Customs -Pendency of Brand Rate Claims - Regarding - Customs - 03/2013

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS P.B.NO.5400 : CENTRAL REVENUE BUILDING QUEEN'S ROAD: BANGALORE - 560 001 C.No. VIII/48/86/2011 Cus Tech Dated: 14.02.2013 Public Notice No. 03/2013 Cus Sub: Customs -Pendency of Brand Rate Claims - Regarding. It has been noticed that a large number of Brand Rate Drawback Shipping Bills are pending in this Commmissionerate for want of submission of brand rate sanction/fixation orders from the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities. Many of these shipping bills are pending for more than three years. The lists of brand rate shipping bills, which are pending for want of the aforesaid sanction/fixation letters at ACC and ICD, Bangalore are separately available on the Bangalore Customs website www.bangalore customs.gov.in. 2. The efforts made in the past with individual exporters to liquidate the pending cases have not proved fruitful. Therefore, all exporters/CHAs are hereby advised : (i) to submit the Brand Rate sanction/fixation letters issued by the jurisdictional Central Excise Commissionerates; or (ii) where the Brand Rate has not yet been sanctioned/fixed, a copy of the application filed by the exporter with the jurisdictional Central Excise authorities accompanied with a self-declaration to the effect that the brand rate has not been fixed (both documents duly attested by the jurisdictional DC/AC of Central Excise), be submitted. 3. In case the documents, as at sl. no.(2(i) or 2(ii) above, are not submitted on or before 28.02.2013 the pending Brand Rate Drawback Shipping Bills may be disposed off as not pursued without any further reference to the Exporter/CHA. 4. All the Exporters/CHA are requested to take note for suitable compliance so that pending Brand Rate Drawback claims could be disposed off at the earliest. (Sandeep Prakash) Commissioner