7(A).01
Procedure for claiming Transport and Marketing Assistance
(a) Application for claiming assistance under this scheme can be filed by registered and eligible exporter, having a valid RCMC issued by the Competent Authority.
(b) The application can be made by Corporate office/Registered office / Head office or Manufacturing unit. Application for TMA would be filed to the RAs headed by Additional DGFT. Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA headed by Additional DGFT on the basis of address of its Corporate office/Registered office / Head office or Manufacturing unit. Jurisdiction of RA headed by Addl. DGFT is specified in Appendix-7(A)B. The option of the RA needs to be exercised while making first application under this scheme. Once an option is exercised, no change would be allowed for further claims under the scheme. The units under SEZs/EOUs/FTWZ shall file applications for TMA to the RAs headed by Additional DGFT in whose geographical jurisdiction address of the applicant falls.
(Above para has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 12/2019, DT. 25/06/2019 )
[OLD- (b) The application can be made by Corporate office/Registered office / Head office / Branch office or Manufacturing unit. Application for TMA would be filed to the RAs headed by Additional DGFT. Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA headed by Additional DGFT on the basis of address of its Corporate office/Registered office / Head office / Branch office or Manufacturing unit. Jurisdiction of RA headed by Addl. DGFT is specified in Appendix-7(A)B. The option of the RA needs to be exercised while making first application under this scheme. Once an option is exercised, no change would be allowed for further claims under the scheme.]
(c) The application shall be filled up online on DGFT’s website (http://dgft.gov.in/)alongwith the application fee as prescribed in Appendix-2K. A physical pdf copy of the print out of ANF-7(A)A along with prescribed documents shall also be filed manually with RA concerned within 30 days. Login procedure for entering into the application shall be the same as for other ECOM applications. A File number will be generated by the website on completion of successful submission of application.
However, for the applications filed electronically on or after 01.2.2020 upto 30.09.2020, physical pdf copy of the print out of ANF-7(A)A along with prescribed documents can be filed manually with RA concerned upto 30.10.2020.
(Above sentence added vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 02/2020, DT. 13/04/2020)
(d) Application(s) for claim of TMA will be made on quarterly basis i.e. for the shipments made in a particular quarter. Online claims should be filed within a period of one year from the completion of the quarter in which exports have been made. For example, for the exports made in the quarter April to June, 2019; the claim can be filed by 30.6.2020. Similarly, applications for the claim for 1.3.2019 to 31.3.2019 can be filed upto 31.3.2020.
Application for refund of such claims for the quarter ending 31st March, 2019 and 30th June, 2019 may be filed up to 30th September, 2020.
(Above sentence has been added vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 67/2019, DT. 31/03/2020)
(e) TMA claim would be available on shipment basis. All claims for shipments made in a particular quarter should be bunched together and submitted as a single application along with Chartered Accountant (CA) / Cost and Works Accountant (ICWA)/ Company Secretary (CS) certificate in the format as given in Annexure A to ANF-7 (A)A.
(f) Non-submission of the physical copy of the application along with prescribed documents within 30 days after filing online, incomplete or deficient applications shall result in non-acceptance of application by I)GFT and shall be rejected.
(Above para has been added vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 82/2018, DT. 29/03/2019 )