in paragraph 9.12 of the Foreign Trade Policy ; (ii) Foreign Trade Policy means the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014 , published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide notification No.1 /2009-2014, dated the 27th August, 2009 as amended from time to time; (iii) Licensing Authority or Regional Authority means the Director General of Foreign Trade appointed under section 6 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation ) Act,1992 (22 of 1992) or an officer authorised by him to grant a licence under the said Act. F.No.605/58/2009-DBK (Rajesh Kumar Agarwal) Under Secretary to the Government of India ******************** Notes:- [For further addition of more ports, see notification no. 123/2009 Customs dated 10/11/2009 ] 1. Substituted vide notification no. 90/2010 Cus dated 1-9-2010 , before it was read as, (ii) that the scrip shall be non-transferable and the capital goods allowed for import shall be in accordence with the provisions of paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy : Provided that for import of Cold Chain equipments, the scrip shall be freely transferable amongst status holders; 2. For and the words and Krishnapatnam , the words and brackets , Krishnapatnam and Ennore (Tamil Nadu) has been substituted vide Notification No. 93/2010-Cus, dated 14-9-2010 3. For the words and brackets Waluj (Aurangabad) , the words, brackets and punctuations Waluj (Aurangabad), Talegoan (District Pune), Dhannad Rau (District Indore), Kheda (Pithampur, District Dhar) and Patli (Gurgaon) , has been substituted vide Notification No. 123/2009-Cus, dated 10-11-2009. 4. For the words and brackets and Patli (Gurgaon) the words and brackets, Patli (Gurgaon), Irugur Village (Tamil Nadu), Thudiyalur (Tamil Nadu), Chettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) and Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu) , has been substituted vide Notification No. 93/2010-Cus, dated 14-9-2010. 5. Substituted vide Notification No. 40 /2011 - Customs, Dated 19/05/2011, before it was read as:- and Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu), 6. Substituted vide Notification No. 37/2012-CUSTOMS, Dated 24/05/2012 , before it was read as:- and Ennore (Tamil Nadu) 7. Substituted vide Notification No. 40/2012-CUSTOMS, Dated 14/06/2012 , before it was read as:- and Marripalem Village in Taluk of Edlapadu, District Guntur 8. Substituted vide Notification No. 44/2012-Customs, Dated 09/07/2012 , before it was read as:- goods; 9. Substituted vide Notification No. 50/2012-Customs, dated 10/09/2012 , before it was read as:- and Tondiarpet (TNPM), Chennai 10. Substituted vide Notification No. 4/ 2013 - Customs, dated 14/02/2013 , before it was read as:- Trivandrum and Varanasi . 11. Substituted vide Notification No. 20/2013 - Customs dated 3/04/2013 , before it was read as Kandla, Kolkata . 12. Inserted vide Notification No. 24/2013 - Customs dated 18 th April, 2013 13. Inserted vide Notification No. 38/2013-Customs dated 26/07/2013 14. Substituted vide Not. 05/2015 - Dated 20-2-2015 before it was read as, Bhubaneswar, Chennai 15. Substituted vide Not. 05/2015 - Dated 20-2-2015 before it was read as, Irungattukottai, SIPCOT Industrial Park, Kattrambakkam Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu 16. Substituted vide Not. 36/2016 - Dated 1-6-2016 , before it was read as, Tamil Nadu and Melapakkam Village (Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District) 17. Substituted vide Not. 54/2016 - Dated 3-10-2016 , before it was read as, Hosur (Tamil Nadu) and Nattakkam Village (Kottayam Taluk and District) 18. Substituted vide Not. 8/2017 - Dated 23-3-2017 , before it was read as, Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port) 19. Substituted vide Not. 26/2017 - Dated 29-6-2017 , 1st day of July, 2017 , before it was read as. under section 3 20. Substituted vide Not. 26/2017 - Dated 29-6-2017 , 1st day of July, 2017 , before it was read as. under section 3 21. Substituted vide Notification No. 3/2018, Dated 12-01-2018, before it was read as, Dharamtar 22. Substituted vide NOTIFICATION No. 25/2020-Customs dated 21-05-2020 before it was read as Dighi