Customs- Drawbacks – pending due to query reply From exporter and EGM not filed cases

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..... it has now been decided that all pending Customs Refund and Drawback , claims shall be expeditiously processed to provide immediate relief to the business entities, especially MSMEs, in thèse difficult times. This decision has been announced vide Press Note dated 08th April 2020 issued by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. 3. It is hereby informed that immediately a "Special Refund and Drawback Disposal Drive" with the objective of priority processing and disposal of all pending refund and drawback claims has been initiated. It is expected that during this period all refund and drawback claims that are pending as on 31- 08-2020 are being disposed of. 4. The pendency position of drawback claims in various queues under E .....

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..... re that the drawback claims are disposed off expeditiously and as a one- time measure to clear the pending drawback claims (Queries raised up to 31st August, 2020) on priority basis, all the concerned Exporters/ Customs House Agents, are hereby requested to submit the replies to the queries latest by 02-11-2020. If no reply is received by 02-11-2020, the Proper Officer shall process/ decide such drawback Claims on the basis of available records without any further reference to the exporters concerned. Subsequently, for such cases, the exporters may file supplementary claims as per extant provision of Law and Rules made thereunder. (ii) EGM not filed and EGM Errors: On account of EGM errors, the pace of processing of Drawback claims gets s .....

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..... of EGM Section and get the EGM errors rectified as per the laid down procedure. Hence, it has been decided that the shipping bills pending under EGM NOT FILED and EGM ERRORS categories will be processed on merit, subject to production of BRC (wherever due) before 02-11-2020. The cases where BRC due is not produced and rest of the cases not attended shall be processed at zero drawback, without affecting the right of the exporter to claim the drawback amount by filing supplementary claim subsequently without any time bar. d. Further, it is decided that if the EGM errors are not rectified within the stipulated time the EGM will be treated as not filed and the claims will be processed and disposed of at zero rates. Moreover, appropriate actio .....

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