POLICY CIRCULAR NO.30 (RE-2000)/2000-01/
Dated 3rd
October, 2000
To|
ALL LICENSINFG AUTHORITIES
ALL COMMISIONERS OF CUSTOMS
Subject:- Export
under DEPB Scheme through Land Customs.
Attention is invited to paragraph 7.43 of Hand Book of Procedure (Vol.
I}RE-2000) under which the Licencing Authority has to
ensure that while issuing
the DEPB, the Shipping Bill No. and date. FOB Value in Indian Rupee as per
Shipping Bills and description of the Export Product are endorsed on the DEPB,.
Some representations have been received in this office in which the exporters
have stated that in case of exports made to
neighboring countries through Land Custom Stations, shipping bills are
substituted by the bill of exports. On a careful examination of this
issue , it is felt that the
non -inclusion of bill of export in the context of issuance of DEPB under the
above paragraph is an inadvertent omission though it is impliedly an acceptable document in the spirit of the Exim
Policy applicable in such cases. Since the bill of export is not mentioned in
the above paragraph, the exporters
are facing difficulties in claiming the DEPB benefits again such exports.
Central Board of Excise and Customs has informed that the two Land Customs
Stations, namely Petrapole and
Ranaghat are already notified under DEPB Scheme. Therefore, in case of Export through notified Land Custom Stations as
above (or to be notified in future)
, the Bill of Export may be accepted as a relevant
export document in place of
Shipping Bill for the purpose of issuing
DEPB in accordance the procedure laid down under
the said paragraph 7.43 of
the HandBook of Procedure
(VOL.I).
This issues with the approval of the DGFT
(A.K.Srivastava)
Dy. Director General of Foreign Trade