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Regarding implementation of EPCG Scheme under FTP 2015-2020

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..... on cess leviable thereon under sub-section (7) and sub-section (9) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act: 19 [ **** ] 2. The exemption under this notification shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:- (1) that the goods imported 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 validity 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 goods imported should not fall under clause (f) of paragraph 5.01 of Foreign Trade Policy : 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 fo .....

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..... d vehicles - motor cycle and mopeds, and solar cells: Provided also that for units located in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, the export obligation shall be 25% of the normal export obligation specified above: Provided also that where a sick unit holding EPCG authorisation is notified by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) or where a rehabilitation scheme is announced by the concerned State Government in respect of sick unit holding EPCG authorisation for its revival, the export obligation may be fulfilled within time period allowed by the Regional Authority as per the rehabilitation package prepared by the operating agency and approved by BIFR or rehabilitation department of State Government. In cases where the time period is not specified in the rehabilitation package, the export obligation may be fulfilled within the period specified in paragraph 5.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy ; (6) that if the importer does not claim exemption from the additional duty leviable 7 [ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 , the additional d .....

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..... as the case may be: Provided further that an importer (including an importer who is a CSP) opting for the independent Chartered Engineer's certificate shall send a copy of the certificate, upon its issuance, to the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over importer s factory or preemies, as intimation or record: Provided also that in case of import of spares, the installation certificate shall be produced within three years from the date of import: Provided also that in the case of manufacturer exporter and merchant exporter having supporting manufacturers or in the case of import of irrigation equipment for use in contract farming for export of agricultural products or in the case of importer rendering services, the capital goods may be installed at the factory or premises of such other person whose name and address is endorsed, prior to installation, by the Regional Authority on the authorisation referred to in condition (1). This would apply even when Regional Authority endorses a change in the factory or premises or person. The name and address of such other person shall also be .....

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..... rvice Provider (CSP) means a service provider who is designated or certified as a Common Service Provider by the Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce or State Industrial Infrastructural Corporation in a Town of Export Excellence; (C) Export obligation ,- (I) means obligation on the importer to export to a place outside India, goods manufactured or capable of being manufactured or services rendered by the use of capital goods imported in terms of this notification and the export obligation shall be over 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: .....

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..... upply of goods to Export Oriented Units or Software Technology Parks or Electronic Hardware Technology Parks or Biotechnology Park; (iii) supply of goods to projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies or funds as notified by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance under International Competitive Bidding (ICB) in accordance with the procedures of those agencies or funds, where legal agreements provide for tender evaluation without including customs duty; (iv) supply and installation of goods and equipment (single responsibility of turnkey contracts) to projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies or funds as notified by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance under ICB in accordance with the procedures of those agencies or funds, where bids may have been invited and evaluated on the basis of Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) prices for goods manufactured abroad; (v) supply of goods to any project or purpose in respect of which the Ministry of Finance, by Notification No. 12/2012-Customs dated 17-3-2012 , as amended from time to time, permits import of such goods at zero customs duty subject to conditions specified in the said Notifi .....

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..... nocked Down (SKD) / Completely Knocked Down (CKD) conditions to be assembled into capital goods by the importer 3. Spare parts of goods specified at Serial Nos.1 and 2 as actually imported and required for maintenance of capital goods so imported, assembled, or manufactured 4. Spare parts required for the existing plant and machinery of the importer Table 2 S.No. Port, ICD, LCS Located at 1. Seaports Bedi (including Rozi-Jamnagar), Chennai, Cochin, Dahej, 11 [Dhamra, Dharamtar, 16 [ Dighi, Gopalpur, ] ,] 6 [ Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port), Hazira (Surat),], Kakinada, Kandla, Kattupalli (Tamil Nadu), Kolkata, Krishnapatnam, Ennore (Tamil Nadu), Karaikal (Union territory of Puducherry), Magdalla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Muldwarka, Mumbai, Mundra, Nagapattinam, Nhava Sheva, Okha, Paradeep, Pipavav, Porbander, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam and Vadinar. 2. Airports Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubanes .....

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..... 52/2016 - Dated 23-9-2016 , before it was read as, (3) that the importer is not issued, in the year of issuance of zero duty EPCG authorisation, the duty credit scrips under the erstwhile Status Holder Incentive Scrip (SHIS) scheme. In the case of applicant who is Common Service Provider (herein after referred as CSP), the CSP or any of its specific users should not be issued, in the year of issuance of the zero duty EPCG authorisation, the duty credit scrips under SHIS. This condition shall not apply where already availed SHIS benefit that is unutilised is surrendered or where benefits availed under SHIS that is utilised is refunded, with applicable interest, before issue of the zero duty EPCG authorisation. SHIS scrips which are surrendered or benefit refunded or not issued in a particular year for the reason the authorisation has been issued in that year shall not be issued in future years also; 4. Substituted vide Not. 54/2016 - Dated 3-10-2016 , before it was read as, Kanpur 5. Substituted vide Not. 54/2016 - Dated 3-10-2016 , before it was read as, Tuticorin 6. .....

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..... Authority endorses a change in the factory or premises or person. The name and address of such other person shall also be mentioned on the relevant shipping bills. This shall not apply to a CSP: 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 Central Excise or Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, subject to the condition that the importer shall maintain accurate record of such movement; 9. Inserted vide Notification 79/2017 - Dated 13-10-2017 10. Substituted vide Notification No. 79/2017 - Dated 13-10-2017 , before it was read as, However, the following categories of supplies, shall also be counted towards fulfilment of export obligation: 11. Substituted vide Notification No. 3/2018, Dated 12-01-2018, before it was read as, Dharamtar 12. Substituted vide Notification No. 35/2018 Dated - 28-03-2018 , before it wa .....

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