Implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court's directions as per judgment dated 28.04.2023 in matter of Civil Appeal No. 290 of 2023 relating to ‘pre-Import condition’-reg.

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....023 relating to 'pre-Import condition'-reg. Attention of all the Importers/Exporters and stakeholders is invited towards to the Circular No. 16/2023-Cus dated 07.06.2023 issued by the Drawback Division, CBIC, in light of the Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment dated 28.04.2023 in matter of Civil Appeal No. 290 of 2023 (UOI and others vs. Cosmo Films Ltd.) relating to mandatory fulfillment of a 'pre-import condition' incorporated in para 4.14 of FTP 2015-20 vide the Central Government (DGFT) Notification No. 33/2015-20 dated 13.10.2017, and reflected in the Notification No. 79/2017-Customs dated 13.10.2017, relating to Advance Authorization scheme. 2. The FTP amended on 13.10.2017 and in existence till 09.01.2019 had provided that imports u....

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.... (b) Under GST law, the BE for the assessment of integrated tax/ Compensation Cess on imports is one of the documents based on which the input tax credit may be availed by a registered person. A TR-6 challan is not a prescribed document for the purpose. (c) The nature of facility in Circular No. 11/2015-Cus (for suo moto payment of customs duty in case of bona fide default in export obligation) is not adequate to ensure a convenient transfer of relevant details between Customs and GSTN, so that ITC may be taken by the importer. (d) The Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 provides that the Board may, for the purposes of facilitation of trade, take such measures for a class of importers-exporters or categories of goods i....