Amendments to certain All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 82/2015

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (NS-II) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, NHAVA SHEVA TALUKA URAN DIST. RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA 400 707. F. No. S/12-Gen- 200/2015-16 AM(X) Date: 16.10.2015 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 82/2015 Sub. : Amendments to certain All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback regarding. 1. Attention of all Custom House Agents, Exporters, Members of Regional Advisory Committees, Members of the Trade and other stake holders is invited to the above mentioned subject regarding Amendments to certain All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback . 2. Vide Board s Circular No.6/2015-Cus, dated 11.2.2015, the Government considered representations and feedback related to the All Industry Rates (AIR) of Duty Drawback that were made effective from 22.11.2014 and has notified certain amendments effective from 13.02.2015 vide Notification Nos. 20/2015-Customs (N.T.) and 21/2015- Customs (N.T.), both dated 10.02.2015. These can be downloaded from www.cbec.gov.in and perused. The changes made, inter-alia, include a) separate entries for (i) protective industrial wear including industrial boiler suits under tariff items 61140407 and 62110408 (ii) leather gaiters or chaps and synthetic gaiters or chaps under tariff items 640618 and 640619, respectively (iii) PCB drills made from solid tungsten carbide blanks or rods under tariff item 820701 (iv) cutlery etc. of stainless steel having nickel content of 8% or more under tariff items 821402 and 821502 (v) rubber bladders, shoulder or shin guards and rounders bat of wood under tariff items 950612, 950613 and 950614, respectively; b) change in drawback rate and cap applicable to tariff item no 420199; provision of composite rates of drawback for tariff item nos. 7308 and 8433; c) changes in drawback caps for tariff item nos. 42020301, 42020401, 420301, 420599, 430301, 482306, 570204, 570301, 570304, 570501, 570503, 732301, 732302, 821401, 821501 and 950610; d) prescribing 1% (all Customs) rate to optical fibre cable of tariff item no. 900101; e) enabling drawback under brand rate route on export of rice. All the Trade Associations/Chamber of Commerce/Members of Regional Advisory Committees and Custom House Agents Association are requested to publicize the contents of this Public Notice among their members/constituents Sd/ (Rajeev Tandon) Principal Commissioner of Customs NS (II), JNCH