The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council

Mechanism to apply for additional claims under MEIS for certain HS codes for which enhanced rates were notified with retrospective effect.

Circular No.ES/110/2019-20                                                                                              9th August, 2019

To: Members of the Council

Sub.:  Mechanism to apply for additional claims under MEIS for certain HS codes for which enhanced rates were notified with retrospective effect.

Dear Member,

DGFT has issued Trade Notice No. 28/2015-2020 dated 5th August, 2019 prescribing the procedures to apply for additional claims under MEIS for certain HS codes for which enhanced rates were notified with retrospective effect.

As you are aware, DGFT had notified higher rates for certain HS Codes during the Mid Term Review of the Policy, for exports made from 1st November, 2017 vide –

It had come to the notice of DGFT that certain exporters had realized payment for exports made on or after 1st November, 2017 after having made exports under those HS Codes and have also claimed MEIS benefits from the Directorate, before the said Public Notices were notified. These exporters are not able to claim the different higher rates under the current mechanism of issue of such scrips since scrips were issued as per older rates in the system.

It order to enable such exporters claim the differential 2% rates as enhanced vide the above 4 Public Notices, the following procedure is being elaborated for compliance by the RAs and the Exporter / Applicants:

  1. Exporter/ Applicant would submit a letter to the concerned RA with a statement of the S/Bills along with corresponding file no. from which MEIS has already been issued, for which additional claims under MEIS is being claimed for the relevant HS Codes.

  1. Based on the letter, the RA would open a supplementary file from the same file number in the E com module. (The necessary E corn module modifications have been done by the NIC).

  1. RA would then check the eligibility for additional claim and fill the differential rate manually in the relevant field for the relevant HS Codes at the item.

  1. After approval at the level of the Deputy DGFT, RA would issue the scrip for the supplementary file. This scrip would be issued in the paperless form and the scrip owner would be required to record its transfer online as is the current practice.

  1. No additional documents, are required to be submitted by the exporters/ applicants to the RAs in the process after the applicant has submitted the letter with the statement of S/Bills as in (i) above.

  1. Such scrips would be utilized just like the other MEIS scrips. The mechanism of data transmission of such scrips to Customs/ ICEGATE has been worked out.

Members may kindly make a note of the above procedures and do the needful as instructed by DGFT.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

S. Balaraju
Executive Director