Centralised processing of refund claims of Group 7 of Export Commissionerate by Centralised Refund Section (CRC-II) - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2017

OFFICE OF THE PR. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT), MUMBAI ZONE -III, PRO CELL, AIR CARGO COMPLEX, SAHAR, ANDHERI (EAST), MUMBAI - 400099 F. No. S/3-MISC-PRO-162/2015-16/ACC(I) Date:- 23/01/2017 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 03/2017 SUB: Centralised processing of refund claims of Group 7 of Export Commissionerate by Centralised Refund Section (CRC-II) - reg. Kind attention of -all Importers, Exporters, Members of trade and industry Associations, Customs Brokers and others is drawn to the Public Notice No. 11/2016/17 dated 23/06/2016 issued by this office regarding creation of Centralised Refund Section in Import Commissionerate Streamlining the procedure thereof . The above PN was issued to simplify the procedure of processing refund claims. For processing of Refund claims, restructured Centralised Refund Section (CRC) was created having two Sections i.e. CRC-I CRC-II. The work profile of these two Sections is as under- 3. CRC-I - This Section shall receive, monitor, process and sanction the refund claims other than SAD and 1% or 5% EDD (SVB order). 4. CRC-II - This Section shall receive, monitor, process and sanction the refunds of 1% or 5% EDD i.e. (R.D. Refunds), Special Valuation Cell, Monitoring of BG, etc. In this regard, it was observed that though SAD Refund for the Air Cargo Complex is centrally looked after by Refund Section of General Commissionerate, there is no Refund Section in Export Commissionerate. Trade has also represented regarding processing of Refund claims of Group 7 of Export Commissionerate, as there is no Refund Section in Export Commissionerate. The Refund claim may include refunds arising out of finalization of provisional assessment, refunds of excess duty paid or any other refund. In view of the above, it has been decided that all the Refund cases of Group 7 of Export Commissionerate will be dealt by Centralised Refund Section. Also, as is being done with regards to Import Commissionerate by the Special Valuation Cell (SVC) under Centralised Refund Section(CRC)-II, the reassessment and finalization of Bs/E of Group 7 pertaining to SVB cases will be dealt by Special Valuation Cell under CRC-II. Difficulties, if any, faced in the implementation of this Public Notice may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (Import), ACC, Mumbai and Commissioner of Customs (Export), ACC, Mumbai. (Dr. Satish S. Dhavale) Addl. Commissioner of Customs (Import) Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai