Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the import policy regarding rough marble and travertine blocks for the financial year 2014-15. It sets a quota of 8 lakh MT with a minimum import price of US$325 per MT. Key deadlines include submitting applications to Regional Authorities (RA) by December 24, 2014, and license validity until December 31, 2015.
Key Points / Main Content:
Import Policy Amendments:
The import of rough marble blocks is subject to conditions outlined in Notification No. 99, dated November 20, 2014.
The policy provisions apply to the import of rough marble blocks and travertine for the financial year 2014-15, superseding earlier guidelines.
Restricted items include marble and travertine that are crude, roughly trimmed, or merely cut into rectangular or square blocks, subject to import licensing.
Eligibility Criteria for Units:
Units must have installed a marble gangsaw machine by March 31, 2014 (excluding 100% Export Oriented Units and units in Special Economic Zones).
The gangsaw machine must be in the applicant's name and not leased.
Units should have been in operation for at least five years by March 31, 2014.
Eligible units must have a cumulative turnover of at least Rs. 5 Crores during the financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 from processed marble slabs/tiles.
Units must be registered with Central Excise Authorities at the time of application.
Financial and Quantity Limits:
A floor price of US$325 per Metric Ton (MT) applies to imports of crude or roughly trimmed marble and travertine blocks.
The total import of rough marble and travertine blocks is capped at 8 lakh MT for the licensing year 2014-15.
Import licenses are granted based on a minimum turnover of Rs. 5 crores of processed marble slabs/tiles over the previous three financial years (2011-12 to 2013-14).
The quantity is capped at 3500 MT per gangsaw, subject to overall availability.
Licensing and Compliance:
All licenses are subject to actual user conditions.
License holders must file monthly returns regarding imports to the Regional Authority of DGFT by the 15th of each subsequent month.
Import licenses are valid until December 31, 2015.
Application Process:
Applicants must submit hard copies of their application with required documents to the concerned RA.
The RA will forward applications to DGFT HQ for review and quota allocation.
A calendar of events is provided, with key dates for notification, application receipt, forwarding to DGFT, allocation declaration, and license issuance.
Required Documentation:
Registration certificate with Central Excise Authorities.
Certificate from Central Excise Authority indicating the number of installed gangsaws.
SSISIA Registration Certificate/Memorandum of MSME showing operation before March 31, 2009.
Certification from the State Industry Department/District Industry Centre of gangsaws established by March 31, 2014.
List of equipment/capital goods (excluding gangsaw) set up for processing marble slabs/tiles before March 31, 2009, certified by a Chartered Accountant (CA).
Income Tax Return for FY 2008-09, certified by a CA.
CA certificate indicating domestic/foreign sales turnover of marble slabs/tiles for years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
Statement of accounts certified by a CA and filed with Income Tax authorities for relevant years.
Turnover Calculation and Restrictions:
Sales against Form H, job work income, excise duty, service tax, and VAT paid on indigenous sales can be included in the indigenous sales turnover calculation.
Only the applicant's turnover is considered; turnover from group companies is excluded.
Applicants must not be on the Denied Entities List (DEL) of DGFT.
Penalties:
Furnishing wrong or false information will result in debarment from marble import allocation and potential penal action under the FTDR Act 1992.
Impact Analysis:
Marble and Travertine Importers:
Impact: Subject to new import policy with quotas, minimum pricing, eligibility criteria, and compliance requirements.
Action Required: Review eligibility, prepare and submit applications with required documentation to the Regional Authority by December 24, 2014, and comply with monthly reporting requirements.
Regional Authorities (RA) of DGFT:
Impact: Responsible for receiving, scrutinizing, and forwarding import applications to DGFT HQ.
Action Required: Receive and process applications by December 24, 2014, and forward them to DGFT HQ by December 31, 2014.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT):
Impact: Responsible for setting the policy and allocation of quotas.
Action Required: Scrutinize applications forwarded by RAs, declare allocation by January 8, 2015, and issue licenses from January 9-15, 2015.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992 : An act of the Indian Parliament that empowers the Central Government to make provisions for the development and regulation of foreign trade by facilitating imports and increasing exports.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 : A policy that provides a framework for increasing exports, stimulating economic growth and generating employment.
