Govt allows export of 2 MT sugar till Sept 2018 to clear surplus
The Dollar Business Bureau In a bid to further ease the sugar exports and to clear surplus stocks, the Government on Wednesday allowed export of 2 million tonnes of the sweetener till the end of the current marketing year (October to September). Earlier, the Government has scrapped the 20% export duty and doubled the duty on sugar imports to 100%. Besides, the Government has permitted the exports of white sugar until September this year under the scheme of Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA), in which exporters can import sugar duty-free within the next three years, till September 2021. Sugar mills in the country have to pay Rs.13,899 crore to sugarcane farmers as on March 21, 2018, as per the official data. Sugar mill are allowed ...
Export incentive Schemes under the FTP Are exports still incentivising under the GST regime?
By Ranjeet Mahtani and Suhasini Joshi The Government of India has always endeavoured to encourage and incentivise exports, and it has been an avowed policy to export goods and services and not taxes and duties. The Ministry of Commerce, Government of India has consistently formulated schemes aimed at diversifying Indian exports and creating a stable policy environment- Foreign Trade Policies (FTP). The FTP 2015-20 announced various schemes (some new and others modified existing schemes) as a step towards the Prime Minister’s much touted ‘Make in India’. On June 30th, 2017 the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a Trade Notice amending the scope, applicability and procedural aspects of some of the FTP schemes, in view of and to align with the new GST ...
Govt exempts duty on re-imports of certain goods
The Dollar Business Bureau The Government has exempted custom duty on the re-imported goods which are exported under claim for drawback of any customs or excise duties levied by the Union, drawback of any excise duty levied by a State, for rebate of Central Excise duty, bond without payment of Central Excise duty, duty exemption scheme (DEEC/Advance Authorisation/DFIA) or Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG). “The Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods falling within any Chapter of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)….when reimported into India, from so much of the duty of customs leviable and the whole of the additional duty, ...
Govt exempts duty on re-imports of certain goods
The Dollar Business Bureau The Government has exempted custom duty on the re-imported goods which are exported under claim for drawback of any customs or excise duties levied by the Union, drawback of any excise duty levied by a State, for rebate of Central Excise duty, bond without payment of Central Excise duty, duty exemption scheme (DEEC/Advance Authorisation/DFIA) or Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG). “The Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods falling within any Chapter of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)….when reimported into India, from so much of the duty of customs leviable and the whole of the additional duty, ...