Request for provision of data from Central Excise Commissionerates for the purposes of the exercise for AIR duty Drawback for the year 2015 – reg. - Customs - F.No. 609/30/2015-DBK (B)

F.No. 609/30/2015-DBK (B) Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs Drawback Division Jeevan Deep Building, 4th Floor, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, dated 20 th March, 2015 To Commissioners of Central Excise (All) Ma am/Sir, Subject - Request for provision of data from Central Excise Commissionerates for the purposes of the exercise for AIR duty Drawback for the year 2015 reg. In connection with the above subject, information is required directly from your jurisdiction on the following two aspects (a) on consumption of input materials/services used in export production and the incidence of Customs/Central Excise Duties and Service Tax therein, the information is required in the format in Annexure 1 to be sent as hard copies to Drawback Division by 15th April 2015. The Annexure 1 is self-explanatory. The information has to be in respect of the input materials/services used in export products/product lines mentioned in Annexure 2. (b) on certain goods manufactured in your jurisdiction, you are to send legible hard copies of a few invoices of different manufacturers pertaining to wholesale quantities (i.e. not retail) by 15th April 2015. The information has to be in respect of the goods mentioned in Annexure 3 and cleared from January-March, 2015. 2. It is requested that the time line of 15th April 2015 may please be adhered. Yours faithfully, (Rajiv Talwar) Joint Secretary Tel:23341079 Encl: Guideline for filling Annexure 1, Annexures 1, 2 3 Guidelines for filling the Annexure 1 a) First internally identify important units which manufacture and export the Annexure - 2 items, and then take care to short-list only very few units that may be regarded as representative of the small, medium and large exporters. b) Select and approve the manufacturing unit(s), from where the data/documents are to be collected, and to authorize the specific officials entrusted with the work as also brief them. c) Ensure that the unit identification, selection and data/information collection work is carried out in an un-obtrusive manner and without causing harassment to the manufacturing unit. d) Compile the information in Annexure - 1, export product-wise, for the selected manufacturers for the period January - March 2015, making sure it is correct and consistent. The Notes 1 to 4 mentioned below Annexure - 1 should specifically be kept in mind while compiling the information. e) Attach, with the information, the relevant supporting documents such as copies of Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, invoices etc.