TMI BlogPost Export EPCG Duty Credit Scrip Scheme notifiedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the said Customs Tariff Act . 2. The exemption under this notification shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:- (1) That the said scrip is granted against a valid authorisation issued on or before 31st March, 2013 under para 5.23 of the Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 (hereinafter referred to as the said authorisation) by the Regional Authority to an applicant (hereinafter referred as the authorisation holder) who opted for the scheme of Post Export EPCG Duty Credit Scrip (0% EPCG variant): Provided that the said authorisation is not issued to an applicant who is currently availing any benefits under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) administered by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. In the case of applicant who is Common Service Provider (hereinafter referred to as CSP), this bar shall apply when CSP or any of its specific users is currently availing any benefits under TUFS. This condition shall not apply where the benefit under TUFS has been obtained but the exact line of business in TUFS is different from the line of business under authorisations issued under para 5.23 of Handbook o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... plywood and allied products, marine products, sports goods and toys and are other than those required for export of products covered under following chapters or headings of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), namely:- Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 (except handicrafts), 6 to 24, 25 to 27, 31, 43, 44 (except plywood and allied products), 45, 47, 68 (except handicrafts), 71, 81 (metals in primary and intermediate forms only), 89, 93, 97 (except handicrafts), 98; headings 4011 to 4013, 7401 to 7406, 7501 to 7504, 7601 to 7603, 7801, 7802, 7901 to 7903, 8001, 8002 and 8401: Provided further that catalyst for one subsequent charge shall be allowed, under the authorisation in which plant, machinery or equipment and catalyst for initial charge have been imported, except in cases where the Regional Authority issues a separate authorisation for catalyst for one subsequent charge after the plant, machinery or equipment and catalyst for initial charge have already been imported: Provided also that the import of the goods specified in the Table 1 annexed hereto are made upto the 31st December, 2013; (4) That the goods imported under the said authorisation are ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... port obligation shall also not be re-fixed; (6) That goods imported under the said authorisation are not disposed of or transferred by sale or lease or any other manner by the authorisation holder till the date of last export against which the said scrip is issued; (7) That the total export obligation to be fulfilled is equivalent to eighty five percent. (85%) of six times the amount which is the sum of applicable duty of customs under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) paid (hereinafter referred to as basic customs duty), additional duty of customs, Education Cess under section 94 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004) paid and Secondary and Higher Education Cess under section 136 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007) paid on goods imported under the said authorisation, on Free On Board basis, which is to be fulfilled within an export obligation period of six years from the date of issue of the said authorisation: Provided that additional duty of customs shall not be taken for computation for the purpose of fixation of export obligation when the Cenvat Credit in respect of additional duty of customs has not been taken: Pr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y be; (8) That the duty remission granted as duty credit in the said scrip bears the same proportion to the amount which is the basic customs duty on the goods imported under the said authorisation which were considered for fixation of export obligation, as the extent of export obligation fulfilled (over and above the average export obligation) bears to the total export obligation: Explanation 1. - For the purpose of condition (8),- (a) The amount of duty remission shall not include the duty paid, any portion of which has been rebated, including by way of duty drawback; (b) The amount of duty remission shall not include the duty paid which are not assessed finally; (c) Extent of export obligation fulfilled shall be the export obligation fulfilled till the last export included in the said scrip less the export obligations fulfilled that have been counted towards the previously issued duty credit scrips against the said authorisation; (d) In condition (c) above, the export obligation fulfilled till the last export included in the said scrip shall be taken as the total export obligation fulfilled in the following cases - (i) Where the authorisatio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... port obligation fixed and its calculation, details of previous duty credit scrips issued against the said authorisation and the calculation of duty credit; (13) That the imports under the said authorisation, the exports for fulfilling the export obligations