ITC HS Classifications of Export and Import Items : Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System) is based on Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). This is used for specifying the items that are allowed for export and import.
Rough Marble and Travertine Blocks : Crude or roughly trimmed marble and travertine blocks or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise into blocks of a rectangular including square shape
Directorate General of Foreign Trade : An organisation responsible for implementing the foreign trade policy with the main objective of promoting Indian exports
New Delhi : Capital of India
Central Excise Authorities : Government agency responsible for administering and collecting taxes on goods manufactured within the country.
Denied Entities List of DGFT : List of entities maintained by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade with whom any transaction related to import or export is prohibited
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5- ykblsal¨ a d¨ tkjh djuk 9 l s 15 tuojh] 20154 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th November, 2014
No. 99 (RE-2013)/2009—2014
Sub. : Policy for issue of import licenses of Rough Marble and Travertine Blocks for the Financial year 2014-15.
S.O. 2947(E).—In exercise of powers conferred under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and
Regulation) Act, 1992 as amended, read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009—14, the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendments in Schedule-I (Imports) to the ITC (HS) Classifications of
Export and Import Items:
2. Import Licensing Note No. (2) inserted at the end of Chapter 25, will be amended to read as : “Import of rough
marble blocks will be subject to conditions laid down in Notification No. 99 dated 20th November 2014.”
3. Conditions for import of marble.
(A) The following Policy provisions will be applicable for import of Rough Marble Blocks and Travertine for the
financial year 2014-15. This will supersede earlier Policy/Guidelines for issue of import licenses of Rough
Marble Blocks.
(B) Attention is invited to ITC HS Codes 25151100 and 25151210 indicated in Schedule-1 (Imports) of ITC (HS)
Classifications of Export and Import Items. As per the provisions contained therein, import of Marble and
Travertine– Crude or Roughly trimmed and merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks of a rectangular
(including square) shape is restricted and subject to import licensing procedures.
(C) The applications for import license for import of rough marble blocks and travertine under the above mentioned
ITC HS Codes will be considered in the following manner: -
I. Eligibility of the units will be decided based on the following four criteria:
(a) Units who have installed marble gangsaw machine (except 100% EOUs and units in SEZ) on or prior to
31.3.2014. The marble gangsaw machine shall be in the name of the applicant only. No gangsaw on
“Lease Basis” shall be considered for the purpose of allocation of import entitlement.
(b) The Units should have been in operation for 5 years on or prior to 31.3.2014.
(c) All eligible units as per (a) above should have cumulative turnover of at least Rs. 5 Crores (Rupees Five
crores) during the 3 years period i.e. financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 irrespective of whether it is from
domestic or foreign sources in respect of processed marble slabs/tiles only.
(d) The Unit should be registered with Central Excise Authorities on the date of filing application.
II. Floor Price:
Licenses for import of crude or roughly trimmed marble and travertine blocks or merely cut, by sawing or
otherwise into blocks of a rectangular (including square) shape shall be subject to a floor price of US$ 325
per Metric Ton (MT), which shall be endorsed on all licenses.
III. Entitlement:
The total import of Rough Marble and Travertine blocks under ITC HS Codes 25151100 and 25151210 will
be subject to a ceiling of 8 lakh MT for the whole of the licensing year, 2014-15. Eligible units will be
entitled for an import license on the basis of cumulative turnover ( indigenous or foreign) of at least Rupees
5 crores of processed marble slabs/tiles only, over the previous three financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14.
The quantity so calculated will however be subject to a ceiling of 3500 MT per gangsaw, subject to overall
availability.
IV. Actual User Condition:
All licenses shall be subject to actual user condition. Modalities for submitting hard copies of the applications
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V. Monthly Return
License holders shall file monthly returns regarding imports made by them, to the concerned Regional
Authority of DGFT by the 15th of each succeeding month in which license is obtained (for example if a
license is obtained on 13th February, the license holder will file the first monthly return for imports made in
February by 15th of March and for each month thereafter by the 15th of subsequent month). This is a
mandatory requirement.
VI. Validity of Import licences
Licenses for Import of Marble and Travertine will have a validity upto 31st December 2015.
