In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts materials required for the manufacture of the final goods when imported into India, from whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), subject to the following conditions, namely :-

(i) that the importer has been granted Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, by the Licensing Authority, for import of the said materials in terms of Chapter 4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, and the said Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, is produced at the time of clearance for debit by the proper officer of customs;

(ii) that the said Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, contains the endorsements specifying, inter alia,-

(a) the Standard Input Output Norm number, description and value of the resultant product exported ;

(b) the shipping bill number(s) and date(s) and FOB value in Indian rupees of the resultant product or excise certified invoice number(s) with value in Indian rupees in the case of supplies made under the categories of deemed exports in terms of paragraph 8.2 of the Foreign Trade Policy; and

(c) the description, value and quantity of the materials which are allowed to be imported:

Provided that in respect of resultant product specified in paragraph 4.31 of the Hand Book of Procedures (Volume I) of the Foreign Trade Policy, the materials permitted in the said Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, shall be of the same quality, technical characteristics and specifications as the materials used in the said resultant product:

Provided further that in respect of said resultant products the exporter shall give declaration with regard to technical characteristics, quality and specification of materials used in the shipping bill;

(iii) that the said Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, or materials shall be freely transferable:

Provided that the Duty Free Replenishment Certificate or Duty Free Replenishment Certificate for Intermediate Supply, as the case may be, or the materials imported shall not be transferable if in respect of goods the Standard Input Output Norms are subject to actual user condition or where the export proceeds have not been realized or for import of fuel under the general norms:

Provided further that in respect of canalized fuel, the import entitlement shall be transferable to a canalizing agency authorised by the Government of India in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

(iv) that the imports and exports are undertaken through sea ports at Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin, Magdalla, Kakinada, Kandla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Chennai, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Dahej, Mundhra, Nagapattinam, Okha, Bedi (including Rozi-Jamnagar), Muldwarka, Porbander, Dharamtar, Vadimar, Haldia (Haldia Dock complex of Kolkata port), Krishnapatnam, Ennore (Tamil Nadu), Karaikal (Union territory of Puducherry) and Kattupalli (Tamil Nadu) or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Nagpur, Cochin, Rajasansi (Amritsar), Lucknow (Amausi), Indore, Dabolim (Goa), Visakhapatnam and Calicut or through any of the Inland Container Depots at Agra, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Delhi, Faridabad, Gauhati, Guntur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jallandhar, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad, Nagpur, Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Surat, Tirupur, Varanasi, Nasik, Rudrapur (Nainital), Dighi (Pune), Vadodara, Daulatabad (Wanjarwadi and Maliwada), Waluj (Aurangabad) , Talegoan (District Pune), Dhannad Rau (District Indore), Kheda (Pithampur, District Dhar), Patli (Gurgaon), Irugur Village (Tamil Nadu), Thudiyalur (Tamil Nadu), Chettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu), Marripalem Village in Taluk of Edlapadu, District Guntur, Tondiarpet (TNPM), Chennai and Irungattukottai, SIPCOT Industrial Park, Kattrambakkam Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Salem, Malanpur, Singanalur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhiwadi, Madurai, Bhilwara, Pondicherry, Garhi Harsaru, Bhatinda, Dappar (Dera Bassi), Chheharata (Amritsar), Karur, Miraj, Rewari, Bhusawal, Jamshedpur, Surajpur, Dadri, Tuticorin, Kundli, Bhadohi, Raipur, Mandideep (District Raisen), Durgapur (Export Promotion Industrial Park), Babarpur, Loni (District Ghaziabad) and Melapakkam Village (Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District) or through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat, Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole, Mahadipur, Nepalganj Road, Dawki, Agartala, Sutarkhandi, Amritsar Rail Cargo and Attari Road, Hilli, Ghojadanga and Changrabandha or Special Economic Zone as specified in the notification issued under section 76A of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).

Provided further that in case of supplies made under the categories of deemed export in terms of paragraph 8.2 of the Foreign Trade Policy, import of materials may be permitted from any of the seaports, airports, inland container depots or land customs stations.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, -

(i) "Foreign Trade Policy" means Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09, published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide No. 1/2004, dated the 31st August, 2004;

(ii) "Licensing Authority" means the Director General of Foreign Trade appointed under section 6 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) or an officer authorized by him to grant a licence under the said Act;

(iii) "Materials" means -

(a) raw materials, components, intermediates, consumables and parts used in the manufacture of resultant product;

(b) packaging materials required for packing of resultant product; and

(c) fuel

H.K. Prasad

Under Secretary to the Government of India

(As amended by Notification No. 46/05, 77/05, 97/05, 41/06, 63/2007 dated 4/5/2007, 116/2007 Cus. Dated 30/11/2007, 63/2008 Cus dated 8-5-2008 and 19/2009 Customs dated 24/2/2009, No.123/2009-Cus, dated 10-11-2009, No. 93/2010-Cus, dated 14-9-2010, No. 40 /2011 - Customs, Dated 19/05/2011, No. 37/2012-CUSTOMS, Dated 24/05/2012, No. 40/2012-CUSTOMS, Dated 14/06/2012, No. 50/2012-Customs, dated 10/09/2012, No. 4/ 2013 - Customs, dated 14/02/2013, No. 20/2013 - Customs dated 3/04/2013, No. 05/2015 - Dated 20-2-2015)