DEPB rate amendments update export entitlement rates and product descriptions, and set differing effective shipment periods. Amendment revises Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) rates, value caps and product descriptions in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1) (RE-98). Annexure A rates apply to shipments from 1 April 1997 to 14 April 1998; Annexure B rates form part of Appendix 28A and apply from 15 April 1998. The notice modifies specific DEPB entries across Chemical, Plastic and Engineering product groups-changing rates, deleting specified engineering entries, correcting chemical and plastic product descriptions, adding textile-product designations, and correcting sewing machine descriptions-thereby updating operational export entitlement provisions.