I. EXEMPTION NOTIFICATIONS FOR IMPORT OF GOODS UNDER VARIOUS EX- PORT PROMOTION SCEHEMES. GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 1

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1 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO I. EXEMPTION NOTIFICATIONS FOR IMPORT OF GOODS UNDER VARIOUS EX- PORT PROMOTION SCEHEMES. A. ADVANCE LICENCING SCHEME/(DEEC) SCHEME : GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 1 Exemption to goods when imported against an Advance Licence: [Notfn. No. 93/04-Cus. dt as amended by 46/05, 77/05, 97/05, 43/06, 63/07, 116/07, 70/ 08, 86/08,22/09,19/09, 123/09, 93/10, 37/12, 40/12, 50/12, 4/13, 20/13, 46/13] 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 imported into India against an Advance Licence or Advance Authorisation issued in terms of paragraph of the Foreign Trade Policy (hereinafter referred to as the said licence or authorisation) from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and from the whole of the additional duty, safeguard duty and anti-dumping duty leviable thereon, respectively, under sections 3, 8 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the following conditions, namely :- (i) that the description, value and quantity of materials imported are covered by the said licence or authorisation and the said licence or authorisation is produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit; (ii) that where import takes place after fulfilment of export obligation, the shipping bill number(s) and date(s) and quantity and FOB value of the resultant product are endorsed on the said licence : Provided that where import takes place before fulfilment of export obligation, the quantity or FOB value of the resultant product to be exported are endorsed on the said licence or authorisation; (iii) that the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption contained herein, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditions specified in this notification have not been complied with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials : Provided that bond shall not be necessary in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full; (iv) that the imports and exports are undertaken through seaports 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 (Halida Dock Complex of Kolkata Port) Krishnapatnam and Ennore (Tamilnadu), 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 and Dabolim (Goa) and Visakhapatnam 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),

2 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO 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) and Veerapandi (Tamil Nadu), Marripalem Village in Taluk of Edlapadu, District Guntur and Tondiarpet (TNPM), Chennai and Irungattukottai, SIPCOT IndustrialPark, 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 and Loni (District Gaziabad) or through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat, Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole, Mahadipur, Nepalganj Road, Dawki, Agartala, Sutarkhandi, Amritsar Rail Cargo, 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 that the Commissioner of Customs may, by special order, or by a Public Notice, and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permits import and export from any other seaport/ airport/inland container depot or through any land customs station; (v) that the export obligation as specified in the said licence or authorisation (both in value and quantity terms) is discharged within the period specified in the said licence or authorisation or within such extended period as may be granted by the Licensing Authority or Regional Authority by exporting resultant products, manufactured in India which are specified in the said licence or authorisation and in respect of which facility under rule 18 *(rebate of duty paid on materials used in the manufacture of resultant product) or sub-rule (2) of 19 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 has not been availed : Provided that an Advance Intermediate Licence holder shall discharge export obligation by supplying the resultant products to exporter in terms of Paragraph (b) of the Foreign Trade Policy; (vi) that the importer produces evidence of discharge of export obligation to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, within a period of 30 days of the expiry of period allowed for fulfilment of export obligation, or within such extended period as the said Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, may allow; (vii) that the said licence or authorisation and the materials shall not be transferred or sold; Provided further that where the Bond filed under condition (iii) against the said licence or authorisation has been redeemed by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, the unutilised material may be transferred to any other manufacturer except to the unit availing the benefit of notifications 49/03-CE and 50/03-CE both dated , 32/99-CE dated , 33/99-CE dated , 8/04-CE dated , 20/07-CE dated ,56/02-CE dated ,57/02-CE dated , 71/03-CE dated , 56/03-CE dated , 39/01-CE dated for processing under actual user condition after complying the central excise procedure relating to job work. (viii) that in relation to the said licence or authorisation issued to a merchant exporter,- *Vide corrigendum F.No.605/50/2005-DBK, dated

