it is clarified that, as a matter of rule, no evidence of actual duties suffered or imported or indigenous nature of inputs, even if the All Industry Rate has customs portion, should be insisted upon by the field formations alongwith declaration filed by exporters under Rule 12(1) (a) (ii) of the Customs & Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1995.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 3/2001-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2001 [G.S.R. 128 (E), dated the 1st March, 2001.