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Regarding Export Warehousing � Extension of facility in Raigad District
in Maharashtra and East Midnapore District in West Bengal
Central Excise Circular No. 626 dated 6th
March 2002
I am directed to refer to Board�s
Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX, dated 29th June 2001, specifying
conditions, procedures, class of exporters and places under sub-rule 2 of rule
20 of Central Excise (No.2) Rules, 2001 read with Notification No.
40/2001-Central Excise dated 26th June 2001 dealing with the matter
for warehousing of excisable goods for the purpose of export. In paragraph 2 (2)
of the said Circular, the Board has specified certain places wherein the
warehouses may be established. Now, representations have been received from the
trade as well as from the field formations to include Raigad District of
Maharashtra and East Midnapore District of West Bengal in the list of Places
mentioned in the said Circular.
2. The matter has been
examined. Raigad Distract and East Midnapur District are serving as hinterlands
for major ports, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva and Haldia respectively.
Hence, the Board is of the view that extension of the facility of export
warehousing to these place would facilitate the trade and industry. Accordingly,
it is decided to amended the paragraph 2 (2) of the said Circular dated 29th
June 2001 to include Raigad District of Maharashtra and East Midnapore District
of West Bengal. The said paragraph shall now read as follows:
�(2) Places: the warehouses may be established and
registered in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur,
Ludhiana, Mumbai, the District of Pune and Raigad in the State of Maharashtra
and the District of East Midnapore in the State of West Bengal�.
3.
The field formations may suitably be informed.
4.
Receipt of this Circular may please be acknowledged.
5.
Hindi version will follow.
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