No Drawback on Exports to Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan – Govt amends a 32 year old Notification
AS per Notification No. 208/1977-Customs, dated the 1st October, 1977, drawback of import duty shall not be allowed in respect of goods exported to Burma, Nepal, Bhutan etc.
Why?
Because the Central Government is of the opinion that the goods, if exported under claim for drawback, are likely to be smuggled back into India.
Apparently not much has changed in the last three decades.
The amendments are only technical like ‘‘Burma' is changed to “Myanmar”, “Burmese'' to “Myanmarese”, “euro” is added and “Austrian Schillings”, ‘‘Belgian Francs'', ‘‘Danish Kroners'', “Deutsche Marks'', ‘‘French Francs'', ‘‘Italian Lira'', ‘‘Netherlands Guilders'', ‘‘Norwegian Kroners'', ‘‘Swedish Kroners'', and ‘‘Swiss Francs'' are deleted.
Did these changes happen yesterday? It takes time to realise what is happening around.
Incidentally the Notification says it amends Notification No. 208/1977-Customs (N.T.). In those days there were no NT Notifications.
Notification No. Dated: March 3, 2009