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09-10-2015
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| Notification No: |
DGFT Public Notice No. 40/2015-2020
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| Issuing Authority: |
DGFT
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| Type: |
Public Notice
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| File No: |
from F.No. 01/61/180/152/AM16/PC3 |
| Subject: |
Declaration of intent under MEIS Scheme - reg
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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Public Notice 40/2015-2020
Dated the 9th October , 2015
Subject: Declaration of intent under MEIS Scheme -reg.
DGFT has received various representations from exporters and trade &
Industry that many Custom House Agents of exporters have inadvertently ticked
“N”
in the reward item box while filing the shipping bills with Customs. Even though
inmany cases the item of export is eligible for MEIS, as “N” has been ticked, such
shipping bills have not been transmitted to the DGFT system and exporters are
therefore unable to obtain / find these shipping bills on the system for
submitting
claims under MEIS. It is also noted that the system of marking “Y” or “N” is not
new
and is in operation since 2012. Since para 3.01 (g) of Hand Book of Procedure to
FTP (2015-20) does not allow manual feeding of EDI shipping bill details,
filling of
such claims is not possible manually.
- As per para 3.14 of Hand Book of Procedure to FTP (2015-20), all
exporters while filling export shipments under all categories of the shipping
bills are
required to declare the following intent to claim benefit under MEIS:
“We intend to claim rewards under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)”.
Declaration of intent is mandatory with effect from June 1, 2015. CBEC has
also issued a
circular no. 14/2015 dated April 20, 2015, which requires
mandatory
declaration of intent from 1.6.2015 onwards. In EDI generated shipping bills,
exporters are required to tick mark “Y” in case they intend to claim benefits
under
MEIS and “N” in case they do not intend to claim benefit under MEIS.
- In light of these circumstances and to address the matter, in exercise of
powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020)
read with reference to para 3.14 of Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015-20, the
Director General of Foreign Trade hereby allows the following procedure to be
followed where exports have been made between 1.4.2015 to 31.5.2015, and where
the exporter has inadvertently marked “N” in the “reward item box” and wishes to
seek MEIS benefits:
Exporters shall submit physical copies of free shipping bills after electronic
filing
of application to RA at the time of submission of application for MEIS rewards
in these cases. RA shall grant MEIS rewards after examination of such shipping
bills in accordance with other provisions of FTP/HBP.
- From 01.06.2015, only those shipping bills, which are transmitted by Custom
Authorities to DGFT, shall be considered under MEIS.
Effect of this Public Notice:
Shipping bills, where declaration of intent ‘Y’ has not been marked and ‘N’ has
been
ticked inadvertently in the ‘reward item box’ while filing shipping bill in
Customs for
exports made between 1.4.2015 to 31.5.2015, shall be transmitted by CBEC to
DGFT.
(Anup Wadhawan)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-Mail: [email protected]
[Issued from F.No. 01/61/180/152/AM16/PC3]
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