Regarding amendment in Notification no. 131/2016-Customs (N.T.) dated 31.10.2016 relating to AIRs of duty drawback

Last updated: 29 June 2017

Notice Date : 29 June 2017

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 59/2017-CUSTOMS (N.T.)

New Delhi, the 29th June, 2017

G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 93A and sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), read with rules 3 and 4 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 131/2016 - Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st October, 2016, published vide number G.S.R. 1018 (E), dated the 31st October, 2016, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(a) in the Notes and conditions,- (i) for paragraph (6), the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

“(6) An export product accompanied with tax invoice and forming part of project export (including turnkey export or supplies) for which no figure is shown in columns (5) and (7) in the said Schedule, shall be so declared by the exporter and the maximum amount of drawback that can be availed under the said Schedule shall not exceed amount calculated by applying ad-valorem rate of drawback shown in column (4) or column (6) to one and half times the tax invoice value.”;

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