3 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO (a) the name and address of the supporting manufacturer is specified in the said licence and the bond required to be executed by the importer in terms of condition (iii) shall be executed jointly by the merchant exporter and the supporting manufacturer binding themselves jointly and severally to comply with the conditions specified in this notification; and (b) exempt materials are utilised in the factory of such supporting manufacturer for discharge of export obligation and the same shall not be transferred or sold or used for any other purpose by the said merchant exporter. 2. Where the materials are found defective or unfit for use, the said materials may be re-exported back to the foreign supplier within three years from the date of payment of duty on the importation thereof: Provided that at the time of re-export the materials are identified to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, as the materials which were imported. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in this notification, the actual user condition specified in condition numbers (v) and (vii) shall not be applicable in respect of authorisation issued for import of raw sugar for imports made from the 17th February, 2009 till 30th September, 2009 and the export obligation may also be fulfilled by procuring white sugar from any other factory with effect from the 17th February, In a case of default in export obligation, when the duty on goods is paid to regularisethe default, the amount of interest paid by the importer shall not exceed the amount of duty if such regularisationhas been dealt in terms of Public Notice of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 22 (RE-2013)/ dated the 12th August, Explanation. For the purposes of this notification,- (i) Foreign Trade Policy means the Foreign Trade Policy published vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, No.1/2004 dated the 31st August, 2004 : (ii) Licensing Authority or Regional 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, catalysts and parts which are required for manufacture of resultant product; (b) mandatory spares within a value limit of ten per cent. of the value of the licence which are required to be exported alongwith the resultant product; (c) fuel required for manufacture of resultant product; and (d) packaging materials required for packing of resultant product; Policy. (iv) manufacture has the same meaning as assigned to it in paragraph 9.37 of the Foreign Trade GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 2 Exemption to materials imported into India, against an Advance Licence: [Notfn. No. 43/02-Cus., dt as amended by Notfn. Nos. 113/02, 125/02, 57/03, 84/03, 97/03,63/ 04, 46/05, 77/05, 97/05, 41/06, 63/07, 116/07, 63/08,19/09, 46/13]

4 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO 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 imported into India, against an Advance Licence issued in terms of sub-paras (a) and (b) of paragraph of the Export and Import Policy (hereinafter referred to as the said licence), from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and from the whole of the additional duty, safeguard duty and anti-dumping duty leviable thereon respectively under sections 3, 8 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the following conditions namely: (i) (ii) (iii) that the description, value and quantity of materials imported are covered by the said licence and the said licence is produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit; that where import takes place after fulfilment of export obligation, the shipping bill number(s) and date(s) and quantity and FOB value of the resultant product exported are endorsed on the said licence: Provided that where import takes place before fulfilment of export obligation, the quantity or FOB of the resultant product to be exported are endorsed on the said licence; that the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditions specified in this notification have not been complied with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials: Provided that bond shall not be necessary in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full; (iv) that the imports and exports are undertaken through sea ports at Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin, Magdalla, Kakinada, Kandla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Madras, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Dahej, Mundhra, Nagapattinam, Okha, Bedi (including Rozi-Jamnagar), Muldwarka, Porbander, Dharamtar, Vadimar and Haldia (Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port) and Krishnapatnam Vadimar or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Nagpur, Cochin and Rajasansi (Amritsar), Lucknow (Amausi), Indore and Dabolim (Goa) or through any of the Inland Container Depots at Agra, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Delhi, Faridabad, Gauhati, Guntur, Hyderbad, Jaipur, Jallandhar, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad, Nagpur, Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Surat, Tirupur, Varanasi, Nasik, Rudrapur (Nainital), Dighi (Pune), Vadodara, Dauladtabad, (Wanjarwadi and Maliwada), Waluj (Aurangabad), 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, Madideep (District Raisen), Durgapur (Export Promotion Industrial Park), Babarpur and Loni (District Gaziabad) or through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat,Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole, Mahadipur, Nepalganj Road, Dawki, Agartala, Sutarkhandi, Amritsar Rail Cargo, 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).

