pls advise

HI all,

We are a export unit, who is not registered in excise department cos we are Merchant exporter, but having CST , Vat , service tax registeration , IEC numbers

we purchase packing material from outside suppliers ( both intra state and inter state), can we tell them not to charge excise duty from us and send us the material as we are doing only export.

if they are charing from us in the invoice, is refund of the same is possible for us, if we take excise registration.

kindly suggest