Exemption to Export Promotion Schemes - Visakhapatnam Airport added
UNDER several exemption notifications pertaining to imports under the various promotional schemes, the imports are allowed only through certain ports, airports, ICDs, or Land Customs Stations. Now Visakhapatnam is added to the list of airports. 31 Notifications are amended and the Board needs to be congratulated for amending all the notifications, which were required to be amended. Now they have a right list with them.
Adding Visakhapatnam airport was also a policy decision announced by the Commerce Minister on 05.06.2012. In Circular No. 20/2012-Cus dated 27.07.2012, the CBEC clarified that Visakhapatnam Airport had to be specified in the Customs exemption notifications for the purposes of import and export under the export promotion schemes for which modalities are being worked out by DG (Systems) and Chief Commissioner, Visakhapatnam.
This also took eight months to be completed.
Notification No. Dated: February 14, 2013