Procedure for processing of shipping bills by Regional Authorities to allow the benefit of Duty Free Import Authorization(DFIA) Scheme

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.... Dated 23/07/2007 Attention is invited to the Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) Scheme, which came into operation w.e.f. 1.5.2006. Representations have been received from trade and industry that in the beginning of the operation of the Scheme, exporters were unable to file their shipping bills under the Scheme for want of availability of software package with the field formations of Customs....

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....ities shall allow the benefit of DFIA Scheme in following cases of: a) Where the applicant firm has presented Shipping Bills duly converted by the customs authorities to DFIA shipping bills; and b) Where the file number could not be endorsed on the DFIA shipping bills, in such cases the Regional Authority shall make a specific endorsement in EODC or the transferability letter so that the cus....