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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Notification No: 22/2015-2020
New Delhi, the 26th July, 2018
Subject: Amendment in Para 2.47 and para 3.05 of Chapter-3 of FTP 2015-2020.
S.O. 3662(E): In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020,
the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 with immediate effect:
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Para of the FTP 201520 |
Current para |
Amended Para |
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2.47 |
2.47 Export through Courier Service/Post
Exports through a registered courier service is permitted as per
Notification issued by DoR. However, exportability of such items shall
be
regulated in accordance with FTP/
ITC (HS), 2017.
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2.47 Export through Courier Service/Post.
Exports through a registered courier service is permitted as per
Notification issued by DoR. However, exportability of such items shall
be regulated in accordance with FTP/ ITC (HS), 2017. The value limit for
such exports through courier service and Post shall be Rs 5,00,000 per
consignment. |
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3.05 |
3.05 Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using
e-Commerce
i. Exports of goods through courier or foreign post
office using ecommerce, as notified in Appendix 3C, of FOB value upto
Rs. 25000 per consignment shall be entitled for rewards
under MEIS.
ii. If the value of exports using e-commerce platform is more than Rs
25000 per consignment then MEIS reward would be limited to FOB value of
Rs.25000 only.
iii. Such goods can be exported in manual mode through Foreign Post
Offices at New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
iv. Export of such goods under Courier
Regulations shall be allowed manually on pilot basis through Airports at
Delhi,
Mumbai and Chennai as per
appropriate amendments in regulations to be made by Department of
Revenue. Department of Revenue shall fast track the implementation of
EDI mode at courier
terminals
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3.05 Entitlement under MEIS for Export of goods through courier or
foreign post offices Exports of goods through courier or foreign post
office, as notified in Appendix 3C, of FOB value upto Rs 5,00,000 per
consignment shall be entitled for rewards under MEIS. If the value of
exports, is more than Rs 5,00,000 per
consignment then MEIS reward would be calculated on the basis of FOB
Value of Rs 5,00,000 only |
Effect of this Notification: The value limit for exports through Courier service/ Post has been placed at Rs 5,00,000 and the eligibility criteria
for entitlement under MEIS for courier/ post exports have been increased to Rs 5,00,000 per consignment from the earlier Rs 25,000 per consignment.
The limitation on the port of exports for courier exports for the purpose of incentivisation under MEIS has been done away.
[Issued from File No. 01/61/180/16/AM17/PC3]
(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
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