4. Effect of this notification:
Import policy of Rough Marble and Travertine blocks for the year 2014-15 has been notified with a quota of
8 lakh MT and an MIP of US$ 325 per MT .
[ F. No. 01/53/162/MISC/AM15/Marble-01/IC]
PRAVIR KUMAR, Director General of Foreign Trade
ANNEXURE-1
Modalities for submitting applications for grant of quota for import of rough marble blocks
1. Eligible applicants will submit hard copies of their application, in the relevant Aayat Niryat Form, along with
the documents prescribed therein, to concerned RA for import of rough marble blocks for the financial year 2014-15.
RA will then forward the applications to DGFT HQ for scrutiny and allocation of quota. Calendar of events is attached
as Annexure 2 to this Notification.
2. The following conditions would need to be followed and documentary proof submitted to concerned RA
alongwith the application for grant of quota :-
(a) The Marble gangsaw in the Unit should be in the name of the Unit and established on or prior to 31.3.2014.
The gang saw should not be ‘on Lease’ from any other party. The marble gangsaw machine should have linear
movement and should have minimum 60 steel blades impregnated with diamond segments and be used only
for cutting marble blocks into slabs;
(b) The certificate of registration with Central Excise Authorities.
(c) The applicant should furnish a certificate from Central Excise Authority indicating the number of Gangsaw(s)
installed and functional/operational in the Unit.
(d) SSI/SIA Registration Certificate/Memorandum of MSME should show the Unit being in operation on or prior
to 31.03.2009. State Industry Department (District Industry Centre) should certify the number of gangsaw(s)
established on or prior to 31.3.2014 and this certificate need to be submitted to RA.
(e) The list of equipments/capital goods (other than Marble gangsaw) set up by the applicant in the Unit for
processing marble slabs/tiles should be prior to 31.3.2009, as per Balance Sheet as on 31.3.2009, duly
certified by a Chartered Accountant;
(f) Income Tax Return for the financial year 2008-09 indicating processing of marble by the Unit duly certified
by a Chartered Accountant;
(g) CA Certificate indicating domestic/foreign sales turnover of marble slabs/tiles of years 2011-12, 2012-13 and
2013-14.
(h) A copy of Chartered Accountant certified statement of accounts, filed along with Balance Sheet to Income
Tax authorities for each of the years i.e. 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 (in order to prove cumulative
turnover from domestic or foreign sources) of marble slabs / tiles of atleast Rs. 5 crore in the last 3 years).
(i) The sale against Form H and other relevant Forms, job work income earned by any unit sawing marble blocks
of third parties into slabs/tiles and the amount of excise duty, service tax and sales tax/VAT paid on such
indigenous sales turnover of marble slabs/tiles may also be included for calculating indigenous sales turnover
of the applicant. An applicant would need to submit certified copies of VAT/Sales Tax returns filed by the
applicant for each of the 3 financial years indicating the indigenous sales turnover of marble slabs/tiles
alongwith the income tax returns for the same period. No trading turnover shall be considered.
(j) With regard to calculation of indigenous sales turnover, it is clarified that the turnover will include the net
sales after deducting the sales returns from the gross sales. It is also clarified that the turnover of the applicant
only shall be taken into consideration and the turnover of group concerns/sister concerns/subsidiaries etc.
shall not be counted for calculating the turnover.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(k) The applicant must not be on DEL (Denied Entities List) of DGFT.
(l) In case any applicant/firm is found to have furnished wrong/false information or made any misrepresentation,
then it shall be debarred from the allocation for import of marble and also liable for penal action under the
provisions of FT (D&R) Act 1992, as amended.
3. The last date for receipt of hard copy of application with complete documents with RA shall be
24th December, 2014.
Annexure-2 to Notification No: 99 (RE-2013)/2009—14 Dated : 20th November, 2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1. Notification to be issued on 20th November, 2014
2 Receipt of Application in RA Upto 24th December, 2014
3 Forwarding of Applications to DGFT HQ by Upto 31st December, 2014
RA’s
4 Declaration of Allocation 8th January, 2015
5 Issuance of Licences 9th to 15th January, 2015
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