3.01

Merchandise Exports From India Scheme (MEIS)

(a) Policy for Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) is given in Chapter 3 of FTP.

(b) An application for claiming rewards under MEIS on exports (other thane Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using e-commerce), shall be filed online, using digital signature, on DGFT website at http://dgft.gov.in with RA concerned in ANF 3A. The relevant shipping bills and e BRC shall be linked with the online application.

However, if

i. E-BRC has been generated in INR and payment is under Para 2.52(b) of the FTP, a letter from the concerned bank is required to be submitted to the concerned RA confirming that the payment has been received through Vostro Mechanism,

or

ii. The shipment has been made to countries which are in OFAC list and e BRC could not be generated by the concerned bank, a declaration to that effect by the exporter along with a self attested copy of the proof of payment such as Foreign Inword Remittance Certificates /Statements etc is required to be submitted to the RA,

The RAs would process the application under (i) and (ii) above, after the required documents are submitted in hard copy to the RAs.

(Above (b) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 08/2019, DT. 14/05/2019)

[OLD- (b) An application for claiming rewards under MEIS on exports (other than Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using e- Commerce), shall be filed online, using digital signature, on DGFT website at http://dgft.gov.in with RA concerned in ANF 3A. The relevant shipping bills and e BRC shall be linked with the on line application.]

(c) If application is filed for exports made through EDI ports including SEZ exports, then the RAs shall not ask for any physical documents except under the provisions of Para 3.01 (h) below and therefore hard copy of the following documents need not be submitted to RA: hard copy of applications to DGFT, EDI/ SEZ shipping bills, electronic Bank Realisation Certificate (e-BRC) and RCMC. The applicant shall submit the proof of landing in the manner prescribed under paragraph 3.03 of HBP.

(d) In case application is filed for exports made through non EDI ports (other than SEZs), then applicant need to submit export promotion copy of non EDI shipping bills. The applicant shall submit the proof of landing in the manner prescribed under paragraph 3.03 of HBP. The applicant shall upload scanned copies of any other prescribed documents for claiming scrip unless specified otherwise. However applicant need not submit hard copy of applications to DGFT, electronic Bank Realisation Certificate (e-BRC) and RCMC in this case also.

(Above sub-para (c) & (d) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.67/2017, DT. 22/03/2018)

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(c) If application is filed for exports made through EDI ports, then the RAs shall not ask for any physical documents except under the provisions of para 3.01 (h) below and therefore hard copy of the following documents need not be submitted to RA: hard copy of applications to DGFT, EDI shipping bills, electronic Bank Realisation Certificate (e-BRC) and RCMC. The applicant shall submit the proof of landing in the manner prescribed under paragraph 3.03 of HBP.

(d) In case application is filed for exports made through non EDI ports, then applicant need to submit export promotion copy of non EDI shipping bills. The applicant shall submit the proof of landing in the manner prescribed under paragraph 3.03 of HBP. The applicant shall upload scanned copies of any other prescribed documents for claiming scrip unless specified otherwise. However applicant need not submit hard copy of applications to DGFT, electronic Bank Realisation Certificate (e-BRC) and RCMC in this case also. ]

(e) Applicant shall file separate application for each port of export in case of Non EDI Shipping bills. In case of EDI shipping bills, the applicant can file a single application containing shipping bills of different EDI ports. Accordingly shipments from different EDI ports will not require separate applications

(f) Processing of Non EDI Shipping bills at RA: In cases the Non EDI shipping bills or the shipping bills not received through the Message Exchange from Customs, concerned RA shall verify the details entered by the exporter from the original shipping bills before grant of scrip.

(g) No manual feeding allowed for EDI shipments: For EDI Shipping Bill, no manual feeding of Shipping bill details shall be allowed to the applicants in the online system. Rewards will be granted by RAs without the need for cross verifying EDI Shipping Bill details.

(h) RA shall process the electronically acknowledged files and scrip shall be issued after due scrutiny of electronic documents. After scrutiny, if the officer has reasonable suspicion of wrong classification/ mis-declaration in any application, in such cases officer may, after approval of his senior officer/ Head of the Office, seek physical documents for scrutiny. On receipt of such documents, the officer must decide the claim within 7 working days. In cases, where the claim is rejected, a speaking order shall be issued.

(i) The documents which are not required to be submitted in original, shall be retained by the applicant for a period of 3 years from the date of issuance of scrip or as prescribed under FTP para 3.19 (b).

(j) Licensing Authority may call such documents in original at any time within 3 years. In case the applicant fails to submit the original documents on demand by Licensing Authority the applicant shall be liable to refund the rewards granted along with interest at the rate prescribed under Section 28 AA of Customs Act 1962, from the date of issuance of scrip.

(k) Eligibility of product, corresponding ITC[HS] code, and markets (as given in Appendix 3B) for claiming rewards under MEIS shall be determined from Let Export Date as per Paragraph 9.12 of HBP.

(Pl. refer PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 58/2019, DT. 29/01/2020 for 3.01 (1) The excess/undue claims paid to the exporters under MEIS, for exports with Let Export date between the period 07.03.2019 to 31.12.2019, relating to apparel and made-ups (chapter 61, 62 and 63) will be suitably adjusted against RoSCTL and recoveries made, wherever due.)