DGFT Article, News Analysis Notification, Circulars, Policy Circulars, Press Release and Instructions issued by Direct General of Foreign Trade on Trade
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The Policy Circular No. 16 (RE-2012/2009-14) dated 15.3.2013 also while specifying the categories where ab-initio exemption is there, specified that no refund of TED should be provided by RAs of DGFT/Office of Development Commissioners, because such supplies are ab-initio exempted from payment of excise duty.
Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)- Additions/amendments in Table 2 [containing ITC (HS) code wise list of products with reward rates] of Appendix 3B. A-Additions in Table-The following 2901 lines are added to the MEIS Schedule with immediate effect:
The import of items under the ITC(HS) Codes 68022310, 68022390, 68022900 and 68029300 related to granite slabs is permitted freely provided cif value is US $ 50 or above per square metre (for maximum thickness of slab of 20 mm) w.e.f. 1.10.2016.
The import of items under the ITC(HS) Codes 6802 10 00, 6802 21 10, 6802 21 20, 680221 90, 6802 91 00, 6802 9200 and 25151220 related to marble slabs is permitted freely provided cif value is US $ 40 or above per square metre (for maximum thickness of slab of 20 mm) w.e.f. 1.10.2016.
Import of Marble and Travertine- Crude or Roughly trimmed and merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks of a rectangular (including square) shape permitted freely provided cif value is US$ 200 or above per MT.
Para 2.37 of Hand Book of Procedure, 2015-2020 deals with the issue of Free Sale & Commerce Certificate by Regional Authorities to exporters / merchants. As certain doubts have arisen in the Proforma of the certificate, it is clarified that the exporter has to indicate the details of the manufacturer or the exporter (if he himself is not the manufacturer) in Annexure A of the Free Sale & Commerce Certificate.
In pursuance of the Trade Notice No.4 dated 05.05.2016, changes in entitlement in the online system for the IEIS Quarterly cases has been incorporated and list of such cases where Supplementary Scrip is to be issued is made available in the Online Application Menu of the Quarterly IBIS Scheme.
(i) M/s. Melt Enterprises Ltd., UK is recognized as Pre-Shipment inspection Agency in terms of Para 2.55 (d) of HBP 2015-20 in Appendix 2G. (ii) The Details of authorized instruments for inspection in respect of M/s. Asia Inspection Agency Co. Ltd., Thailand is re-notified.
Central Government hereby amends the Import Policy of Urea under ITC (HS) code 3102 1000 of Chapter 31 of ITC (HS), 2012 – Schedule 1 (Import Policy). State Trading Enterprise. However, import of Industrial Urea / Technical Grade Urea (TGU) shall be free.
Notification of procedure to be followed in cases of incorrectly issued simultaneous benefits of Zero Duty EPCG and SHIS in FTP 2009-14 by the Director General of Foreign Trade in exercise of powers conferred under Para 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020
