Pending assessments may be finalised in accordance with the above Supreme Court judgement. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of the Board. Please acknowledge receipt of this Circular.
The Board, in its meeting held on April 07, 2000, considered and approved certain modifications in the book building guidelines in order to introduce the facility of 100% book building for companies desirous of coming out with a public issue.
Circular No.605/42/2001-CX The board has examined the matter. It is clarified that notification No. 42/2001-CE(N.T.) dated 26.6.2001 [effective from 1.7.2001] allows export of ‘all excisable goods’ without payment of duty. It includes all excisable goods supplied as ship’s stores for consumption on board a vessel bound for any foreign port [including fuel for bunker], but does not include mineral oil products falling under Chapter 27 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 exported as stores for consumption of board on aircraft on foreign run.
Circular No.604/41/2001-CX I am directed to say that doubts still persist about instructions contained in Para 8.2 of the Part-V of Chapter-8 of the Central Excise Manual (effective from 1.9.2001) notwithstanding instructions contained in Circular No. 602/39 /2001-CX dated 21.11.2001.
Circular No.603/40/2001-CX I am directed to say that doubts have arisen whether it is the body-builder who is required to furnish a bond for receipt of chassis for body-building thereon and export or the manufacturer of chassis, who sends the chassis for building body and exports the vehicles, may furnish the bond under the provisions of Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2001.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India vide notification No. 61/94-Customs (NT), dated the 21st November, 1994 [S.O.828 (E), dated the 21st November, 1994] and last amended by notification No. 56/2000-Customs (NT), dated the 21st September, 2000.
Difficulties, if any, in implementation of these instructions, may be brought to the notice of the Board. Kindly acknowledge receipt of this Circular.
8A Penal rate of interest.- A penal rate of interest of eighteen percent shall be paid for the overdue period in case of public deposits matured and claimed but remaining unpaid. In case of deposit made by a small depositor, the penal rate of interest shall be twenty per cent. compoundable on an annual basis.
I am directed to invite your attention to the subject mentioned above and to say that a doubt has been raised whether the benefit of above exemption can be allowed to Furnace Oil even when the said oil is not directly used in the manufacture of fertilisers.
In the case of exports on an outright purchase in advance as per paragraph 8.59(ii) of the Handbook (Vol 1), the exports have to be completed within a maximum period of 180 days from the date of outright purchase of the precious metal provided the outright purchase was made on or before 11th September, 2001.
