Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Public Notice No. 13/2015-2020
Dated 27th May, 2016
Subject: Single application for filing claim under MEIS for shipments
from different EDI Ports.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade, hereby notifies the
amendments to Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015-20. These amendments shall come
into force with immediate effect.
1. Amendment in Paragraph 3.01(e):
Existing Paragraph:
Applicant shall file separate application for each port of export.
Amended Paragraph:
Applicant shall file separate application for each port of export in case of Non
EDI Shipping bills. In case of EDI shipping bills, the applicant can file a
single application containing shipping bills of different EDI ports. Accordingly
shipments from different EDI ports will not require separate applications.
2. Amendment in Paragraph 3.08(a) (i):
Existing Paragraph:
Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single
port of registration which shall be the port of export.
Amended paragraph:
Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single
port of registration which shall be any one of the EDI ports from where export
is made. In case of shipments from Non EDI ports, the Duty Credit Scrip
(including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single port of registration
which shall be the port of export.
3. Amendment in Paragraph 3.16 (b):
Existing Paragraph:
Port of registration for EDI enabled ports shall be the port of export.
Accordingly separate application shall be filed for each EDI port.
Amended Paragraph:
Port of registration for EDI enabled ports shall be any one of the ports from
where export is made.
Effect of this Public Notice: The procedure for filing of
application under MEIS Scheme for EDI Shipping Bills is simplified. Shipments
from different EDI ports will not require separate applications. Accordingly the
ANF 3A has been modified as per Annexure to this Public Notice.
(Anup Wadhawan )
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No. 01/61/180/179 /AM16/PC3
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