5 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO Provided that the Commissioner of Customs may by special order or by a Public Notice and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permit import and export from any other Seaport / Airport / Inland Container Depot or through any Land Customs Station; (v) that the export obligation as specified in the said licence (both in value and quantity terms) is discharged within the period specified in the said licence or within such extended period as may be granted by the Licensing Authority by exporting resultant products, manufactured in India which are specified in the said licence and in respect of which facility under rule 18 or rule 19 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 has not been availed: Provided that an Advance Intermediate Licence holder shall discharge export obligation by supplying the resultant products to ultimate exporter in terms of sub-para (b) of para of the said Export and Import Policy; (vi) (vii) that the importer produces evidence of discharge of export obligation to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs within a period of 30 days of the expiry of period allowed for fulfilment of export obligation, or within such extended period as the said Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may allow; that the said licence and the materials shall not be transferred or sold; (viii) that in relation to the said Licence issued to a Merchant Exporter, - (a) the name and address of the supporting manufacturer is specified in the said licence and the bond required to be executed by the importer in terms of condition (ii) shall be executed jointly by the Merchant Exporter and the supporting manufacturer binding themselves jointly and severally to comply with the conditions specified in this notification; and (b) exempt materials are utilised in the factory of such supporting manufacturer for discharge of export obligation and the same shall not be transferred or sold or used for any other purpose by the said Merchant Exporter. 2. Where the materials are found defective or unfit for use, the said materials may be re-exported back to the foreign supplier within three years from the date of payment of duty on the importation thereof: Provided that at the time of re-export the materials are identified to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs as the materials which were imported. 3. In a case of default in export obligation, when the duty on goods is paid to regularise the default, the amount of interest paid by the importer shall not exceed the amount of duty if such regularisationhas been dealt in terms of Public Notice of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 22 (RE-2013)/ dated the 12th August, Explanation. In this notification, - (i) Export Import Policy means the Export and Import Policy , published vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 1/ dated the 31st March, 2002;

6 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO (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 authorised by him to grant a licence under the said Act. (iii) Materials means (a) raw materials, components, intermediates, consumables, catalysts, computer software and parts which are required for manufacture of resultant product; (b) mandatory spares within a value limit of 10 per cent of the value of the licence which are required to be exported alongwith the resultant product; (c) fuel, oil and catalysts required for manufacture of resultant product; and (d) packing materials required for packaging of resultant product. Explanation:- For the purposes of this clause, "manufacture" has the same meaning as assigned to it in paragraph 9.30 of the Export and Import Policy. GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 3 Exemption to materials imported under Duty Exemption Entitlement certificate issued in respect of the value, quantity, description, quality and technical characteristics - [Notfn. No.51/00-Cus. dt , 120/00, as amended by Notfn. Nos.30./01, 122/01, 113/02, 125/ 02,84/03, 97/03, 63/04, 46/13] 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 imported into India, against an Advance Licence issued in terms of paragraph 7.2 of the Export and Import Policy notified by the Government No. 1/ , dated the 31st March, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the said licence), from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), and from the whole of the additional duty, safeguard duty and anti-dumping duty leviable thereon respectively under section 3,8, and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) (ii) (iii) that the materials imported are covered by Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate (hereinafter referred to as the said certificate), issued by the Licensing Authority in the form specified in the Schedule annexed to this notification, in respect of the value, quantity, description, quality and technical characteristics; that the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditions specified in this notification have not been complied with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials; (As per Sec.120(1) of the Finance Bill, 2003 the rate of fifteen per cent is applicable w.e.f ) Provided that the bond shall not be necessary in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full. that the said licence and the said certificate are produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit;

7 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) that the imports and exports are undertaken through sea ports at Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, Megdalla, Kakinada, Kandla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Madras, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Dehej, Nagapattinam Okha, Mundra, Jamnagar and Muldwarka or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Calcutta, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varansi, Nagpur and Cochin 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), Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Salem, Malanpur, Singanalur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhiwadi, Madurai, Bhilwara, Pondichery, Garhi Harsaru, Bhatinda, Dappar (Dera Bassi), Chheharata (Amritsar), Karur, Miraj, Rewari, Bhusawal, Jamshedpur, Surajpur and Dadri or through the land Customs Station at Ranaghat, Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva(Sonauli), Petrapole and Mahadipur. Provided that the Commissioner or Customs may by special order and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permit import and export through any other Seaport, Airport, or Inland Container Depot or through the Land Customs Station. that the export obligation is discharged within the period specified in the said certificate or within such extended period as may be granted by the Licensing Authority by exporting resultant products manufactured in India which are specified in Part 'E' of the said certificate (hereinafter referred to as resultant products) and in respect of which facility under rule 12(1) (b) or rule 13(1) (b) of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 has not been availed in respect of materials permitted under the said licence; that the importer produces evidence of discharge of export obligation to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs within a period of 30 days of the expiry of period allowed for fulfillment of export obligation, or within such extended period as the said Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may allow; that the said licence and the materials shall not be transferred or sold; (viii) that in relation to an Advance Licence issued to a merchant Exporter, - (a) (b) the name and address of the supporting manufacturer is specified in the said licence and the said certificate and the bond required to be executed by the importer in terms of condition (ii) shall be executed jointly by the Merchant Exporter and the supporting manufacturer binding themselves jointly and severally to comply with the conditions specified in this notification and exempt materials are utilised in the factory of such supporting manufacturer for discharge of export obligation by the said merchant exporter. 2. Where the goods are found defective or unfit for use, the said goods may be re-exported back to the foreign supplier within 3 years from the date of payment of duty on the importation thereof; Provided at that the time of re-export the goods are identified to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs as the goods which were imported

