GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
PUBLIC NOTICE No. 09/2015-20
Dated: 16th May, 2016
Subject: Marking of Y in the EDI generated Shipping Bills by Exporters would
be treated as declaration of intent to claim MEIS benefit
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade
Policy 2015-20, Director General of Foreign Trade, hereby makes the following
amendments in Paragraph 3.14(a) of the Handbook of Procedures 2015-20:
Existing Paragraph
Paragraph 3.14: Declaration of Intent on shipping bills for claiming
rewards under MEIS including export of goods through courier or foreign post
offices using e-Commerce
(a) Export shipments filed under all categories of the Shipping Bills would
need the following declaration on the Shipping Bills in order to be eligible for
claiming rewards under MEIS: “ We intend to claim rewards under Merchandise
Exports From India Scheme (MEIS)”. Such declaration shall be required even for
export shipments under any of the schemes of Chapter 4 (including drawback),
Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 of FTP. In the case of shipping bills (other than free
shipping bills), such declaration of intent shall be mandatory with effect from
1st June 2015
Amended Paragraph:
Paragraph 3.14 : Procedure for Declaration of Intent on EDI and Non
EDI shipping bills for claiming rewards under MEIS including export of goods
through courier or foreign post offices using e-Commerce
(a) (i) EDI Shipping Bills: Marking/ ticking of “Y’ (for Yes) in “Reward”
column of shipping bills against each item, which is mandatory, would be
sufficient to declare intent to claim rewards under the scheme. In case the
exporter does not intend to claim the benefit of reward under Chapter 3 of FTP
exporter shall tick “N’ (for No). Such marking/ticking shall be required even
for export shipments under any of the schemes of Chapter 4 (including drawback),
Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 of FTP
(ii) Non-EDI Shipping Bills: In the case of non-EDI Shipping Bills, Export
shipments would need the following declaration on the Shipping Bills in order to
be eligible for claiming rewards under MEIS: “ We intend to claim rewards under
Merchandise Exports From India Scheme (MEIS)”. Such declaration shall be
required even for export shipments under any of the schemes of Chapter 4
(including drawback), Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 of FTP.
Effect of this Public Notice: The procedure for declaration
of intent in Paragraph 3.14(a) of the Handbook of Procedures 2015-20 for EDI is
simplified. The marking of tick in pursuance of the earlier
Public Notice No.47,
dated 8th December 2015 shall be treated as declaration of intent in case of EDI
shipping bills. The marking of tick in the appropriate tick boxes are mandatory
in EDI shipping bills.
(Anup Wadhawan )
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
[Issued from File No. 01/61/180/179/AM16/PC3/Pt]
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