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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government makes the following rules further to amend the Baggage Rules,1998, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Circular No. 51/2011-Customs It is reported that, Foreign Exchange Counters located after immigration and before Customs (green / red channel) in the arrival hall and after Customs in the departure hall, are posing problems in enforcement of FEMA regulations / RBI guidelines in regard to import and export of Indian Currency by Indian resident passengers as well as well as non resident passengers / foreign tourists.
Circular No. 52/2011-Customs, Dated-11th November, 2011.- References have been received on divergent practices being followed by field formations regarding classification of TV tuners. It was reported that external TV tuners are being classified in heading 8528 or 8529, and internal PCI TV tuners / cards are being classified in subheading 8528 or 8529 or subheading 8473.
Notification No. 99/2011-Customs the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods, in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed, are of the origin of the country listed in the APPENDIX in accordance with the Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), 2006, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department Revenue) No 75/2006-Customs, (NT) dated the 30th June,2006.
I am directed to invite your kind attention to an issue which has been raised before the Board as to whether duty credit scrips issued under the Chapter 3 schemes of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) viz Served from India Scheme (SFIS), Vishesh Krishi Gram Udyog Yojana (VKGUY), Focus Market Scheme (FMS), Focus Product Scheme (FPS) and Status Holder Incentive Scheme (SHIS) can be utilized for clearance of goods from Custom Bonded warehouses.
Circular No. – 48/2011-Customs As you are aware, the All Industry Rates (AIR) of Duty Drawback 2011-12 were notified vide Notification No. 68/2011-Cus. (N.T.) dated 22.09.2011. These rates have come into effect on 01.10.2011. Subsequently, the Ministry has received representations on the Drawback Schedule 2011-12 from Export Promotion Councils, Trade associations and individual segments of industry. The representations broadly relate to doubts on classification of items (mainly erstwhile DEPB items) in the Schedule, duty drawback rates, value caps and other miscellaneous matters.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Cus (N. T.), dated, the 3rd August 2001.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-sections (2) and (2A) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and section 93A read with sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), read with rules 3, 4 and 5 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.68/2011-Customs(N.T.), dated the 22nd September, 2011 published vide number G.S.R. 712 (E) dated the 22nd September, 2011, retrospectively with effect from 1st day of October, 2011, namely:-
NOTIFICATION NO.74/2011-CUSTOMS (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 1st November, 2011 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
Circular No. 46/2011 – Customs While processing Drawback claims, whether under Section 74 or Section 75, wherever any deficiency is noticed in the claim, the same shall be communicated to the exporter in a clear unambiguous manner within a period of 10 days, from the date of filing of the claim. Further, the drawback claims shall be disbursed in accordance with the timelines as specified in the Citizen’s charter adopted by the department and the Sevottam standards prescribed in this regard. Commissioners of Customs shall undertake a periodic review and monitoring of the status of pending drawback claims.