8 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO In a case of default in export obligation, when the duty on goods is paid to regularisethe default, the amount of interest paid by the importer shall not exceed the amount ofduty if such regularisationhas been dealt in terms of Public Notice of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 22 (RE-2013)/ dated the 12th August, Explanation, - In this notification, (i) "Advance Licence" means an advance license issued for, - (a) export of goods, or (b) supply of intermediate goods for use in resultant product; (ii) "Export Import Policy" means the Export and Import Policy , published vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. (RE-99)/ dated the 31st march, 2000; (iii) "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 authorised by him to grant a licence under the said Act. (iv) "Materials" means - (a) (b) (c) (d) raw materiels, components, intermediates, consumables, catalysts, computer software and parts required for manufacture of resultant product and which are incorporated in the said resultant product specified in Part E of the said certificate; mandatory spares within a value limit of 10% of the value of the licence which are required to be exported alongwith the resultant product; fuel, oil and catalysts required for manufacture of resultant product; and packing materials required for packaging of resultant product. THE SCHEDULE DUTY EXEMPTION ENTITLEMENT CERTIFICATE Part - 1 (Import) (This consists of... pages) Sl. No.... (IMP) Date of issue... Port of registration... Issued to... Materials imported against licence No. (name and full address of the licensee) dated... issued by... to the above licence and covered by the list of materials specified in list (a) of Part 'C' of this certificate would be eligible for exemption from customs duties subject to the conditions specified in the notification of the Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No.... Customs, dated the April, The importer shall discharge the export obligation in terms of the said notification within... months from the date of issue of licence A bond with security/surety in terms of the said notification shall be executed before clearance of the goods from the Customs. Seal of licensing authority Date

9 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - A Names and addresses of the factories where the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - B Names and addresses of factories where the ancillaries to the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - C LIST OF MATERIAL OF IMPORT (a) MATERIALS TO BE IMPORTED UNDER THIS CERTIFICATE Sl. No. Item of Import Quality Technical Characteristics Quantity CIF Value in Indian Rs. S.No. of the resultant and equivalent US $ products in Part E (b) OTHER IMPORTED MATERIALS TO BE USED IN EXPORT PRODUCT Sl. No. Description Quantity Value

10 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - D PARTICULARS OF IMPORT OF MATERIALS Sl.No. No. of the materials Bill of Entry No. date and Description. Quantity in part - C Custom House of Import and Net weight CIF Value Duty leviable but for exemption of the Heading No. of the Rate of duty Amount Customer Officer First Schedule to the of duty with Name, Customs Tariff Act, Designation 1975 and Heading No. and Seal in the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 for levy of Additional Duty (For Part E and F, Please see part 2) PART-G Duties paid on materials in respect of which the condition of said notification are not complied with Sl.No. Sl. No. in Part D Description, Rate of duty Additional Duty under which the quantity and value leviable paid on import import of the materials of materials on which (i) Basic has been entered duty paid (ii) Additional Amount of Particulars of duty of the Customs Officer (i) Duty difference paying documents. (ii) Interest 6 7 8

11 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO DUTY EXEMPTION ENTITLEMENT CERTIFICATE Part - 2 II. Exports (This consists of... pages) Sl. No.... (EXP) Date of issue... Port of Registration... Issued to (Name and full address of... the licencee) Materials imported against licence No.... dated... issued by... to the above licencee and covered by the list of materials specified in list (a) of Part 'C' of this certificate would be eligible for exemption from Basic Customs Duty subject to the conditions specified in the notification of the Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 51/00 - Customs, dated the 27th April, The licencee shall discharge the export obligation in terms of the said notification within... months from the date of issue of licence A Bond with security/surety in terms of the said notification shall be executed before clearance of the goods from the Customs. PART - A Seal of licensing authority Date Names and addresses of the factories where the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - B Names and addresses of the factories where the ancillaries to the resultant products are manufactured. (Part C and D figures in the Imports part of this DEEC)

