TMI BlogRegarding Exemption under the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG)X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed are covered by a valid authorisation issued under the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme in terms of Chapter 5 of the Foreign Trade Policy permitting import of goods at zero customs duty; (2) that the authorisation is registered at the port of import specified in the said authorisation and the goods, which are specified in the Table 1 annexed hereto, are imported within eighteen months from the date of issue of the said authorisation and the said authorisation is produced for debit by the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance: Provided that the benefit of import of capital goods at concessional duty under this notification for creation of modern infrastructure shall be extended only to such retailers who have a minimum area of 1000 square metres: Provided further that the 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 import ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in the following proportions, namely :- S. No. Period from the date of issue of Authorisation Proportion of total export obligation (1) (2) (3) 1. Block of 1 st to 4 th year 50% 2. Block of 5 th to 6th year 50% Provided that in case the authorisation is issued to a CSP, the CSP shall execute the bond with bank guarantee and the bank guarantee shall be equivalent to 100% of the duty foregone, and the bank guarantee shall be given by CSP or by anyone of the users or a combination thereof, at the option of the CSP: Provided further that the export obligation shall be 75% of the normal export obligation specified above when fulfilled by export of following green technology products, namely, equipment for solar energy decentralised and grid connected products, bio-mass gassifier, bio-mass or waste boiler, vapour absorption chillers, waste heat boiler, waste heat recovery units, unfired heat recovery steam generators, wind turbine, solar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... date of issue of authorization under the said para: Provided also that export obligation of a particular block may be set off against the excess exports made in the said preceding block; (7) that if the importer does not claim exemption from the additional duty leviable 8 [ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 , the additional duty so paid by him shall not be taken for computation of the net duty saved for the purpose of fixation of export obligation provided the Cenvat credit of additional duty paid has not been taken; (8) that the importer, including a CSP, produces within 30 days from the expiry of each block from the date of issue of authorisation or within such extended period as the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs may allow, evidence to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs showing the extent of export obligation fulfilled, and where the export obligation of any particular block is not fulfilled in terms of the condition (6), the importer shall within three months from the expiry of the said block pay duties of customs equal to an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be, is executed by the importer and such other person binding themselves jointly and severally to fulfill the export obligation and all other conditions of this notification and to pay duty with interest at the rate of 15% per annum in case of default. This shall not apply to a CSP: 10 [ Provided also that agro units located in Agri Export Zones or service providers in Agri export Zones may move the capital goods within the Agri Export Zones under intimation to the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, subject to the condition that the importer shall maintain accurate record of such movement; ] (11) that the imports and exports 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 sea-port, airport, inla ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er and above the average level of exports achieved by the importer in the preceding three licensing years for the same and similar products within the overall export obligation period including the extended period, if any and such average shall be the arithmetic mean of export performance in the last three years for the same and similar products: Provided that in case of export of goods relating to handicraft, handlooms, cottage, tiny sector, agriculture, animal husbandry, floriculture, horticulture, pisciculture, viticulture, poultry, sericulture, carpet, coir and jute, the importer shall not be required to maintain the average level of exports: Provided also that in case of export of goods relating to aquaculture (including fisheries), the importer shall not be required to maintain the average level of exports subject to the condition that EPCG authorisation has been obtained for goods other than fishing trawlers, boats, ships and other similar items: Provided also that the goods, excepting tools, imported under this notification by the aforesaid sectors, shall not be allowed to be transferred for a period of five years from the date of imports even in cases where export ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f those agencies or Funds, where legal agreements provide for tender evaluation without including customs duty; supply and installation of goods and equipments (single responsibility of turnkey contracts) to projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies or Funds as notified by DEA, MOF under ICB, in accordance with procedures of those agencies/Funds, where bids may have been invited and evaluated on the basis of Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) prices for goods manufactured abroad; (iv) supply of goods to any project or purpose in respect of which the Ministry of Finance, by a notification, permits import of such goods at zero customs duty and the supply is made under ICB procedure; (v) supply of goods to mega power projects as provided in sub-clause (ii) of clause (f) of para 8.2 of Foreign Trade Policy ; (vi) supply of goods to nuclear power projects through competitive bidding as provided in clause (j) of para 8.2 of Foreign Trade Policy ; (b) supply of ITA-1 items to Domestic Tariff Area, provided realization is in free foreign exchange; (c) royalty payments received in freely convertible currency and foreign exchange received for Research and Development ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Table 2 S.No. Port, ICD, LCS Located at 1. Seaports Bedi (including Rozi-Jamnagar), Chennai, Cochin, Dahej, 11 [Dhamra, Dharamtar, 12 [ Dighi, Gopalpur, ] ,] 7 [ Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port), Hazira (Surat), ] Kakinada, Kandla, Kattupalli (Tamilnadu), Kolkata, Krishnapatnam, Ennore (Tamilnadu) and Karaikal (Union territory of Puducherry) , Magdalla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Muldwarka, Mumbai, Mundhra, Nagapattinam, Nhava Sheva, Okha, Paradeep, Pipavav, Porbander, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam and Vadinar. 2. Airports Ahmedabad, Bangalore, 1 [Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai,] Cochin, Coimbatore, Dabolim (Goa), Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow (Amausi), Mumbai, Nagpur, Rajasansi (Amritsar), Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam. 3. Inland Container Depots Agra, Ahmedabad, Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Babarpur, Bangalore, Bhadohi, Bhatinda, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Bhusawal, Chettipalayam (Tamilnadu), Chheharata (Amr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Tuticorin 7. Substituted vide Not. 8/2017 - Dated 23-3-2017 , before it was read as, Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port) 8. Substituted vide Not. 26/2017 - Dated 29-6-2017 , 1st day of July, 2017 , before it was read as. under section 3 9. Substituted vide Not. 26/2017 - Dated 29-6-2017 , 1st day of July, 2017 , before it was read as. a certificate from the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, is produced confirming installation and use of the capital goods in the importer's factory or premises, within six months from the date of completion of imports or within such extended period as the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, may allow : 10. Substituted vide Not. 26/2017 - Dated 29-6-2017 , 1st day of July, 2017 , before it was read as. Provided also that agro units located in Agri Export Zones or service providers in Agri Export Zones may move the capita ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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