TMI BlogProcedure to be followed in cases of manufacturing or other operations undertaken in bonded warehouses under section 65 of the Customs ActX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s (CBIC) Circular No. 34/2019 Customs, F. No. 473/03/2015-LC(pt) dated 01.10.2019 regarding procedure to be followed in- cases of manufacturing or other operations to be undertaken in Bonded warehouses under Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the Act'). Reference may also be made to the Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse Regulations 2019, issued vide Notification No. 44/2019-Customs (N.T) dated 19th June, 2019 and Circular 38/2018-Customs dated 18.10.2013 issued to streamline the procedure, documentation and compliances to be followed under Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). 2. Representations have been received from the trade including potential invest ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... perations in a bonded warehouse under section 65 read with MOOWR, 2019 must also have the premises licensed as a private bonded warehouse under section 58 of the Customs Act. The applicants can seek a license under section 58 and permission to operate under section 65 synchronously, or request for permission under section 65, if they already have a warehouse licensed under section 58. 6. For the sake of uniformity, ease of doing business and exercising due diligence in grant of permission under section 65 the form of application to be filed by an applicant before the jurisdictional Principal Commissioner /Commissioner of Customs is prescribed as in Annexure A. The form of application has been so designed that the process for seeking gran ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ds contained in the resultant product as per the provisions of section 69 of the Act. 9. To the extent that the resultant product (whether emerging out of manufacturing or other operations in the warehouse) is cleared for domestic consumption, such a transaction squarely falls within the ambit of supply under Section 7 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act,2017 (hereinafter referred to as the, CGST Act ). It would therefore be taxable in terms of section 9 of the CGST Act, 2017 or section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 depending upon the supply being intra-state or inter-state. The resultant product will thus be supplied from the warehouse to the domestic tariff area under the cover of GST invoice on the payme ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... if any, can also be availed. By virtue of simply being a unit operating under section 65, they shall not be entitled to procure goods domestically, without payment of taxes. The records in respect of such domestically procured goods shall be indicated in the form for accounts (Annexure B). 13. Since the warehouse operating under section 65 also functions as a warehouse licensed under section 58, the licensees can also import goods and clear them as such, for home consumption under section 68 on payment of import duties, along with interest as per subsection (2) of section 61 of the Act or clear them as such for export under section 69 of the Act. The licensees shall also be required to submit monthly returns in Form B as prescribed un ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of duty into a warehouse operating under section 65 has also been raised. The objective of section 65 is to enable manufacture and other operations in customs bonded warehouses. For this purpose, the units should be able to procure required raw materials, consumables, capital goods etc., imported or procured from domestic market. The goods may. include dutiable goods, exempt goods or those chargeable to nil rate of duty. Denial of the facility to exempt goods or those chargeable to nil rate of duty, which may be required for manufacturing, would defeat the objective of Section 65. It is therefore clarified that imported goods, that are exempt from duty or are chargeable to nil rate of duty, may be brought into the warehouse, upon filing a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e under circular 26/2017 customs dated 01.07.2017 and its linked circulars. 17. Board has partnered with Invest India under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India to launch a microsite for the promotion of the scheme and facilitation of investors. The same can be accessed at https://www.investindia.gov.in/bonded-manufacturing. The microsite also hosts a digitized application that an applicant can fill online, upload the supporting documents, submit online and also print the application form. 18. All Exporters , Customs Brokers and Trade Associations are requested to give wide publicity to the contents of this Public Notice among their members in particular an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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