To facilitate early issue of licences, it has been decided that intending exporters of Bangalore Rose and Krishnapuram onion may seek such licence from their respective Regional Authorities rather than come to Headquarter office of DGFT at Delhi. The applications in prescribed format (ANF 2D) be made to the Regional Authorities for the purpose subject to MEP of US $ 1400 per Metric Ton as prescribed in Notification No.19(RE-2010)/2009-14 of 10.2.2011.
Now CBEC has clarified that, “The exemption provided under Notification.17/2006-Central Excise (NT) dated 01.08.2006 and Notification No. 39i2004-Central Excise (NT), dated 25.11.2004, as amended, is available to interalia assessee who paid duty of excise less than Rs.1crore including the amount paid by utilization of CENVAT credit. It is, therefore, clarified that the assessees or class of assessees who are not required to file the ER-4, ER-5 & ER-6 returns because of the above exemption, are not required to file such returns electronically even if the duty paid by them including the amount paid by utilization of CENVAT credit in the preceding financial year exceeds Rs.10l acs.”