12 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - E Resultant Products Sl. No. Description Quality Technical Characteristics Quantity FOB Value in Indian Rs./ US $ S.No. of the materials in Part C PART - F PARTICULARS OF EXPORTS/SUPPLY Sl.No. Sl.No. of the resultant Name of the Custom Shipping Bill Name of the Vessel product in part E House of Shipment No. & Date and outward entry of the vessel. Quantity Net weight of Description as per FOB Value of Customs product the Shipping Bill in Rs./US$ Officer with name, designation and seal & remarks if any

13 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - H Statement of Imports and Exports made Type of Licence Licence No. Date Details of Imports made Sl. No. Sl. No. of Part C Description Quantity Imported CIF Value In Rs./In equivalent US $ Details of Exports made Sl.No. Sl.No. in Part E Description Quantity Exported F.O.B. Value In Rs./In equivalent US $ 1. I/We hereby declare that the information given in this statement is correct. 2. I/We hereby declare that no benefit under *Rule 18 or rule 19 of the Central Excise (No.2) Rules, 2001 has been availed in respect of exports made under this DEEC. Name of the signatory Designation Full Address Certificate of Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant I have examined the applicant firm's actual imports and exports as given above and find them as correct. Seal Membership No. *Corrigendum vide F.No.605/187/2001-DBK dt

14 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 4 Exemption to materials imported against a Special Advance Licence with actual user condition- [Notifn. No.77/98-Cus. dt as amended by Notifn. Nos. 51/99, 121/99, 120/00, 30/01, 122/01, 113/02, 125/02, 84/03,97/03, 63/04, 46/13.] 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 imported into India, against a Special Advance Licence with Actual User Condition in terms of para 7.4 of the Export and Import Policy notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce vide Public Notice No.41 (RE-98)/ , dated the 16th September, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the said licence), from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and from the whole of the Additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) that the materials imported are covered by the said licence and an Actual User Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate (hereinafter referred to as the said certificate), issued by the Licensing Authority in the form specified in the Schedule annexed to this notification, in respect of quantity and description; Provided that the value and details of the technical specifications of the materials shall be submitted by the importer to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs having jurisdiction in the Bill of Entry and Part 'D' of the said certicate at the time of clearance; (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) that materials imported are required in export of the resultant electronic products made of the materials and the import of the materials is made prior to the export; that the resultant electronic products shall be manufactured only out of the materials imported under this notification. that the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs having jurisdiction binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditons specified in this notification have not been compiled with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials; (As per Sec.120(1) of Finance Act, 2003 the rate of fifteen% is applicable w.e.f ) that the said licence and part 'I' of the said certificate are produced before the proper offier of customs at the time of clearance for debit; that the importer shall maintain the recod of imported materials and the export products in the format as specified in the Annexure to this notification; the Designated Officer of the Department of Electronics (hereinafter referred to as the said officer) verifies the relevance/useability of the imported materials in the export product as well as the quantity of such materials required for the manufacture of such export product. The said officer shall also verify the actual utilisation of the imported materials in the export product as well as the wastage in respect of export product in terms of the standard input output norms as specified in Volume-II of the Hand Book of Procedure of the Export and Import Policy (hereinafter referred to as the Hand Book);

