Merchant exporter - How to avoid Excise duty and tax

[Asked by Guest]

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I have my first export order and I don't get proper response from tax dept people regarding how I can avoid paying excise duty and taxes to manufacturers/ suppliers. I will be buying chemicals from Indian manufacturers/ supplier and send it to African continent.

Please advise how I can avoid the excise duty (12%) and tax (5%) levied by manufacturer or supplier.

Thanks

Ragul

AI Summary

Duty-suspended export via CT-1 and bond enables manufacturer clearance without excise payment pending proof of export.
Merchant exporters must register under central excise or service tax, execute a bond with the maritime commissioner, and obtain a CT-1 from the jurisdictional range to permit manufacturers to clear goods for export without payment of duty; the exporter must submit admissible proof of export after shipment, and CT-1 and ARE-1 are exchanged with the manufacturer and range office to enable duty-suspended clearance.