Import regulation under foreign exchange rules: banks must verify compliance, documentary evidence, and safeguards before permitting remittances. The Circular consolidates FEMA and RBI directions governing imports, requiring AD Category I banks to ensure compliance with the Foreign Trade Policy, KYC/AML norms and documentary practice when permitting remittances. It prescribes advance remittance safeguards (bank guarantees/standby LCs or waivers for sectoral exceptions), time limits and tenor restrictions for import credits, tiered evidence of import requirements based on remittance value, and reporting, verification and preservation obligations for AD banks, with special rules for precious metals, diamonds, merchanting trade and online payment gateway transactions.
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Import regulation under foreign exchange rules: banks must verify compliance, documentary evidence, and safeguards before permitting remittances.
The Circular consolidates FEMA and RBI directions governing imports, requiring AD Category I banks to ensure compliance with the Foreign Trade Policy, KYC/AML norms and documentary practice when permitting remittances. It prescribes advance remittance safeguards (bank guarantees/standby LCs or waivers for sectoral exceptions), time limits and tenor restrictions for import credits, tiered evidence of import requirements based on remittance value, and reporting, verification and preservation obligations for AD banks, with special rules for precious metals, diamonds, merchanting trade and online payment gateway transactions.
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