Facility of Supporting Manufacturers/ Jobber/ Co-Authorisation Holder

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The imported material may be used in any of the units of the holder of Advance Authorisation or non-transferable DFIA or jobber/supporting manufacturer provided the same is endorsed on the authorisation by the regional office. If the applicant desires to have the name of any manufacturer or jobber added to the authorisation, he may apply for such endorsement. Such endorsement shall be mandatory where prior import before export is a condition for availing Advance Authorisation/DFIA scheme and the Authorisation holder desires to have the material processed through any other manufacturer or jobber.

Upon such endorsement made by the Regional Authority, the authorization holder and co-authorisation holder shall jointly and severally be liable for completion of export obligation. Any one of the Co-Authorisation holders may import the goods in his name or in the joint names. The BG/LUT shall also be furnished in their joint names.

However if the Authorisation holder is registered with the Central Excise, he has an option of getting the names of the jobber endorsed by the Central Excise as per the Central Excise Rules in lieu of the endorsement on the authorisation by the regional office. In case the manufacturer exporter holding the authorisation is not registered/not required to be registered with the Central Excise authority, the job work may be allowed as per the Central Excise rules and regulations without insisting for endorsement of the name of the supporting manufacturer. However, the authorisation holder shall be solely responsible for the imported items and fulfillment of export obligation.

In case Bank Guarantee/LUT has been redeemed, the Advance Authorization holder can get the duty free inputs processed from any manufacturer under Actual User condition as per job work regulations prescribed under the Central Excise Rules. However, such restriction shall not be applicable in case of transferable DFIA holder.

(Please refer 17/2006, DT. 24/08/2006 - Transferable DFIA-Endorsement of the names of supporting manufacturers-Clarification)