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Government of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
Central
Board of Excise & Customs
Drawback Division
Circular no. 10/2017-Cus
New Delhi, dated the 30th
March, 2017
To,
All Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs
(Prev)/Customs & Central Excise,
All Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs
(Prev)/Customs & Central Excise,
All Principal Commissioners of
Customs/Customs (Prev)/Customs & Central Excise
All Commissioners of
Customs/Customs(Prev)/Customs & Central Excise
Subject: Export of carpet under duty drawback – examination of carpets for
composition, price determination, etc.
Madam/Sir,
Attention is invited to Board’s Circular
No. 69/2000-Cus dated 28th Aug, 2000
providing that for fool-proof and expeditious examination and speedier disbursal
of drawback on carpets, the field formations may constitute expert panels
consisting of textile experts drawn from the Department and from the Export
Promotion Council/Trade. In this connection, Directorate General of Export
Promotion (DGEP) vide instruction no. DGEP/SEZ/40/2015 dated 16th Oct,15 had
stressed that market enquiry should be completed by field formations within
fifteen days failing which export benefits to the exporters should be released.
It was also desired that post-facto action may be taken based on results of
enquiry and export benefits be held beyond 15 days only with the written
approval of the Commissioner. In any case exports should not be stopped in terms
of Board’s Circular
No. 1/2011-Cus dated 4th Jan, 2011. DGEP vide letter F.No.
DGEP/SEZ/40/2015 dated 21.1.2016 (copy enclosed) had also provided a list of
members of Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) whose assistance can be taken
when Customs officials are unable to ascertain the exact composition and actual
value of the carpets.
2. It has been brought to the notice of Board by Ministry of Textiles and
CEPC that in some cases, Customs field formations had caused damage to the
carpets during examination/inspection of export consignments. This has resulted
in loss of export order as well as financial loss to exporters.
3. In this context, care must be taken to ensure that export products
including carpets should not be damaged or destroyed or cut for taking samples,
conducting market enquiry or
4. Further, for speedy conduct of enquiry about composition, value, of
carpets, besides the nominated members of CEPC, office of Textiles Committee,
Mumbai may be contacted where two experts have been posted by the Development
Commissioner (Handicrafts) for attending to all work related to evaluation of
carpets and to sort out the cases being referred to the Textiles Committee,
Mumbai by the Customs authorities.
5. Suitable Public Notice and Standing Order should be issued for guidance of
the trade and Any difficulty faced should be intimated to the Board.
Yours faithfully,
Encl. as above.
(Dipin Singla)
Senior Technical
Officer (Drawback)
[F. No. DGEP/SEZ/40/2015]
e-mail:
dgep.dor(atmail.com
Tel:-23344616, 23344622, Fax: – 23344614/560
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