**Executive Summary:**
This notification, No. 73/2017-Customs (N.T.), effective July 1, 2017, amends notification No. 131/2016-Customs (N.T.) concerning Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995. The amendment modifies the conditions for drawback eligibility, focusing on input tax credit and integrated goods and services tax related to exported goods. It outlines specific declarations and requirements for exporters to meet.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Amendment Authority:** The Central Government issued the amendment under the powers conferred by the Customs Act, 1962, and the Central Excise Act, 1944, read with the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995.
* **Modification of Notes and Conditions:** Serial number 12A under "Notes and conditions" of the principal notification is substituted.
* **Drawback Eligibility Conditions:**
* Applicability: The rates and caps of drawback specified in columns 4 and 5 of the Schedule shall be applicable if the exporter satisfies specific conditions.
* Input Tax Credit (ITC):
* The exporter must declare and establish that no input tax credit of central goods and services tax or integrated goods and services tax has been availed on the export product or any inputs/input services used in its manufacture.
* Alternatively, if goods are exported on payment of integrated goods and services tax, the exporter must declare that no refund of the integrated goods and services tax paid on the export product will be claimed.
* Cenvat Credit:
* The exporter must declare and establish that they have not carried forward and will not carry forward the amount of Cenvat credit on the export product or on the inputs/input services used in the manufacture of the export product, under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
* **Effective Date:** The notification is deemed to have come into force on July 1, 2017.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Exporters:**
* *Impact:* Exporters are directly affected by the revised conditions for claiming drawback on exported goods. They must adhere to the new declaration and documentation requirements related to input tax credit and Cenvat credit.
* *Action Required:* Exporters must carefully review their processes to ensure compliance with the new conditions, make necessary declarations, and be prepared to establish compliance to the satisfaction of the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs.
**Customs Officials (Assistant/Deputy Commissioners):**
* *Impact:* Customs officials are responsible for verifying exporters' compliance with the new conditions for drawback eligibility.
* *Action Required:* Customs officials need to be aware of the amended rules and ensure that exporters provide the required declarations and documentation to substantiate their claims for drawback.
Key Entities Referenced
Customs Act, 1962: An act of the Parliament of India to consolidate and amend the law relating to customs.
Central Excise Act, 1944: A statute concerning excise duties in India.
Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995: Rules governing drawback of customs, central excise duties, and service tax.
Ministry of Finance: A ministry within the Government of India responsible for financial matters.
Department of Revenue: A department under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
New Delhi: The capital of India, where the notification was issued.
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017: An act of the Parliament of India to make a provision for the levy and collection of tax on intra-State supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government
Anand Kumar Jha: Uder Secretary whose name is mentioned in the document.
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वित्त मत्रं ालय
(राजस्ि विभाग)
अविसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 26 जुलाई, 2017
संख्या 73/2017-सीमाशुल्क (गै.टे.)
सा.का.वन. 954(अ).—सीमाशुल्क, केंद्रीय उत्पाि शुल्क और सेिाकर प्रविअिायगी वनयमािली, 1995 के वनयम 3, 4 और 5 के
साथ पठिि, सीमाशुल्क अविवनयम, 1962 (1962 का 52), की िारा 75 की उपिारा (2) और (3) और केंद्रीय उत्पाि शुल्क अविवनयम,
1944 (1944 का 1) की िारा 37 की उपिारा (2) के िहि प्रित्त शवियों का प्रयोग करिे हुए, केंद्र सरकार एिद्द्वारा भारि सरकार, वित्त
मंत्रालय (राजस्ि विभाग) की अविसूचना संख्या 131/2016-सीमाशुल्क (गै.टे.) दिनांक 31 अिूबर, 2016, वजसे सा.का.वन. 1018(अ),
