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EXPORT PROCEDURE & DOCUMENTATION
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INTRODUCTION
India has a mission to capture 2% of the global share of trade by 20010, up from the present level of less than 1%. Export is one of the lucrative business activities in India. The government also provides various promotional schemes to the exporters for earning valuable foreign exchange for the country and for meeting their requirements for importing modern technology and essential inputs. Besides, the income from export business is also exempted to the specified extent under the Income Tax Act, 1961, Refund of Central Excise and Custom Duty on export is also made under the Duty Drawback Scheme of the Government. There is no Sales Tax on products meant for exports.
Exports can be of goods which can be moved physically from one country to another or can be of service rendered. Detailed list of services are given in the Foreign Trade Policy covering more than 160 items e.g. Insurance, Hospital, Postal and Telecommunication etc.
TWO CLASSES OF EXPORTS:
Physical Exports: If the goods physically go out of the country or services are rendered outside the country then it is called as physical export. Deemed Exports: Where the goods do not go out of the country physically they can be termed as deemed exports. This will be subject to certain conditions as prescribed by the DGFT. Under Deemed Exports, the goods may be supplied to the manufacturer exporter who ultimately export a finished product of which this supply forms a part and ultimately go out of the country. E.g. Supply of fabrics to the garment exporter who exports the garments made out of the said fabric.
The government may announce from time to time the types of supplies that may be considered as deemed export. The Foreign Trade Policy gives the list of supplies considered under the Deemed Export Category. The policies and procedures are different for Physical Exports and Deemed Exports as also the benefits available. In a nutshell, Deemed Exports do not enjoy all the benefits that are available under Physical Export. The Foreign Trade defines exports as taking out of India any goods by land, sea, air. Although the act does not term them as “Physical Exports”, we have to put phrase to distinguish it from “Deemed Exports” which is sales in India but considered as exports for limited purpose.
NAMING THE BUSINESS
Whatever form of business organization has been finally decided, naming the business is an essential task for every exporter. The name and style should be soft, attractive, short and meaningful. Open a current account in the name of the organisation in whose name you intend to export. It is advisable to open the account with a bank which is authorised to deal in Foreign Exchange.
APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING AN IEC NUMBER
For obtaining IEC number apply in the prescribe form along with the documents listed above to Regional Licensing Authority (Office of the Regional DGFT). The registered office or the head office may apply for allotment of IEC No.
Whenever, there is a change in the name, address or constitution of the holder of IEC No., such change should be intimated within 30 days to the concern authorities.
IEC certificate will be issued in the form (copy enclosed). A copy of IEC No. is also endorsed to the concerned banker.
VALIDITY :
The IEC No allotted to a firm/company will be valid for all its branches/divisions units/factories as indicated in the IEC No. Import/Export of any commodity by that firm/company. There being no date of expiry, the IEC once allotted is valid till it is revoked. But, if no import or export is effected in the previous financial year, the same will be made inoperative. However, this can be made operative by a formal request to the DGF
EXPORT OF GOODS UNDER EPCG SCHEME
21.1 All the exporters intending to file shipping bills under the EPCG scheme should first get their EPCG licence registered with the Export section. For registration of EPCG licence, the exporter/CHA shall produce the Xerox copy of EPCG licence to the service centre for data entry. A printout of the relevant particulars entered will be given to the exporter/CHA for his confirmation. After verifying the correctness of the particulars entered, the said printout will be signed by the exporter. Thereafter, the original EPCG licence along with the attested copy of the licence and the signed printout of the particulars shall be presented to the Appraiser/Supt (EPCG Cell)The Appraiser/Supdt. (EPCG Cell) would verify the particulars entered in the computer with original licence and register the same in EDI system. The registration number of the EPCG Licence would be furnished to the exporters/CHA, who shall note the same carefully for future reference. The said registration number would need to be mentioned against respective item on the declaration form filed for data entry of the s/bill, at the time of export of goods. All the EPCG S/Bill would be processed on screen by the Appraiser/Supdt.(EPCG Cell) and the AC/DC (Export). After processing of the EPCG S/Bill by the Appraiser EPCG Cell and AC/DC Export, the goods can be presented at the Customs warehouse for registration, examination and “Let Export” as in the case of other export goods. After train summary is submitted to CONCOR, the S/Bill will be put to Appraiser queue for logging/printing of ledger. After logging/printing of ledger, the EPCG bill will be moved to history tables.