Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Circular No. 987/11/2014-CX
dated 15.10.2014
To
The Director General (All)
The Chief Commissioner of Central Excise (All)
Sub: Export warehousing –Extension of facility at Bhuj Taluka in Kutch
District in the state of Gujarat - regarding.
I am directed to refer to Board’s
Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX dated 29th June,
2001 which, inter-alia, specifies conditions, procedures, class of exporters and
places under sub-rule (2) of rule 20 of Central Excise Rules, 2002 for
warehousing of excisable goods for the purpose of export. In paragraph 2(2) of
the said Circular, the Board has specified places where warehouses may be
established to store excisable goods for export. The Board has received
representations from the trade to include Bhuj Taluka of Kutch District in the
state of Gujarat in the list of places mentioned in the said Circular.
2. The matter has been examined. Board is of the view that extension of the
facility of export warehousing to Bhuj Taluka of Kutch district in the state of
Gujarat would facilitate the trade and industry. Therefore, it has been decided
to amend paragraph 2(2) of the
Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX dated 29th June, 2001
to include Bhuj Taluka of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat. Accordingly,
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, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Mumbai,
the districts of Pune and Raigad in the state of Maharashtra, the district of
East Midnapore in the state of West Bengal, the district of Kancheepuram in the
state of Tamil Nadu, the district of Indore in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the
taluka Ankleshwar in the district of Bharuch in the state of Gujarat, Navi
Mumbai in the district of Thane in the state of Maharashtra, Sholinghur in the
district of Vellore in the state of Tamil Nadu, Bidadi in the Bangalore Rural
District, Karnataka, the district of Thiruvallur in the state of Tamil Nadu, the
district of Gautam Budh Nagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the district of
Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra, Tehsil of Tijara of Alwar district in the
state of Rajasthan and Bhuj Taluka of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat.”
3. The field formations may suitably be informed. Receipt of this Circular may
please be acknowledged. Hindi version will follow.
Yours faithfully,
F.No.209/10/2013- CX.6
(ROHAN)
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