Circular No.ES/245 /2016-17 December 27, 2016
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Processing of old Drawback claims pending in Mumbai Port, Mumbai Customs, Zone- I, in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in different Queues due to various reasons
Dear Member,
This is to inform you that the Office of the Commissioner of Customs (Mumbai Customs) has issued Public Notice No. 186/ 2016 dated 23.12.2016 regarding a large number of pending drawback claims in various queues, as follows :-
(a) Claims pending in Brand Rate Fixation from Central Excise on account of non-receipt of Drawback claims with Brand Rate letters.
(b) Claims pending in Queries to Exporters on account of no replies from the exporters to queries in respect of the said claims.
(c) Claims pending in Export General Manifest (EGM) not filed or wrong filed/ EGM error on account of no replies from the exporters to queries in respect of the said claims.
(d) Claims pending in ‘Suspended’ queue in absence of required information; these claims will be disposed on merits, based on records available, without any further delay.
The list of Shipping Bills in Mumbai docks falling under these four categories is given in the above Public Notice.
Any member wishing to claim drawback from such cases at a later date may file a Supplementary Claim as per the procedure laid down in Rule 15 of the Customs & Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1995.
Members may kindly make note of the same.
Thanking you,
V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
