Circular No. 87dated 18^th November 1998

The Director General of Anti-evasion have unearthed duty evasion of over Rs. 50 crores by certain EOUs. The Modus Operandi used by the EOUs was as under.

2.      The defaulting EOUs were supplying finished goods to other EOUs as deemed exports. However, the alleged supplies made to the recipient EOUs were diverted into the local market. The EOUs have entered into a conspiracy with the supplier EOU for procurement of goods on strength of the CT -3s. However, the goods were disposed of in the domestic market and did not reach the user EOU. To satisfy the range officer in charge of the supplier EOU, the user EOU arranged forged AR- 3A indicating re-warehousing of the goods supposedly received.

3.      Prima -facie, it appears that the duty evasion had largely been on account of the fact that as per prevalent practice AR - 3A is/ are being sent by one range officer to another under sealed cover by hand to the officer of the EOU and not by post. This had facilitated forging the re-warehousing certification by the user EOUs AR- 3A. As stated above, the goods have, in fact, not been re-warehoused.

4.      In this aforesaid background, you are directed to alert the concerned staff in your charge suitably to ensure that actual supply and re-warehousing of the goods by EOUs takes place. The procedure prescribed for movement of goods under AR-3A should scrupulously be followed. It may be ensured that Range Officer sends the relevant copy of AR-3A to the Range Officer through registered post and receives the re-warehousing certificate by post.