दिनांक 31 अिूबर, 2016 के िहि प्रकावशि दकया गया था, को संशोविि करिी है, यथााः:-
उि अविसूचना में, ‘नोट्स और शिों’ शीर्षक के अंिगषि, क्रमांक 12क के स्थान पर, वनम्नवलविि को प्रविस्थावपि दकया जाएगा, यथााः-
“(12क) उि अनुसूची के कॉलम (4) और (5) में दिए गए प्रविअिायगी की िर और सीमा दकसी िस्िु या उत्पाि के वनयाषि पर िब लागू
होगी जब वनयाषिकिाष वनम्नवलविि शिों को संिुष्ट करेगा:-
(क) (i) वनयाषिकिाष सहायक आयुि, सीमाशुल्क या उप आयुि, सीमाशुल्क, जैसी भी वस्िवथ हो, के समक्ष इस बाि की घोर्णा करेगा
और यदि आिश्यक हुआ िो उसकी संिुवष्ट के वलए वसद्ध करेगा दक दकसी वनयाषि उत्पाि पर या दकसी वनयाषि उत्पाि के वनमाषण में प्रयुि
आिान या आिान सेिा पर केंद्रीय माल और सेिा कर या एकीकृि माल और सेिा कर का इनपुट क्रेविट नहीं वलया गया है और न ही वलया
जायेगा; अथिा
(ii) यदि िस्िु का वनयाषि एकीकृि माल और सेिा कर के भुगिान के िहि दकया गया हो िो वनयाषिकिाष इस बाि की घोर्णा करेगा दक
वनयाषि उत्पाि पर भुगिान दकए गए एकीकृि माल और सेिा कर के ठरफंि का िािा नहीं दकया जाएगा;
4522 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(ख) वनयाषिकिाष सहायक आयुि, सीमाशुल्क या उप आयुि, सीमाशुल्क, जैसी भी वस्िवथ हो, के समक्ष इस बाि की घोर्णा करेगा
और यदि आिश्यक हुआ िो उसकी संिुवष्ट के वलए वसद्ध करेगा दक वनयाषिकिाष ने केंद्रीय माल और सेिा कर अविवनयम, 2017 (2017 का
12) के अंिगषि वनयाषि उत्पाि पर या वनयाषि उत्पाि के वनमाषण में प्रयुि आिान या आिान सेिा पर दकसी सेनिेट क्रेविट की रावश को
अग्रसाठरि नहीं दकया ह ैऔर न ही दकया जाएगा।”;
2. यह अविसूचना दिनांक 1 जुलाई, 2017 से लागू हुई समझी जयेगी।
[फा.सं. 609/64/2017-िीबीके]
आनंि कुमार झा, अिर सवचि
नोट: प्रिान अविसूचना संख्या 131/2016-सीमाशुल्क (गै.टे.) को सा.का.वन. 1018(अ) दिनांक 31 अिूबर, 2016 के िहि भारि के
राजपत्र , असािारण के भाग II, िंि 3, उप िंि (i) में प्रकावशि दकया गया था और इसमें अंविम बार अविसूचना संख्य ा 59/2017-
सीमाशुल्क (ग.ैटे.), सा.का.वन. 724(अ) दिनांक 29 जून, 2017, के द्वारा संशोिन दकया गया ह।ै
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th July, 2017
No. 73/2017-CUSTOMS (N.T.)
G.S.R. 954(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 75 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with rules 3, 4
and 5 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby
amend the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 131/2016 -
Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st October, 2016, published vide number G.S.R. 1018 (E), dated the 31st October, 2016,
namely:–
In the said notification, under the heading ‘Notes and conditions’, for serial number 12A, the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
“(12A) The rates and caps of drawback specified in columns (4) and (5) of the said Schedule shall be applicable to export
of a commodity or product if the exporter satisfies the following conditions, namely:-
(a) (i) the exporter shall declare, and if necessary, establish to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs
or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that no input tax credit of the central goods and services tax or
of the integrated goods and services tax has been and shall be availed on the export product or on any of the inputs or
input services used in the manufacture of the export product, or
(ii) if the goods are exported on payment of integrated goods and services tax, the exporter shall declare that no refund of
integrated goods and services tax paid on export product shall be claimed;
(b) the exporter shall declare, and if necessary, establish to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or
Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the exporter has not carried forward and shall not carry
forward the amount of Cenvat credit on the export product or on the inputs or input services used in the manufacture of
the export product, under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017).”
2. The notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st July, 2017.
[F. No. 609/64/2017-DBK]
ANAND KUMAR JHA, Uder Secy.
Note : The principal notification No. 131/2016-Customs (N.T.), dated the 31st October, 2016 was published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 31st October, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 1018
(E), dated the 31st October, 2016 and was last amended vide notification No. 59/2017-Customs (N.T.), dated the
29th June, 2017 vide number G.S.R. 724(E), dated the 29th June, 2017.
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