Removal of mandatory warehousing requirements for EOUs, STPIs, EHTPs etc. - amendment in paras 6.01, 6.13, 6.19 and 6.28 of FTP 2015-2020

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[To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub Section (ii)]

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Notification No. 2.3/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated |3 August, 2016

Subject: Removal of mandatory warehousing requirements for EOUs, STPIs, EHTPs etc.amendment in paras 6.01,6.13, 6.19 and 6.28 of FTP 2015-2020 — reg.

S.O. (E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 20152020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 with immediate effect:-

|1.|6.01|(g)<br>An<br>EOU<br>engaged<br>in||(g)An<br>EOU<br>engaged<br>in<br>agriculture,|
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|||agriculture,<br>animal<br>husbandry,||animal<br>husbandry,<br>aquaculture,|
|||aquaculture,<br>floriculture, ||floriculture,<br>horticulture,<br>pisciculture,|
|||horticulture,<br>pisciculture, ||viticulture, poultry or sericulture may be|
|||viticulture, poultry or sericulture |permitted|permitted to remove specified goods in|
|||may be<br>permitted<br>to remove |connection|connection with<br>its<br>activities<br>for use|
|||specified goods<br>in connection||outside the premises ofthe unit.|
|||with its activities for use outside||
|||bonded area.||
|2|6.13|(a)<br>Transfer<br>of manufactured||(a) Transfer ofmanufactured goods from|
|||goods from one EOU / EHTP /|one|one EOU / EHTP / STP / BTP unit to|
|||STP /BTP unitto anotherEOU / |another|anotherEOU /EHTP / STP / BTP unit is|
|||EHTP<br>/ STP<br>/ BTP<br>unit<br>is||allowed<br>with<br>prior<br>intimation<br>to|
|||allowed with prior intimation to |concerned Development Commissioners||
|||concerned<br>Development||of the transferer and transferee units as|
|||Commissioners of the transferer |well|well as concerned Customs authorities, as|
|||and transferee units as well as||per following procedure for movement|
|||concerned Customs authorities, |of|ofgoods:|
|||following procedure ofin-bond|<br>movement of goods. Transferof<br>manufactured<br>goods shall also<br>be allowed from EOU / EHTP /<br>STP<br>/ BIP<br>unit<br>to<br>a SEZ|,<br>.<br>- Auy procurement by<br>‘one unit<br>from another should be supported<br>by a Procurement Certificate or<br>pre-authenticated<br>procurement<br>certificates, as applicable;|
|||developer<br>or<br>unit<br>as_<br>per||
|||procedure<br>prescribed<br>in SEZ| <br>Rules, 2006.|ii. The supply ofthe goods from one<br>unit<br>to<br>another<br>shall<br>be<br>based|
||||upon<br>the<br>usual<br>commercial<br>documents,such<br>as,<br>invoice and|
||||deliverychallan;|

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iii. Upon receipt of goods, copies of documents shall be provided to the jurisdictional office of the sending and receiving unit by way of intimation. Transfer of manufactured goods shall also be allowed from EOU / EHTP / STP / BTP unit to a SEZ developer or unit as per procedure prescribed in SEZ Rules, 2006. 3. 6.19 (b) Existing EHTP / STP units | (b) Existing EHTP / STP units may also may also apply for conversion / apply for conversion / merger to EOU unit merger to EOU unit and vice- jand vice-versa. In such cases, units will versa. In such cases, units will javail exemptions in duties and taxes as remain in bond and_ avail applicable. exemptions in duties and taxes as applicable. 4. 6.28 An EOU which intends to set up | Deleted warehousing facilities outside the EOU premises and outside the jurisdiction of DC, at a place near to the port of export, to reduce lead time for delivery of goods overseas and to address unpredictability of — supply orders, is permitted to do so subject to the provisions related to export warehousing as per terms and _ conditions of Notifications issued by the Department of Revenue.

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[Issued from F.No.01/92/180/100/AM 16/PC VI]

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