In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade, hereby notifies the amendments to Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015-20. These amendments shall come into force with immediate effect.

1. Amendment in Paragraph 3.01(e):

Existing Paragraph:

Applicant shall file separate application for each port of export.

Amended Paragraph:

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.

2. Amendment in Paragraph 3.08(a) (i):

Existing Paragraph:

Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single port of registration which shall be the port of export.

Amended paragraph:

Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single port of registration which shall be any one of the EDI ports from where export is made. In case of shipments from Non EDI ports, the Duty Credit Scrip (including splits) under MEIS shall be issued with a single port of registration which shall be the port of export.

3. Amendment in Paragraph 3.16 (b):

Existing Paragraph:

Port of registration for EDI enabled ports shall be the port of export. Accordingly separate application shall be filed for each EDI port.

Amended Paragraph:

Port of registration for EDI enabled ports shall be any one of the ports from where export is made.

Effect of this Public Notice: The procedure for filing of application under MEIS Scheme for EDI Shipping Bills is simplified. Shipments from different EDI ports will not require separate applications. Accordingly the ANF 3A has been modified as per Annexure to this Public Notice.
 

(Anup Wadhawan )

Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from File No.01/61/180/179 /AM16/PC3
 

Please note that separate applications are required to be filed for separate years (AM15, AM16 etc.) based on Let Export date. Shipments from EDI Ports and Non-EDI Ports cannot be clubbed in one application. Shipments from different EDI Ports can be clubbed together in a single application for a given licensing year. Separate application shall be filed for each Non EDI port
 

2. Application Details:

(i) Export Licensing Year (pl. specify the year in which export has been made, based on Let export date (Para 9.12 of HBP):

(ii) Date of filing of Application:

(iii) Port of Export for this Application:

Note: Applicant to select/feed the details of one shipping bill at a time .A maximum of 50 shipping bills can be filed in one application

3.Details of Export :
 

4. Number of Split Certificates required (in multiples of Rs 5 lakhs each):

5. Port of Registration for the purpose of imports. (The port of registration shall one of the ports from which exports have taken place in case of EDI Shipments. In case of Non EDI Shipments, the port of shipment shall be the port from which exports have taken place)

6. DECLARATION / UNDERTAKING

1. I/We hereby certify that :

A. the entity for whom the application has been made have not been penalized under any of the following Acts (as amended from time to time):

(i) The Customs Act, 1962,

(ii) The Central Excise Act 1944,

(iii) Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act 1992,

(iv) The Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999; and

(v) The Conservation of Foreign Exchange, Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974

B. none of the Directors / Partners / Proprietor / Karta / Trustees of the company /firm /HUF/Trust, (as the case may be), is/are a Director(s) / Partner(s) / Proprietor / Karta / Trustee in any other Company/ firm / entity which is on the Denied Entity List (DEL) of DGFT;

C. neither the Registered Office of the company / Head Office of the firm / nor any of its Branch Office(s)/ Unit(s)/ Division(s) has been declared a defaulter and has otherwise been made ineligible for undertaking import / export under any of the provisions of the Policy;

2. I/We undertake to abide by the provisions of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, as amended from time to time, the Rules and Orders framed there under, the Foreign Trade Policy, the Handbook of Procedures

3. I/We hereby certify that that particulars and statements made in this application are true and correct and nothing has been concealed or held there from. I/We fully understand that any information furnished in the application if found incorrect or false will render me/us liable for any penal action or other consequences as may be prescribed in law or otherwise warranted.

4. I hereby certify that I am authorized to verify and sign this declaration as per Paragraph 9.06 of the Foreign Trade Policy.

5. I hereby declare that no benefit under MEIS, was availed (or applied for) previously against Shipping Bills currently included in this application.

6. I hereby declare that in terms of Para 3.17 of FTP, this application does not contain any exports in contravention to this provision. I further declare that these goods have actually been exported out of India

7. I hereby declare that the Exported Product/goods and markets are covered under Appendix 3B and the exports, for which this application is being filed, are made on or after the respective admissible date of export, as indicated in relevant Appendix

8. I hereby declare that export product for which the duty credit scrip reward is being claimed does not contain any product which is listed as ineligible export categories / sectors in per Para 3.06 of FTP.

9. I fully understand that RA or any other agency, at any time, may ask me to provide documents on the basis of which rewards was granted and which are not submitted in original .I undertake to provide any such details/documents without any delay on my part. In case I am not able to provide such documentary evidence, I undertake to refund the amount of scrip in cash with interest at the rate prescribed under section 28AA of Customs Act, 1962, from the date of such scrip as prescribed in FTP and HBP and shall also be liable for penal action as per FTDR act.

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