Procedure for grant of Factory/Warehouse Stuffing Permission to Exporters
IN order to enhance facilitation to the exporters and avoid any complication or confusion, JN Customs has issued a single consolidated Public Notice regarding procedure for grant of Letter of Factory Stuffing Permission LoFSP to the Exporters.
A one-time Letter of Factory Stuffing Permission (LoFSP) will be issued. The LoFSP for stuffing of export goods at any approved premises, will be granted to all types of Exporters, holding a valid IEC, on submission of an application in the format ‘Annexure-B' and on receipt of : (a) NOC from jurisdictional Central Excise DC/AC, received in sealed cover, for deputing officers at the stuffing premises for supervision of examination & stuffing of the export goods and (b) Verification of genuineness, existence, suitability & functioning of exporter's premises as well as stuffing premises, from jurisdictional Central Excise DC/AC, received in sealed cover, in the formats ‘Annexure-C', ‘Annexure-D' & ‘Annexure-E', whether or not the applicant Exporter is registered with the jurisdictional Central Excise.
The LoFSP will be valid for : (i) Exports made from all Customs Stations/Ports in the country, (ii) All export goods having proper RITC, whether or not such goods are excisable, except prohibited goods as defined in sub section 33 of Section 2 of the Customs Act 1962 thereby meaning “any goods the import or export of which is subject to any prohibition under the Customs Act or any other law for the time being in force”. (iii) All exports under export promotion schemes, (iv) All exports under ‘Free Shipping Bills' (for Merchant Exporters only).
LoFSP may also be granted to the Exporters in case of non-receipt of requisite NOC& Verification reports from jurisdictional Central Excise authorities, at the time of submitting application, provided the Exporters are having a valid ‘Status Holder Certificate' i.e. Export/Star Trading House Certificate, issued by the DGFT.
In case of non-status holder Exporters exporting for the first time through JNCH/JNPT, the LoFSP will be granted only after receipt of requisite NOC& verification reports from the jurisdictional Central Excise DC/AC, in sealed cover.
A single LoFSP will be granted to the Exporter for stuffing at a particular premise; and the Exporter will have to apply separately for each additional stuffing premise, in case LoFSP is sought for stuffing at multiple premises.
LoFSP, valid for ONE day, may also be granted to Exporters, in case the export goods are bulky in nature which need to be stuffed directly into the export containers, under Central Excise/Customs supervision, at Railway Station/Yards, Private Warehouses & similar premises subject to submission of NOC from the stuffing premises and NOC from Central Excise/Customs authorities to examine the export goods & supervise the stuffing.
The Central Excise officer who supervised the examination and stuffing of the cargo in the stuffing premises as per the LoFSP shall mention his office contact Number and put his stamp indicating name, designation with complete office address in the examination report/ARE-1 and other documents.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE PUBLIC NOTICE NO.., Dated: April 28, 2016