Circular No.ES/417/2018-19 March 18, 2019
To: Members of the Council
Sub.: Discontinuation of physical copy of Advanced/EPCG Authorisation - Procurement from SEZs
Dear Member,
Kindly refer to Council’s earlier Circular No.ES/383/2018-19 dated February 15, 2019 regarding discontinuation of physical copy of Advance / EPCG Authorisations issued from 01st March, 2019 onwards, for EDI ports by DGFT RAs
In this regard, DGFT has noticed that procurement from SEZs has been adversely affected due to the discontinuation of Telegraphic Release Advice (TRA) facility for authorizations from EDI to non EDI ports vide Policy circular 19 dt. 14.02.2019. The process of integration of SEZ online with ICE Gate might take some time.
Now, in order to facilitate trade, O/o DGFT has issued Policy Circular No. 21/2015-20 dated 11th March, 2019 regarding procedures to be followed for procurement from SEZs.
Procedures to be followed for procurement from SEZ after discontinuation of physical copy of Advanced/EPCG Authorisation
In case of procurement from SEZs–
TRA facility shall be operated by RAs of DGFT as outlined below. The request for TRAs from EDI ports to SEZs shall be made to the concerned RA.
Cases where request on a plain paper is made along with the application for authorization –
RA may issue a “Certificate of supplies from SEZ”, containing details as given in Para 4.30 (d) of the HBP 2015-20, for the requested item, after making the import item “Invalid for direct imports”.
“Certificate of supplies from SEZ” shall be marked in quadruplicate with a copy each to the authorization holder, SEZ supplier unit, designated officer at SEZ, and the relevant port customs authorities.
The above certificate shall be issued as an online amendment to the authorization and has to be transmitted.
Cases where the request for issue of “Certificate of supplies from SEZ” is made in due course–
Certificate of supplies from SEZ shall be accompanied with an authorization utilization status issued by the relevant customs authorities mentioned on the authorization for the RA to verify the actual utilization of authorization at the time of application.
The certificate may be issued to the extent of quantity available as per utilization status.
The remaining procedure shall remain same as the case where the request is made along with the application.
Members may kindly make a note of the above procedures.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
S. BALARAJU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
