Clarification regarding duty drawback allowed in cases of short realisation of export proceeds due to bank charges deducted by foreign banks

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.... VIII(H)9/CT/PN/11/2019 Dated: 09.10.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 30/019 Subject: Clarification regarding duty drawback allowed in cases of short realisation of export proceeds due to bank charges deducted by foreign banks. Representations have been received by the Board from Export Promotion Councils, Trade Bodies, and individual exporters regarding show cause notices issued by some Customs field ....

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....export promotion schemes, para 2.52 of FTP 2015-20 also states that free foreign exchange remitted by buyer after deduction of bank service Charges are taken as export realisation under export promotion schemes of FTP. Earlier also, in respect of agency commission paid to agents abroad for securing export contracts, Board vide Circular No. 64/2003- Customs dated 21.072003 has allowed such commissi....

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.... of FOB value allowed by the Board. Agency commission and foreign bank charges, separately or jointly, exceeding this limit should be deducted from the FOB value for granting duty drawback, Field formations may consider on merits exporter's requests for regularising such short realisation on account of foreign bank charges based on documentary evidence such as export invoice, bank's conf....