The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council

Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2018

Circular No.ES/143/2017-18                                                                      August 04, 2018

To: Members of the Council

SubCourier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2018

Dear Member,

This is to inform you That Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued Notification No. 68/ 2018- Customs (N.T.) dated 03rd August, 2018 by making amendments in the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998. These regulations may be called the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2018, and shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette

In the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 (herein after referred to as the said regulations), amendments are made in the following-

  • In clause (e) of  sub regulation (2) under  regulation 2 -

(i) in sub-clause (iii), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:

“Provided that this sub-clause shall not apply to goods notified in Appendix 3C of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020), under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) in consignment of value up to five lakh rupees and involving transaction in foreign exchange;”;

(ii) in sub-clause (v), for the words “twenty five thousand”, the words “five lakh” shall be substituted.

  • In sub-regulation (3) under regulation 6-

In the first proviso for the words “twenty-five thousand”, the words “five lakh”, shall be substituted.

Members may kindly make a note of the above.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

S. BALARAJU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR