Export of handicraft and artware items under Drawback Scheme – reg.

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....n to the Board circular No.03/2010-Cus dated 12.02.2010 regarding classification ofhandicraft and artware items in the Drawback Schedule. The circular clarified that the assessing authorities should normally accept certificates issued by the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) / EPCH certifying the goods as artware/ handicrafts. A decision to reject a certificate issued by the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)/ EPCH should be taken only with approval of the Commissioner of Customs / Central Excise and after discussions with the certificate issuing authority. Exports should not, in the mean time, be held up. The circular also clarified that consignments of artware and handicrafts should be classified in the Drawback Schedule in accor....

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....crafts. Further, at some field formations, in case of artware or handicraft item made of more than one constituent material, drawback is either allowed on constituent materials separately or is allowed only on one of the constituent materials. 4.             The matter has been examined. It is hereby clarified that certificate from EPCH/ Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) should not be asked for all consignments of Handicrafts/artware as a routine but only in cases of doubt. Certification of EPCH/ Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) on invoices may be accepted notwithstanding anything contained in the Board circular No. 56/99-Cus dated 26.08.1999. Certification on photographs ....

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....items such as lamps/lanterns are artware/ handicraft items, they should be classified as artware/ handicrafts in the specific headings provided for artware/handicraft items of iron, glass, brass, iron and steel etc. in various chapters of the Drawback Schedule irrespective of their classification in the Customs Tariff / HSN and irrespective of whether there are other headings, covering those products more specifically, in the Drawback Schedule elsewhere. Further, as clarified by the Board vide circular No. 3/2010-Cus dated 12.02.2010, artware or handicraft article made of more than one constituent material should be classified as if it is made of that constituent material which predominates in it by weight. Once classification of such artic....