Re-export of Imported Goods - Drawback Rules Amended
AS per Rule 5 of the RE-EXPORT OF IMPORTED GOODS (DRAWBACK OF CUSTOMS DUTIES) RULES, 1995,
5. Manner and time of claiming drawback on goods exported other than by post. - (1) A claim for drawback under these rules shall be filed in the form at Annexure II within three months from the date on which an order permitting clearance and loading of goods for exportation under section 51 is made by proper officer of customs:
Provided that the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may, if he is satisfied that the exporter was prevented by sufficient cause to file his claim within the aforesaid period of three months, allow the exporter to file his claim within a further period of three months.
Now this proviso is amended to read as:
(i) the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, may extend the aforesaid period of three months by a period of three months and that the Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, may further extend the period by a period of six months ;
(ii) the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, may, on an application and after making such enquiry as he thinks fit, grant extension or refuse to grant extension after recording in writing the reasons for such refusal;
(iii) an application fee equivalent to 1% of the FOB value of exports or Rs. 1000/- whichever is less, shall be payable for applying for grant of extension by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be and an application fee of 2% of the FOB value or Rs. 2000/- whichever is less, shall be payable for applying for grant of extension by the Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be.
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated: June 17, 2010