Pending drawback claims due to non submission of replies - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE No. 35/2018

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIR CARGO EXPORT, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, NEAR I.G.I.AIRPORT, NEW DELHI-110037 C.NO.VIII/ACE/DBK/IGST Helpdesk/156/2017 Dated : 29.05.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 35/2018 Subject: Pending drawback claims due to non submission of replies - reg. Attention of all the exporters, Customs Brokers, other stakeholders and members of the trade is invited to the fact that a large number of drawback claims are pending in various queues in EDI system, in this Commissionerate. The department aims at disbursing duty drawback claims of the exporter as soon as the EGM is filed in respect of the goods exported. However, in some categories of cases, the release of Drawback gets held up for a long time for want of appropriate action on the part of Exporter/CHA/Shipping Line/Custodians. Therefore, it is in the interest of exporters to check and obtain the current status of their Drawback claim immediately after Let Export Order (LEO) and after filing of EGM. The status of Drawback claim against any shipping bill can be seen at the website www.delhicustoms.gov.in alongwith reason of pendency. 2. Attention of all the exporters, Customs Brokers, other stakeholders and members of the trade is invited to the Board Circular no. 22/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 as amended by Circular No. 32/17 dared 27.07.2017 and 34/2017 dated 09.08.2017. The Board has amended Note and Condition 12 A of Notification No. 131/2016 -Cus (N.T.) dated 31.10.2016 by Notification No. 73/2017-Cus(NT) dated 26.07.2017 and dispensed with the requirement of the certificate from GST officer to claim higher rate of drawback. Further to facilitate exports, the higher rate of drawback can be claimed on the basis of SELF DECLARATION to be provided by exporter in terms of revised Note and Condition 12A of aforesaid Notification. 3. It has been found that a large number of Drawback claims have been pending in Query Raised queue for very long time (Let Exporter Order period from 01.07.2017 to 30.09.2017) on account of non-submission of SELF-DECLARATION by the exporter. All such exporters are therefore, required to submit the reply along with above self-declaration on EDI system to the Deputy Commissioner (Drawback), Air Cargo Export with 15 days from the date of issuance of this Public Notice. 4. Further in such cases where a substantive query is raised for submission of certain documents /clarifications along with the submission of SELF DECLARATION as per Circular No. 32/2017 dated 27.07.2017 and 34/2017 dated 09.08.2017, the exporters are required to submit the desired documents/clarifications along with the above self declaration within the stipulated time period mentioned above. 5. If the query/requisite declaration is not submitted within the stipulate time mentioned above the drawback claim shall be either rejected or processed at lower rate based on merit of the case. For ready reference of the all concerned, list of all pending Drawback claims in Query Raised queue obtained from the EDI system is attached with this Public Notice (Annexure-I). 6. In case any difficulty, the Exporter may contact the Deputy Commissioner (Drawback) over phone no. 011-25654977 or by e-mail at [email protected]. (Sunil K. Sinha) Commissioner