Circular No. 391/24/98-CX The procedural restriction envisaged in sub-rule (2) and 2(A) of rule 224, read with sub-rule (2) of rule 173G of the Central Excise Rule, 1944, regarding removal of excisable goods after 6 P.M. on the day preceding the Budget Day, should be strictly enforced on all assessees, including those working under Self Removal Procedure. It is once again reiterated that the schemes of Record Based Control and Production Based Control are comprised in Self Removal Procedure. Therefore, instructions contained in Chapter 7 of the Self Removal Procedure Handbook (Corrected) should be scrupulously followed.
The matter has been re-examined in view of the fact that the DEPB rate for the formulations is likely to be notified shortly, it has been decided that the export of formulations of bulk drugs namely injection/Intravenous infusion/Syrup /Oral Suspension/ Tablet/ Capsule under DEPB scheme may be allowed provisionally even if no DEPB rate exist for such bulk drugs.
Please refer to Boards Circular Nos. 10/97-Cus. dated 17.04.97, 28/97-Cus. dated 30.07.97, 5/ 98-Cus. dated 23.01.98 and 19/98 – Cus dated 20.03.98
Circular No. 390/23/98-CX W.e.f. April, 1998, the MTR is required to be submitted in the revised proforma, a copy of which is enclosed. It may be noted that the MTR should be signed only by the concerned Commissioner of Central Excise and must be sent regularly and well in time i.e. latest by 10th of the following month. Further, no column should be left blank, and in particular, attention may be given to the column “Reasons for pendency”, which should be filled in
Circular No. 389/22/98-CX I am directed to draw your attention to Notification 8/87-CE dated 1.3.97 which exempts the finished products, rejects, wastes or scraps specified in the Schedule to the CEntral Excise Tariff Act, 1985 and produced or manufactured, in a 100% EOU or FTZ wholly from the raw materials produced or manufactured, in India and sold the DTA from the raw materials produced or manufactured,
Circular No. 388/21/98-CX I am directed to draw your attention to rule 173MM of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 which permits entry of exported goods which are re-imported and returned to the factory, and the corresponding procedure contained in Para 14 of the Board”s Circular No. 87/87/94-CX dated 26.12.1994, whereby Commissioners is the competent authority to grant permission. It has been represented to the Board that the procedure should be simplified and the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise should be authorised to give such permission.
Attention is invited to the Board’s Circular No. 5/97-Cus. dated 14.3.97 outlining the procedure for monitoring the fulfilment of export obligation under EPCG Scheme. Thereafter on 1.4.97, two Notification Nos. 28/97-Cus. and 29/97-Cus. both dated 1.4.97 were issued under EPCG Scheme consequent to announcement of new EXIM Policy for the period 1997-2002. Notification No. 28/97-Cus.
Ministry of Commerce have published a revised Export & Import Policy for the period 1997-2002 on 13.4.98. The changes in the Exim Policy take effect from 13.4.98. As a result the Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG Scheme) and Duty Exemption Scheme in the revised Exim Policy have under gone changes. In order to give effect to these changes, Notification Nos. 8/98-Cus,
Circular No. 387/20/98-CX Under Notification No. 1/95-CE, dated 4.1.95 and Notification No. 126/94-CE, dated 2.9.96 100% Export Oriented Units and Units located in EHTP/STP/ETZ are permitted to remove the goods manufactured, produced, processed and packaged in the unit for the purpose of repair, re-processing etc. without payment of duty after seeking necessary permission from the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise.
It has come to the notice of the Board that different yard stick is being adopted at various Customs Houses to Calculate the FOB value of exports undertaken from Land Customs Stations for calculation of drawback/ DEPB entitlement as a percentage of FOB value of exports