15 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO Provided that where such standard input output norms are not specified in the Hand Book for an export product, the said officer shall determine and verify the relevance/useability of the imported materials as well as the quantity of such materials required for the manufacture of such export product. The said officer shall also verify the actual utilisation of the imported materials in such export product as well as the wastage as is determined by him to be reasonable. (viii) that the imports and exports are undertaken through the sea ports at Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, Magdalla, Kakinada, Kandla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Madras, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Dahej, Nagapattinam, Okha, Mundra, Jamnagar and Muldwarka or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Calcutta, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Nagpur and cochin or through any of the Inland Container Depots at Agra, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Delhi, Faridabad, Gauhati, Guntur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad, Nagpur, Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Surat, Tirupur and Varanasi. Nasik, Rudrapur (Nainital), Dighi (Pune), Vadodra, Daulatabad (Wanjarwadi and Maliwada), Waluj (Aurangabad), Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Salem, Malanpur, Singanalur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Ahmedabad,Bhiwadi, Madurai, Bhilwada,Pondicherry, Garhi Harsaru, Bhatinda, Dappar (Dera Bassi), Chheharata (Amritsar), Karur, Miraj, Rewari, Bhusawal, Jamshedpur, Surajpur and Dadri or through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat, Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole and Mahadipur. Provided that the Commissioner of Customs, may by Special Order and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permit import and export through any other Seaport, Airport, or Inland Container Depot or through the Land Customs Station. (ix) that the sourcing of the imported materials from private bonded warehouses set up under para 5.15 of the Export and Import Policy would be allowed; (x) (xi) (xii) that the export obligation is discharged within the period specified in the said certificate or within such extended period as may be granted by the Licensing Authoirty by exporting resultant products manufactured in India which are specified in Part 'E' of the said certificate (hereinafter referred to as resultant products); that the importer produces certificate from the said officer to the effect that the imported materials have been actually utilised in the manufacture of resultant products and the said certificate is produced as evidance of discharge of export obligation to the Assistant commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commisioner of Customs having jurisdiction with in a period of thirty days of the expiry of period allowed for fulfilment of export obligation, or within such extended period as the said Assistant commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commisioner of Customs may allow: that the imported materials shall not be disposed of or utilised in any manner except for utilistion in discharge of export obligation; Provided that disposal of waste shall be allowed upto the limits specified in the standard inputoutput norms mentioned in the said Hand Book without payment of customs duty: Provided further that disposal of waste arising in respect of resultant product not mentioned in the standard input output norms in the said Hand Book shall be allowed without payment of Customs duty subject to verifiction by the said officer.

16 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO (xiii) Provided also that imported materials which remain unutilised after the expiry of the export obligation period, shall be liable to customs duty but for the exemption contained in this notifiction, together with interest at the rate of twenty four per cent per annum from the date of clearance of the materials- that the importer is registered with both the Central Excise Officer deputed for this purpose and the Electronics and software export promotion council. 2. In a case of default in export obligation, when the duty on goods is paid to regularisethe default, the amount of interest paid by the importer shall not exceed the amount of duty if such regularisationhas been dealt in terms of Public Notice of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 22 (RE-2013)/ dated the 12th August, Explanation - In this notification,- (i) "Licencing 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 authorised by him to grant a licence under the said Act; (ii) "materials " means - (a) raw materials, components, intermediates, consumables, computer software and parts required for manufacture of resultant product specified in Part 'E' of the said certificate. (b) mandatory spares within a value limit of ten per cent of the value of said licence which are required to be exported alongwith the resultant product; and (c) packaging materials required for packing of resultant product. THE SCHEDULE ACTUAL USER DUTY EXEMPTION ENTITLEMENT CERTIFICATE PART-I (IMPORT) (This consists of... pages ) Sl.No.... (IMP) Date of Issue... Port of Registration... Issued to (Name and full address... of the Licencee) Materials imported against Licence No... dated... issued by... to the above licencee and covered by the list of materials specified in list (a) of Part 'C' of this certificate would be eligible for exemption from customs duties subject to the conditions specified in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No... Customs, dated the The importer shall discharge the export obligation in terms of the said notification within... months from the date of issue of licence. A Bond with surety/security in terms of the said notification, shall be executed before clearance of the goods from the Customs. Seal of Licensing Authority Date

17 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - A Names and addresses of the factories where the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - B Names and addresses of factories where the ancillaries to the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - C List of materials of import (a) Materials to be imported under this certificate Sl.No. Description of Quantity Sr. No. of the resultant item of import product in part E (b) Other imported materials to be used in export product. Sl. No. Description Quantity PART - D Particulars of import of materials Sl.No. Sl.No. of Bill of Entry Description Quantity the materials in No. date and Customs and technical specifi- and net Part -C House of import cations weight

18 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO CIF Value Duty leviable but for exemption of Heading No. Rate of Amount Customs Officer of the first Schedule Duty of duty with Name, to the Customs Tariff Designation, Act, 1975 and Heading and Seal. no. in the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 for levy of Additional duty (Part E and F figure in the Export Part of this DEEC) PART - G Duties paid on materials in respect of which the conditions of said notification are not complied with Sl. No. Sl.No. in Part D under Description, Quantity and Rate of Duty leviable which the import of the value of materials on which (i) Basic materials has been entered duty paid. (ii) Additional (iii) Others Amount of Particulars of duty paying of the Customs (i) Duty documents Officer (ii) Interest ACTUAL USER DUTY EXEMPTION ENTITLEMENT CERTIFICATE PART - 2 (EXPORT) (This consists of... pages ) Sl.No.... (EXP) Date of Issue... Port of Registration... Issued to (Name and full address... of the Licencee)

