Government of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Drawback Division
Circular No. 40/2013-Customs
New Delhi, dated the 9th October, 2013
To
Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev) (All),
Chief Commissioners of Central Excise & Customs (All)
Directors General of CBEC / Chief Commissioner (AR), CESTAT (All)
Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev)/ Customs & Central Excise (All)
Commissioners of Customs (Appeals)/ Customs & Central Excise (Appeals) (All)
Ma’am/Sir,
Subject: Option to close cases of default in Export Obligation (EO) -
Notification No. 46/2013-Customs dated 26.9.2013
The Ministry has issued
Notification No. 46/2013-Customs dated 26.9.2013 to
amend 36 Customs notifications pertaining to Advance License/DEEC/ Advance
Authorization/DFIA/ EPCG relating to the Policy periods from 1992-1997 to
2004-2009. This is to implement the
Public Notice No. 22 (RE-2013)/2009-2014
dated 12.8.13 notified by DGFT that has provided a procedure, under category of
regularization of bona fide defaults, in which all pending cases of the default
in meeting EO may be regularized by the authorization holder on payment of
applicable customs duty, corresponding to the shortfall in export obligation,
along with interest on such customs duty, but the interest to be so paid, under
this option, shall not exceed the amount of customs duty payable for the
default. The authorization holder choosing to avail this procedure must complete
the process of payment on or before 31.3.2014.
- The amendments made by the Notification No. 46/2013-Customs provide that in a
case of default in export obligation, when the duty on the goods is paid to
regularize the default, the amount of interest paid by the importer shall not
exceed the amount of duty if such regularization has been dealt in terms of said
Public Notice of DGFT. No other change is involved.
- It may be noted that the cases where export obligation period is yet to be
over, are not covered under the Option. Also, normally no refund is envisaged to
arise on account of choosing the Option. However, there may be cases of
calculation mistakes to be dealt on merits. Also, the
DGFT PN No. 22
(RE-2013)/2009-2014 dated 12.8.13 specifies that necessary procedures would be
indicated separately.
- The Commissioners are to ensure that the cases under the Option are monitored
and tracked from the initial stages of exporter approaching for paying the duty,
etc. so that there is efficient handling and the subsequent actions, for
expeditious closure of these older cases of bona fide EO default, take place
seamlessly, if infringement of other conditions is not involved. Suitable
mechanism for this should be put in place and closely supervised by the
Commissioners.
- Each Chief Commissioner of Customs / Customs (Prev) / Central Excise &
Customs shall provide by 3rd of the succeeding month (beginning with report for
October 2013 and ending with report for March 2014) a report to the office of
Chief Commissioner of Customs Delhi Zone enabling Delhi Customs Zone to prepare
and provide a Zone-wise, all-India monthly report to the Board by 5th of every
month in the following format:
All-India report on Option to close cases of default in EO upto MM/YYYY
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Oct 2013 |
Nov 13 |
Dec 13 |
Jan 14 |
Feb 14 |
Mar 14 |
Total upto the month |
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Zone Name |
No. of cases |
Duty paid |
Interest paid |
Interest exempted |
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No. of cases |
Duty paid |
Interest paid |
Interest exempted |
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Note – Every report to contain the previous months’ figures
- This Circular may be brought to the notice of all concerned by way of
issuance of standing order/instruction/trade notice. Difficulties faced, if any,
may please immediately be brought to the notice of the Board.
Yours faithfully,
(Rajesh Kumar Agarwal)
OSD (Drawback)
Telefax:23367563/ Email: [email protected]
F.No.605/32/2013-DBK