It has been brought to the notice of the Board that the Customs Commissionerate, Pune has recently detected a case of Customs Duty evasion of over Rs. 27 crores by M/s HPCL, Loni, Pune, who receive petroleum products like HSD, Kerosene, etc. from M/s IOC through pipeline from Mumbai to Pune. It was found that the price declared by M/s IOC at Mumbai in the warehousing bill of entry
Circular No. 442/8/99-CX I am directed to refer to Notification No. 8/97-CE dated 1.3.97 which exempts the finished products, rejects and waste or scrap, produced of manufactured in a 100% EOU or FTZ wholly from raw-materials produced or manufactured in India, and allowed to be sold in India, from so much of duty of excise leviable thereon under Section 3 of the Central Excise Act on like goods produced or manufactured in India other than in 100% EOU or a FTZ ,
