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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
PUBLIC NOTICE No. 30/2015-20
New Delhi, the 26th August, 2015
Subject: Amendment in paragraph 3.06 and 3.08 of Handbook of
Procedures of Foreign Trade Policy(FTP) 2015-20
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade(DGFT) hereby makes the
following amendments in paragraph 3.06 and 3.08 of Handbook of Procedures
2015-2020:
1. Amendment in paragraph 3.06:
New sub-paragraphs (b) & (c) are being inserted and the amended paragraph
3.06 shall read as under:
3.06 Jurisdictional RA / RA Concerned
- Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA on the basis
of
Corporate Office/ Registered Office/Head Office / Branch Office address
endorsed on IEC for submitting application/applications under MEIS and SEIS.
This option need to be exercised at the beginning of financial year. Once an
option is exercised, no change would be allowed for claims relating to that
year.
To illustrate, if an exporter has chosen RA Chennai for claiming rewards for
exports made in 2015-16,then all claims for exports made in 2015-16,
irrespective of the date of application shall be made to RA Chennai only.
- Importer Exporter Code(IEC) holders having units in SEZs /EOUs shall
apply to the concerned Development Commissioner of Special Economic
Zones (SEZs) given in appendix 1A for availing benefit under Merchandise
Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme
(SEIS) provided in FTP 2015-2020.
- In case of IEC holders that have units in SEZ/EOUs as well as in DTA,
such
IEC holders, for availing benefits under MEIS and SEIS provided in FTP
2015-2020, shall file their applications as under :-
(i) DTA units shall apply to concerned Regional Authority(RA), DGFT
as given in Appendix 1A;
(ii) SEZ/EOU units shall apply to concerned Development
Commissioner (DC), SEZ as given in Appendix 1A.
2. Amendment in paragraph 3.08
Under paragraph 3.08(a), a new sub-paragraph (iv) is being inserted and the
amended paragraph 3.08 shall read as under :
3.08 Port of Registration of Scrips
(a) Port of Registration under MEIS would be as follows:
- Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a
single port of registration which shall be the port of export.
- Duty credit scrip needs to be registered at the port of exports. This is to
be done prior to allowing usage of duty credit. Once registered at EDI
port, scrip can be automatically used at any EDI port for import and at
any manual port under Telegraphic Release Advice (TRA) procedure.
- In case port of registration is a manual port, TRA shall be required for
imports at any other port.
- SEZs being non-EDI Ports, the scrip shall be registered at the SEZ
port and in case the scrip holder intends to use the scrip for import
from another port , the concerned DC shall issue Telegraphic
Release Advice (TRA).
(b) In case of scrip applied under Service Exports from India Scheme, the
applicant can choose any port as port of registration and mention it in
the application at the appropriate column. RA will issue the scrip with
such port of registration. Such Duty credit scrip needs to be registered at
the port of registration of duty credit. Once registered at EDI port, scrip
can be automatically be used at any EDI port for import and at any
manual port under Telegraphic Release Advice (TRA) procedure. In case
port of registration is a manual port, TRA shall be required for imports at
any other port.
Effect of this Public Notice :
Procedure for filing applications under MEIS and SEIS by units located in
SEZs and EOUs has been further clarified.
Sd/-
(Pravir Kumar)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail :[email protected]
[File No. 01/61/180/33/AM16/PC3]
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