Warehousing – Waiver of interest on Customs duty on warehoused goods – consolidated instructions

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.... dated 29.10.2004 (F.No.473/07/2004-LC), Circular No.38/2005-CUSTOMS, dated 28.09.2005 (F.No.473/07/2005-LC) in the matter relating to waiver of interest on Customs duty on warehoused goods. 2. A need was felt in the Board to combine all these instructions into one consolidated circular on the aforesaid matter to ensure uniformity to consider the request for waiver of interest on Customs duty on any warehoused goods u/s 61 of the Customs Act, 1962. Accordingly, in supersession of these previous guidelines and circulars on the aforesaid matter, the instructions have been consolidated in this Circular. 3. Notification No.122/2004-CUSTOMS (NT), dated 25.10.2004 was issued, delegating powers of the Central Board of Excise and Customs relati....

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....ld escalate the costs unnecessarily. In essence the guidelines cover the following cases. This would however be subject to the individual merits of a case :- (i) Goods supplied as ship stores/aircraft stores (ii) Goods supplied to diplomats (iii) Goods used in the units operating under manufacture-in-bond scheme (iv) Goods imported by 100% EOUs (v) Goods warehoused and sold through duty free shops (vi) Machinery, equipment and raw materials imported for building and fitment to ships (vii) Petroleum products (viii) Plant and Machinery imported for projects (ix) Machinery, equipment and raw-materials imported for manufacture and installation of power generation units (X) Goods imported under OGL and warehoused for subseque....

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.... the principal and, if the principal is not recovered/payable, so is the interest on it. The interest under Section 61 (2) of the Customs Act, 1962 has, thus, no independent or separate existence. 7. In all cases, which have been discussed in the para 4 above, the demand for interest are to be raised when due. The same are, however, not to be enforced, and on fulfillment of the purpose of import, the waiver of interest is to be decided within six months. In other words, the activity of the importers is to be allowed to continue, which includes clearance of the goods from the warehouse for the purpose of use, and only at the last stage after the goods have been cleared or at the time of de-bonding in cases of 100% EOUs, the waiver of intere....