In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Handbook of Procedures.
In case of sub-contracting of production process abroad, goods may be exported from sub-contractor premises subject to conditions that at the time of clearance of goods, the EOU/EHTP/BTP/STP shall declare (i) the transaction value of the finished goods to be cleared from the sub-contractor’s premises abroad; (ii) job work charges to be paid to the sub-contractor abroad; and (iii) value of intermediate goods, supported with documents like (a) sale price contract/or invoice for the finished goods, (b) job work contract and (c) the basis of arriving at the value of intermediate goods. The EOU/EHTP/BTP/STP shall also ensure full repatriation of foreign exchange declared as the transaction value of the finished goods cleared from the sub-contractor’s premises abroad.
Exports made against an EPCG licence/authorization, which have not been redeemed, shall not be added up for calculating the average export performance for the purpose of subsequent EPCG authorization.
A copy of this circular is available at the web page “F.I.I.” on our website www.sebi.gov.in. The custodians are requested to bring the contents of this circular to the notice of their respective clients.
Further, the condition of 100% supplies and 90% payment apply for 100% TED refund. Accordingly, TED reimbursement on prorata or actual basis whichever is less, would be admissible for part payments received, subject to production of documents evidencing payment of TED.
Further at the time of redemption of EPCG Authorisations for exporters (of goods) where foreign exchange earned on exports made during 1.4.2007 till 31.3.2008 is used for discharge of EO, RAs must examine this aspect once again to ensure that duty credit scrip has not been granted for foreign exchange earned on exports made during 1.4.2007 till 31.3.2008 which has been used for fulfillment of pending EO under EPCG Authorizations (over and above the average).
Further at the time of redemption of EPCG Authorisations of Service Providers where foreign exchange earned during 1.4.2007 till 31.3.2008 is used for discharge of EO, RAs must examine this aspect once again to ensure that SFIS has not been granted for foreign exchange earned during 1.4.2007 till 31.3.2008 which has been used for fulfillment of pending EO.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and also read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import items, 2004-09.
In view of the difficulties expressed by trade and industry, as a special case, it is clarified that, import of items classified under ITC (HS) Code 2846 (Compounds, in-organic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals) shall be considered ‘Free’, retrospectively with effect from 01.01.2007.
In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. 1), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following addition in the Schedule of DEPB Rates (as amended from time to time) with immediate effect.
