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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)
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Circular No. 15/2015-Customs
New Delhi, dated 18.05.2015.
To,
All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive)
All Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise
All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive)
All Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise
Sir /Madam
Subject: Dispensing with SDF form - reg.
Government has taken number of measures to enhance the ease of doing
business. In this direction, a Committee constituted by Ministry of Commerce and
Industry has also recommended the reduction of documents for import and export
of goods in order to reduce transaction cost.
2. As per the extant provisions, an exporter is required to submit the SDF
form along with Shipping Bills for export of goods. RBI has recently dispensed
with the SDF in case of exports taking place through the EDI ports vide Foreign
Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) (Amendment) Regulations,
2015’ and
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No 101, dated 14.05.2015. Consequently,
RBI has desired that the declaration of foreign exchange remittance under the
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (given below) may be made a part of the
Shipping Bill.
“I/We undertake to abide by provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act,
1999, as amended from time to time, including realization / repatriation of
foreign exchange to / from India.”
DGFT has endorsed this proposal.
3. Accordingly, Board has issued
Notification No 46/2015-Customs (N.T.), dated 18.05.2015 to
incorporate the aforementioned declaration in lieu of SDF form in the Shipping
Bill. Thus, declaration as mentioned in Para 2 above should be furnished by
exporters as part of the declaration in the Shipping Bill with immediate effect.
4. Chief Commissioners of Customs / Chief Commissioners of Customs and
Central Excise are advised to sensitize the field formation working under their
jurisdiction and issue suitable Public Notice / Trade Notice for guidance of
trade and public.
5. Difficulty faced, if any, in implementation of aforementioned guidelines
may be brought to the notice of the Board at an early date.
Yours faithfully,
(Pawan Khetan)
OSD (Cus–IV)
F. No. 450/25/2013-Cus IV (Pt.)
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