Imp: 28/2003
Exp: 28/2003

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 65/2003, Dt. 11/06/2003

Warehousing – Grant of extension of warehousing period by the Chief Commissioner’s under section 61 of the Customs Act, 1962

Please find enclosed a copy of Board’s Circular No. 32/2003 – Customs dated 07.04.2003 issued from their F.No. 473/26/99-LC, on the subject cited above.

2. You are requested to give wide publicity to the above said circular and bring contents of the circular to the notice of your members.

Sd/-
(AHMED HUSSAIN)
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT)

Attested

(P.N. BACHATE)
ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (BOND)

Encl. As above

Issued from F.No. S/6-Gen-2581/2000-01B

CIRCULAR NO. 32/2003-Customs
F.No. 473/25/2002-LC
Government of India
Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs
Department of Revenue

Jeevan Deep Building, Parliament Street,
New Delhi, dated the 7th April, 2003.

To,

All Chief Commissioners of Customs,
All Chief Commissioners of Central Excise,

Sub: Warehousing – Grant of extension of warehousing period by Chief Commissioners under Section 61 of the Customs Act, 1962 – reg.

Sir,

I am directed to refer to correspondence resting with the instructions contained in Board’s Circular No. 03/2003-Customs, dated 14.01.2003 (F.No. 473/25/2002-LC) permitting re-export of the goods under Section 69 of the Customs Act, 1962 after extending the period of warehousing under Section 61 even after the expiry of initial or extended period of warehousing and also after the issued of demand notices u/s 72 of the Customs Act, 1962 to enable the importers to export the goods within the permitted extended period of warehousing. However, a doubt has arisen whether waiver of interest can be considered in respect of goods, which have been re-exported but not utilized / installed and commissioned due to certain defects as has been noticed after the clearance of the goods.

2. The matter has been examined further. It has now been decided that the request for waiver of interest in case of re-export of capital goods may be considered favourably, if on clearance, such goods could not be installed, commissioned and used due to the facts that the goods were found defective or sub-standard, and therefore unfit for usage.

3. Chief Commissioners are, therefore, requested to consider / decide such requests for waiver of interest in the light of Board’s aforesaid decision in the matter. The contents of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the filed formations and the Trade under your jurisdictions.

4. This issues in continuation of Board’s Circular under reference.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
(S.M. AKHTER)
UNDER SECRETARY (LC)
Tel : 23360473

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