I am directed to say that in its 18th session the Harmonised Systems Committee of the World Customs Organisation had, inter alia, examined the classification of various articles. Important classification decision taken by the committee are enclosed at Annexure A1. One of the decision relates to amendment of explanatory note to Interpretative Rule 2 (a) of the General Interpretative Rules. It
Consequent upon changes introduced in the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme w.e.f. 1.5.95, Directorate General of Inspection was requested to have a study conducted of the Standing Orders / Public Notices issued by various Custom Houses in this regard with a view to ensure that a uniform and effective system is followed by all Custom Houses for monitoring fulfillment of Export
Circular No. 303/19/97-CX Representations have been received by the Board stating that the facility of duty free clearances of the intermediate goods for the manufacture of export goods are being denied on the ground that Chapter X procedures comprising of inter alia, namely – inbond manufacture of export goods, maintenance of separate storage/ accountal, etc. could not be followed by a unit manufacturing intermediate goods and the export goods in the same unit.
Circular No. 302/18/97-CX Representations have been received from trade and industry with regard to denial of duty exemption to Ultraviolet Plastic Sheets by field formations when brought in connection with the production or manufacture or packaging of articles inside the 100% EOUs, in context of Notification No.136/94-CE dated 10.11.94, considering them as building materials.
Circular No. 300/16/97-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Board that in absence of Opening Balance and Closing Balance in the said format of Form RT-12 is posing difficulties in the on-line Computerised verification of RT-12 Returns. It has, therefore, been decided to modify the columns of the Form RT-12.
Circular No. 299/15/97-CX I am directed to say that the Board has decided to review the powers of adjudication with the objective that cases are decided expeditiously, there is even distribution of workload and various doubts in this regard are clarified.
Circular No. 298/14/97-CX I am directed to say that a case has come to the notice of the Board wherein a Show Cause Notice was issued for demanding duty for a period of five years and the Commissioner while adjudicating the case held that the demand was time barred as there was no suppression of facts etc.
Kind attention is drawn to condition (6) of Notification No. 110/95-Cus. dated 5.6.95 which provides for installation of capital goods imported under EPCG Scheme and for a certificate being obtained from Jurisdictional Asstt. Commissioner of Central Excise, to be produced within 6 months from the date of completion of imports or within the extended period as allowed by the Asst. Commissioner
Circular No. 297/13/97-CX I am directed to refer to the above subject and to the date furnished to C & AG in this regard. It appears that divergent criteria were adopted by different wings of the same Commissionerate, namely Audit Wing, Technical Wings etc., the data furnished by the Directorate of Audit and the Directorate General of inspection were also found to have varied. Besides, huge pendencies have been reported in spite of Board”s instruction that provisional assessments should be finalised within a period of 6 months
Circular No. 304/20/97-CX I am directed to invite your attention to para 3 of the Board”s Circular No.284/118/96- CX (F.No. 209/54/96- CX.6) dated 13.12.1996, whereby certain exporters have been specified, who are permitted to execute bond without security/ surety subject to the conditions, also specified therein.
