Removal of mandatory warehousing requirements for EOUs, STPIs, EHTPs etc. - Amendment to Notification 52/2003- Customs dated 31.03.2003

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....d 29.07.2016 on the above mentioned subject. 2. Chapter 6 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) provides for manufacture of goods and supply of services, including repair, re-making, reconditioning, re-engineering by Export Oriented Units (EOUs), Electronics Hardware Technology Park Units (EHTPs), Software Technology Park Units (ST PIs) and Bio-Technology Park Units (hereinafter referred to as "units") and undertaking to export their entire production of goods and services, except permissible sales in DTA. 3. Notification 52/ 2003-Customs dated 31.03.2003, as amended from time to time, exempts specified goods when imported for use in the units, from payment of Customs duties, subject to various conditions stated therein. The notif....

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.... Recognizing the potential role of these units in the Make in India initiative and as a measure of improving the ease of doing business, it has been decided to do away with the need to comply with warehousing provisions by these units. For this purpose, notification 44/ 2016 - Customs dated 29th July 2016 has been issued (effective from 13th August 2016) amending the principal notification 52/2003-Customs dated 31st March 2003. As a consequence, these units shall stand delicensed as warehouses under Customs Act, 1962, with effect from 13th August, 2016. They shall continue to adhere to the provisions of Notification 52/2003-Customs dated 31.3.2003, FTP, HBP and other applicable notifications. 6. In view of the condition of warehousing hav....

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.... 10th of month) in a CD or Pen drive, as convenient to the unit. 6.1. The above requirement of maintaining digital records, in the prescribed Form, is applicable from 13th August 2016. Record of imported goods received on or after 13th August 2016 shall be maintained as per the prescribed Form. The information regarding the stock of goods lying with the unit need to be integrated into the digital record prescribed under this circular. However, data relating to goods already processed and/ or cleared need not be updated in the digital records. The warehoused goods register maintained hitherto shall suffice for the purpose. 7 In view of the warehousing procedures having been dispensed with for these units, the system of sending re-wareho....