4.78

Export Procedure / Payment of Customs Duty

(a) Nominated Agency / Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate / exporter shall be liable to pay customs duty leviable on that quantity which is proved to have not been exported.

(b) Goods shall be cleared through Customs by Nominated Agency/ Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate / exporter. Even where export order is received by an Associate, goods shall be cleared through Customs by nominated agency only and not by Associate. Associate shall, in such cases, authorise Nominated Agency to act as its agent to file Bill of Entry and shipping bill.

(c) At t h e time of export, shipping bill presented to Customs shall also contain the following:

(i) Name and address of associate/ Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate /exporter;

(ii) An endorsement by Nominated Agency / Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate that export is made against an order received by concerned associate, its date of registration with nominated agency. In case of exports by Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate /exporter, a self declaration shall be provided to this effect;

(iii) Name of Customs House through which gold/ silver/ platinum/plain semi-finished gold/ silver/ platinum jewellery was imported and corresponding Bill of Entry No. and date and date of import.

(d) Each shipping bill shall be valid for exports only through Customs House located at the place where office of Nominated Agency/ Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate / exporter concerned is situated. It shall be valid for shipment for a period of seven days including the date on which endorsement was made by nominated agency in case of exports through nominated agency. If exports cannot be made within this period, exporter shall file a fresh shipping bill.

(e) At the time of export, exporter shall submit following documents:

(i) Shipping bill with two extra copies where exports are made from a Customs House other than Customs House through which corresponding import of gold/ silver/ platinum/plain semi-finished gold/silver/ platinum jewellery was effected. In other cases, shipping bill with an extra copy;

(ii) Three copies of invoice;

(iii) Certificate from nominated agency indicating quantity and value of items supplied by foreign buyer.

(f) Customs authorities shall return two copies of shipping bill and connected invoice duly attested. One copy shall be sent to person who presented documents and the other copy shall be sent by Customs to office of nominated agency/Status holder/ exporter.

(g) In case of exports through nominated agency, exporter shall submit proof of exports to nominated agency within 15 days of exports, who shall, after verifying documents, release admissible quantity of the gold/ silver/ platinum etc. to exporter.

(h) Exporter may also obtain, in advance, gold/ silver/ platinum etc. supplied by foreign buyer by furnishing a BG /LUT for an amount equal to international price of such items plus customs duty payable thereon. BG /LUT shall be redeemed only when the exporter has furnished proof of exports to nominated agency and accounted for the use of items supplied in advance in export product.

(i) For redemption of bond/ BG /LUT executed with Customs, Nominated Agency/ Status Holder having Nominated Agency Certificate /exporter shall furnish a statement indicating items, its quantity and value supplied by foreign buyer, corresponding Bill of Entry number and date, number of each of shipping bills against which corresponding exports was made.