4.77

Export Against Supply By Foreign Buyer

(a) Before clearance of each consignment of import supplied by foreign buyer, Nominated Agency / Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate/Eligible Exporter shall execute a bond with Customs, undertaking to export within stipulated period in contract, gold/silver/platinum jewellery or articles equivalent to entire import quantity of gold/silver/platinum, mountings and findings etc excluding admissible wastage.

(b) In case of direct supply of gold/silver/platinum, alloys, findings and mountings of gold/silver/platinum and plain semi-finished gold/silver/platinum jewellery to status holder/ exporter, Status Holder/exporter shall furnish a Bank Guarantee/LUT, as per Customs Rules and regulations to Customs equivalent to Basic Customs Duty leviable on imported gold/ silver/ platinum, alloys, findings and mountings of gold/ silver/ platinum and plain semifinished gold/ silver/ platinum jewellery etc. Integrated Goods and Services tax and Compensation Cess leviable under Section 3(7) AND 3(9) of Customs Tariff Act shall be payable separately on imports.

(c) BG /LUT, executed with Customs shall be valid for one year. In case of direct supply to Status Holder/exporter, exports shall be completed within 90 days. In case of non-fulfillment of EO / nonachievement of stipulated value addition, Customs Authority shall proceed to recover custom duty alongwith interest as notified by DoR which may include enforcement of BG/LUT. Besides, importer will be liable to penal action under Customs Act.

For those cases where the last date of exports under this para falls between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the last date stands extended by six months.

(Above sentence has been added vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 67/2019, DT. 31/03/2020)