and import of goods against the said scrip are undertaken through the seaports, airports or through the Inland Container Depots or through the Land Customs Stations as mentioned in the Table 2 annexed hereto 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, by special order or a public notice and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permit import and export through any other seaport, airport, inland container depot or through a land customs station within his jurisdiction; (14) That for the purposes of registration, the said scrip is produced by the authorisation holder at the specified port of registration before the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, along with - (a) The said authorisation and the bill(s) of entry under which the imp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in Appendix 37B of the Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 ; (20) That the importer shall be entitled to avail of the drawback or Cenvat credit of additional duty leviable 10 [ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the said Customs Tariff Act against the amount debited in the said scrip. Explanation 2. - For the purpose of this notification, - (A) Capital goods has the same meaning as assigned to it in Paragraph of 9.12 of the Foreign Trade Policy ; (B) Common Service Provider (CSP) means a service provider who is designated or certified as a Common Service Provider by the DGFT, Department of Commerce or State Industrial Infrastructural Corporation in a Town of Export Excellence; (C) Export obligation ,- (I) Means obligation on the authorisation holder to export to a place outside India, goods manufactured or capable of being manufactured or services rendered by the use of goods imported under the said authorisation and the export obligation shall be over and above the average level of exports achieved by the authorisation holder in the preceding three licensing years for the same and similar products within the export obligation p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mean a reference to CSP and specific users whose details are informed prior to export by CSP to the Regional Authority ; (b) For the exports by users of the common service to be counted towards fulfilment of export obligation of CSP, the respective shipping bills of the users of common service shall contain the authorisation details of the CSP and the concerned Regional Authority shall be informed about the details of the users prior to such export; and (c) The exports counted against the authorisation shall not be counted towards fulfillment of other specific export obligations against all other authorisations issued under Chapter 5 of the Foreign Trade Policy , including para 5.23 of Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 ; (II) Shall be fulfilled through physical exports and the export proceeds realised in freely convertible currency. However the following categories of supplies, shall also be counted towards fulfillment of export obligation: (a) Deemed exports, namely: (i) Supply of goods against Advance Authorisation/Advance Authorisation for Annual Requirement/ Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA); (ii) Supply of goods to Export Oriented Units (EOUs ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mended from time to time; (F) Manufacture has the same meaning as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944); (G) 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 an authorisation including a duty credit scrip under the said Act; (H) Town of Export Excellence (TEE) means a selected town producing goods of ₹ 750 Crore or more based on potential of growth in exports. However, for TEE in handloom, handicraft, agriculture and fisheries sector the threshold limit would be ₹ 150 Crore. Table 1 S. No. Description of goods 1. Capital goods for pre-production, production and post-production including second hand capital goods. 2. Capital goods in Semi Knocked Down (SKD)/Completely Knocked Down (CKD) conditions to be assembled into capital goods by the authorisation holder. 3. Spare parts of CIF value ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (Gurgaon) ], Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Pondicherry, Raipur, Rewari, Rudrapur (Nainital), Salem, Singanalur, Surat, Surajpur, Talegaon (District Pune), Thudiyalur (Tamilnadu), Tirupur, Tondiarpet (TNPM) in Chennai, 8 [ Tumb Village (Taluka Umbergaon, District Valsad), Tuticorin ], Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Veerapandi (Tamilnadu) and Waluj (Aurangabad). 4. Land Customs Stations Agartala, Amritsar Rail Cargo, Attari Road, Changrabandha, Dawki, Ghojadanga, Hilli, Jogbani, Mahadipur, Nepalganj Road, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole, Ranaghat, Raxaul, Singhabad and Sutarkhandi. [F.No. 605/12/2012-DBK (Pt)] (Rajiv Talwar) Joint Secretary to the Government of India ******************** Notes:- 1. Substituted by Notification No. 07 / 2013-Custom, dated 19/02/2013 , before it was read as, already made under this exemption . 2. Substituted vide Notification No. 20/2013 - Customs dated 3/04/2013 , before it was read as Kandla, Kolkata . 3. Substituted ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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