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Facility for permitting imports under DEPB Scheme at various Ports/
Airports/ ICDs through TRA Procedure
Circular No. 38 dated 25th June 1999
Please refer to
Board's Circular Nos.10/ 97-Cus.dated 17.4.97, 28/ 97-Cus. dated 30.7.97
regarding DEPB Scheme and TRA facility thereunder.
2. Para
6 of Circular No. 10/ 97-Cus. provided that, under DEPB Scheme, imports and
exports can be undertaken only from the port of registration of the DEPB scrip.
This condition was relaxed by issue of Circular No. 28/ 97-Cus. to permit
imports from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai, for DEPB Scrips registered at
any of these ports. Further relaxations were provided by later circulars.
3. Reference
from various other Ministries our field formations, as well as representations
from various exporters organisations have been received for general relaxation
of TRA facility, under DEPB Scheme, to permit imports at all ports etc.
4. The
issues has been examined in the Board in regard to the expertise and facility of
assessment available at various Ports/ Airports/ ICDs and it has been decided
that the DEPB holders whose DEPB scrips are registered at any of the following
sea-ports/ airports/ ICDs may be allowed to import goods at any of the following
sea-ports/ Airport/ ICDs:
I) Sea-ports
at Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, Kandla, Mangalore, Mormugao, Chennai, Nhava Sheva,
Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Haldia, Tuticorin, Paradeep, Sikka, Pipavav and
Hazira.
II) Airports
at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and
Coimbatore, and
III) ICDs at Bangalore,
Delhi, Moradabad, Ludhiana, Hyderabad, Agra, Faridabad, Guntur, Surat,
Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Pitampur, Malanpur, Nagpur, Varanasi, Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Coimbatore, Tirupur, Salem and Singanalur.
5.
In addition to the facility provided in Para 4 above.
I) ICD,
Nagpur, CFS, Nagpur and Nagpur Airport will be treated as a single port.
II) ICD
Varanasi and Air Cargo Complex, Varanasi will be treated as a single port.
To clarify the
distinction between Para 4 & 5 above, as an example, for a DEPB scrip
registered at C.F.S Nagpur, import can be made at any of the ports mentioned in
Para 5(I) above but not at ports mentioned in Para 4 and 5(II), &
vice-versa.
6. This
facility is only applicable to imports and not to exports. In respect of other
ports, the DEPB holders must import at the same port where the DEPB book is
registered.
7. This Circular
supersedes all earlier circulars issued on this subject.
8. The
aforesaid facility will be operated by issue of Telegraphic Release Advice (TRA)
from the port of registration to the Custom House at which the goods are being
imported, indicating the details of description, value and quantity of the
goods. The DEPB serial number, date of issue and the extent of duty entitlement
in the DEPB book/ scrip also must be indicated in TRA, to facilitate imports
against relevant DEPB scrips. The Customs House receiving the TRA who will keep
these details in the register.
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