Amendments to the All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback effective from 25.01.2018 - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 04/2010

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, KANDLA-370 210 Phone No:02836-27146d/469, Fax No.02836-271467 F. No. S/ 20-80/AIR/PN/AG/2017-18 Dated: 30/01/2018 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 04/2010 Subject: - Amendments to the All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback effective from 25.01.2018 - reg. Attention of all Importers/ Exporters, Custom Brokers, Members of the Trade and all other concerned is invited to Board's Circular No. 04/2018 - Customs dated 24th January, 2018 issued through F. No. 609/12/2018- DBK on the above subject . 2. Government has considered various representations and data related to issues arising from the implementation of the revised All Industry Rates (AIRS) of Duty Drawback vide notification No. 89/2017- Cus (N.T.) dated 21.09.2017 that came into effect from 01.10.2017. Accordingly, Government has made certain amendments vide notification No. 08/2018-Customs (N.T.) dated 22.01.2018 . These changes are effective from 25.01.2018. The notification may be downloaded from www.cbec.gov.in and perused. 3. The changes made, inter-alia, include - (a) AIRs/caps of drawback have been enhanced for the following items: (i) Certain marine products covered under Chapters 3 and 16; (ii) Certain rubber articles like automobile tyres and bicycle tyres/tubes covered under Chapter 40; (iii) Leather and certain articles thereof covered under Chapters 39, 41, 42 and 64; (iv) Yarn/ fabric pf wool covered under Chapters 51, 55, 56, 58 and 60; (v) Glass handicrafts covered under chapter 70; (vi) Bicycles covered under Chapter 87; and (vii) Fishing/sports net of other man made textile material falling under tariff items 560802 and 950611. (b)AIRs/ caps of drawback have been reduced for chemicals covered under tariff items 290701 and 291201. (c) Tariff Item 391802 viz.. Polypropylene and Mast and the entries related There to have been deleted from the Drawback Schedule. Polypropylene Mats will continue to be classifiable under tariff Item 460101, which Is in alignment with the entry under the Customs tariff Act, 1975, with the existing rate/cap. 4. All the Trade Associations, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Customs Brokers Association are requested to publicize the contents of the Public Notice among their members / constituents for Information. 5. Difficulty faced, If any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. (Sanjay Kumar Agarwal), Commissioner, Custom House, Kandla