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Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) is introduced in the Foreign Trade Policy of India 2015-20, as a part of the Exports from India Scheme. The Government of India has brought in the Merchandise Exports Incentive Scheme (MEIS), replacing five other similar incentive schemes present in the earlier Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14. The schemes that […]
Certain amendments have been made in the MEIS schedule Table 2 of Appendix 313 to harmonize it with the Notification no. 38 dated 01.01.2020 and the changes in the Finance (No. 2/ Act. 2019. Fifth Schedule as notified by CHIC.
The Union Cabinet in March approved the Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP), a scheme for exporters to reimburse taxes and duties paid by them such as value added tax, coal cess, mandi tax, electricity duties and fuel used for transportation, which are not getting exempted or refunded under any other existing […]
On the issue of recent changes in the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS), the Minister said that the capping of Rs 2 Crore will not affect 98% of the exporters who claim benefit under the scheme.
New Foreign Trade Policy was expected w.e.f. 1st April 2020 addressing the issues, which was raised by USA against India before WTO Authority and WTO Authority have held the EPCG Scheme, DFIA Scheme, EOU Scheme and SEZ Scheme violating the principles of WTO. Albeit Govt of India have filed the appeal against the same and […]
DGFT has released a Notification No. 30/2015-20 dated September 01, 2020, wherein they have clarified on the ‘Ceiling / Cap on MEIS Benefits which are available to Exporters on exports made from September 01, 2020 to December 31, 2020’.
A limit on total reward under MEIS has been imposed so that for exports made in the period 01.09.2020 to 31.12.2020 the total reward which can be claimed by an IEC holder does not exceed the ceiling of Rs. 2 Cr.
It has been observed that imports under Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are on the rise. Undue claims of FTA benefits have posed a threat to domestic industry. It is sometimes flouted by importers to wrongly claim that a particular import is originating from an FTA partner country so as to pocket the benefits. Such imports […]
‘Rules of Origin’ are principles, basis which the source country of a product is established, based on which tariff concessions or applicable duties are determined.The motive is to curb the imports by an abuse of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) route, taking advantage of lower tariffs by presentation of documents purporting that goods came from a country with which India has a trade agreement.
Prima-facie, Star Export House status and AEO may appear similar in providing preferential treatment to exporters/importers however, there are many differentiating factors. A comprehensive analysis highlighting the key features of both schemes are captured in the below table-
