Home - Export Import Guide - Exip Procedure - 2008

The Exip procedure comprises of the following chapters :

1. Introduction and Objective-
DGFT here notifies the compilation of HBPv1, HBPv2 and DEPB rates schedule. Timely amendment of the compilations will take place. However, DEPB scheme will be operative till the end of the year 2009.
The objective is to enable smooth implementation of the provisions of Act of FT (D&R), the Orders and Rules made under this and FTP (2004-09) by means of transparent, simple and EDI compatible processes that are easy to administer and to comply with. All this is done for the effectual management of foreign trade.

2. General Provisions pertaining to exports and imports :
Chapter 2 comprises of policy that relate to general provisions regarding imports and exports. All the vital information regarding

1. Countries of Imports,
2. Vital information regarding filing up of the application form-its surrender, validation, duplication,
3. Territorial Jurisdiction,
4. Validity for Import Licence, Authorisation, Certificate, CCPs, Permissions, Export licence, etc.
5. Revalidation of the above
6. Duplicate copies of the licence for import and export and matters regarding authorization and permissions.
7. Identity cards
8. Interviews with officers having authority
9. Export of SSI Sector reserved items.
10. Facilities for warehouse
11. Corporate Guarantee
12. Certificate of Origin
13. Preferential
14. Non Preferential
15. Automatic Licence / Authorisation / Certificate / Permission
16. Submission of Certified Copies of Documents
17. Payment through various means such as ECGC covers, General insurance, etc.
18. Irrevocable Letter of Credit
19. Export and import through various means such as post and courier
20. Direct negotiation of export documents
21. Import/Export of Samples
22. Import in compliance with Lease Financing
23. Requirements for International and National Exhibitions
24. Import Policy
25. General Procedure
26. Restricted Goods
27. Import of used capital goods
28. Import of Ammunition only by Licensed Dealers
29. Restricted Items mandatory for Hotels, Restaurants, Tour Operators, Travel Agents and other Specified Categories.
30. Import of Restricted Items other than these
31. EXIM Facilitation
32. Gifts of Consumer Goods or other goods
33. Import under Govt.
34. Import of Ticket Forms/ Cheque Books, Aircraft Spares that have been reconditioned, Replacement Goods, etc.
35. Conveyance of Imported Goods
36. Sale of Exhibits
37. Import of Overseas
38. Prototypes
39. Restricted items
40. Export Policy
41. Export of Items of State Trading Regime (STR)
42. Exports of Samples / Exhibits
43. Free of Cost
44. Duty Free Import of R&D Equipments for Pharmaceuticals and Bio-technology Sector
45. Alteration of E.P. copy of shipping bill from one scheme to another
46. Relocation of Industries
47. Offsetting of Export earnings
48. Quality Certification
49. Procedure for import
50. Entities that are eligible for the allocation of quota
51. Issue of scripts against the EP copy of lost Shipping Bills
52. Export Promotion Council including Commodity Boards (CB)
53. Autonomous Professional, Non-Profit Bodies
54. RCMC-Registered Authorities that issue RCMC, Registration cum-membership of (RCMC), its Validity Period
55. Change in Constitution and intimation regarding the same
56. Furnishing of Returns
57. De-Registration and Appeal against it.
58. Directives of DGFT
59. Eligibility
60. Procedure
61. Benefits
62. New EDI Initiatives

Detailed information regarding the above heads is provided for the facilitation of the people involved in Import and export.

3. Promotional Measures:
All promotional measures for the benefit of import and export have been listed here. Information regarding the below mentioned can be found herein:

1. Status Certificates
2. Application permitting the same
3. Maintenance of Accounts
4. Refusal/ Cancellation/ Suspension of Certificate
5. Appeal regarding the same
6. Ineligible Services and Remittances
7. Jurisdictional RA/RA Concerned
8. Port of Registration
9. Split Scripts facility
10. Re-export of dilapidated goods
11. Declaration of Intent
12. Employment of Duty Credit Scripts

4. Duty remission and exemption schemes

1. It includes all the vital information regarding:
2. Advance Authorization
3. Self Declaration
4. Entitlement
5. Authorization surpassing entitlement
6. Application
7. Undertaking
8. Financial Powers
9. Standardization
10. Modification of Sign
11. Amendment to Export
12. Revision of SION
13. Description of an Advanced Authorization
14. Exports in Anticipation
15. Advance Authorization
16. Advance Release Order
17. Back to Back Inland
18. Facility of Supporting
19. Facility of Co- Licensee
20. Acceptance of BG/LUT
21. Port of Registration
22. Facility of Clubbing
23. Accomplishment of Export Obligation
24. Release of export obligation for advance licence that has been issued prior to 1.4.2002
25. Redemption of No Bond Certificate
26. Intermediary Arrangement for Authorizations issued up to 31.8.2004
27. Regularization of authentic Default
28. Time Period within which Fines Customs Duty, Etc. can be deposited.
29. Consideration of cases for loss of shipping bills or Bank Realization Certificate against the production of its EP copy.
30. Certificate for Duty Free Replenishment

5.EPCG Scheme
Under this chapter, the following topics have been covered:

1. Policy
2. Application Form
3. Consideration of Applications under different circumstances
4. EPCG Scheme to resulting DTA Unit after conversion of relocated SEZ Units EOU.
5. Indigenous Sourcing and leasing of Capital Goods
6. Condition for Fulfillment
7. Monitoring of Export requirement
8. Enhancement/ Automatic Reduction upto 10% of the CIF value and Prorata Reduction or Enhancement in Export condition
9. Addition to Export Obligation Period
10. Export Obligation Shortfall
11. Redemption
12. Regularization of genuine Default
13. Maintenance of Records
14. Re-Export of those Capital Goods that have been imported under EPCG Scheme
15. Substitution of Capital Goods
16. Penal Action
17. Merging of EPCG authorizations
18. Re-fixation of Export Obligation upon alteration from CIF based EO to duty based EO
19. Import of Refurbished/ Reconditioned Spares and Tools

6. EOUs, EHTPs and STPs
All the vital information regarding Export Oriented Units (EOUs), Electronics Hardware Technology Parks (EHTPs) and Software Technology Parks (STPs) and Bio-technology parks (BTPs) is provided under this section. Topics like Application procedure, legal undertakings, export and import of goods on various terms, leasing of capital goods, National Foreign Exchange, DTA supplies, export of gems and jewellery, contract farming, export promotion tour, depreciation norms for computer peripherals and capital goods, domestic procurement and import of goods, etc. have been covered herein.

7. Special Economic Zone
Policy pertaining to SEZs is found in SEZ rules, 2006 that have been notified in Gazette of India dated 10.2.2006, Extraordinary No. GSR 54 (E).

8. Deemed Exports
This section holds information regarding policy pertaining to

1. Deemed exports,
2. Various criteria under which the benefits for deemed exports can be claimed and the procedure that one should adopt to claim deemed exports drawback
3. Refund of terminal excise duty.

9. Miscellaneous matters
This section holds information regarding:

1. Alteration in constitution and name
2. Denomination for authorization, permissions and licence certificate of import
3. Late cuts for applications received after the prescribed date for its receipt has expired
4. Supplementary Claims
5. Provision of Information by the importer and the exporter
6. Clarifications on procedures or policies
7. Standing Grievance
8. Time Bound removal of application
9. Shipment or dispatch dates for imports
10. Shipment or dispatch dates for exports
11. General review power