19 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO Materials imported against Licence No... dated... issued by... to the above licence and covered by the list of materials specified in list (a) of Part 'C' of this certificate would be eligible for exemption from customs duties subject to the conditions specified in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No... Customs, dated the The licencee shall discharge the export obligation in terms of the said notification within... months from the date of the issue of licence. A Bond with secruity/surety in terms of the said notification, shall be executed before clearance of the goods from the Customs. PART - A Seal of Licensing authority Date Names and addresses of the factories where the resultant products for export are manufactured. PART - B Names and addresses of factories where the ancillaries to the resultant products for export are manufactured. (Part C and D figure in the Imports part of this DEEC) PART - E Resultant products Sl.No. Description Quantity Sr. No. of the materials in part C

20 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO PART - F Particulars of exports Sl.No. Sl.No. of the Name of the Shipping Bill Name of the resultant product in Customs House No. and date Vessel and Part E of Shipment outward entry of the Vessel Quantity Net weight Description and FOB Value of Customs of the product technical specification in Rs./US$ Officer with name, as per the Shipping designation and Seal Bill and Remarks, if any PART - H Statement of imports and exports made Details of imports Made : S.No. S.No. of Description Quantity CIF value in Rs./ in Part C Imported equivalent US$ Details of Exports made : S.No. S.No. in Description Quantity FOB value in Rs./ in Part E exported equivalent US$

21 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO I/we hereby declare that information given in this statement is correct. 2. I/We hereby declare that no benefit under *rule 18 or rule 19 of the Central Excise (No.2) Rules, 2001 has been availed in respect of exports made under this DEEC.... Name of the signatory... Desingation... Full address... Certificate of Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant I have examined the applicant firm's actual imports and exports as given above and find them as correct.... Seal... Membership No.... Certificte of the said officer (Designated Officer of the Department of Electronics) I have verified the relevance/useability of the imported materials in the export product as well as the quantity required as given above and certify that the imported materials have been utilised in the export product given in part F of the said certificate (Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate).... Name and designation & seal... *Corrigendum vide F.No.605/187/2001-DBK dt ANNEXURE ACCOUNT OF MATERIALS IMPORTED FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPORT PRODUCTS/RESULTANT PRODUCTS Sl.No. Date Description of Quantity Particulars Name and Address imported received of GP 1/AR of the manufacturer/importer/ materials 1/Other stockyard/private Bonded Warereceived approved received from whom the imported documents, materials received. Bill of Entry No. and date. 6

22 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO Range and Issued for use in or in Description of the Division/Custom relation to the manufacture of export export product/ resultant House from product/resultant product. product. whose jurisdic- tion the imported Chit No. and Quantity materials Date received Name of the Shipping Re-export of defective Balance Custom House Bill No. imported materials, if Quantity of export and date any on payment of duty in stock Shipping Bill Quantity No. and Date Central Excise Remarks Officer's Initials GENERAL EXEMPTION NO. 5 Exemption to materials imported against Advance Licence with Actual User Condition [Notfn. No.30/97-Cus. dt as amended by Notfn. Nos. 94/97, 10/98, 51/99, 121/99, 52/00, 120/ 00, 30/01, 122/01, 113/02, 125/02, 84/03, 97/03, 63/04, 46/13].

23 GENERAL EXEMPTION NO 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 imported into India, against an Advance Licence with Actual User Condition in terms of para 7.4 of the Export & Import Policy notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce vide Notification No. 1/ , dated the 31st March, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the said licence), from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and from the whole of the duty of Customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the following conditions, namely - (i) that the materials imported are covered by an Actual User Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate (hereinafter referred to as the said certificate), issued by the Licensing Authority in the form specified in the schedule annexed to this notification, in respect of the value, quantity, description, quality and technical characteristics; (ii) that the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the 1 Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditions specified in this notification have not been complied with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials : (as per C120(1) of Finance Bill 2003 the rate of 15% is applicable w.e.f ). Provided that the bond shall not be necessary in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full; (iii) that the said licence and the said certificate are produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit; (iv) 1 that the imports and exports are undertaken through the sea ports at Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, 2 (Magdalla,) Kakinada, Kandla, Mangalore, Marmagoa, Madras, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Sikka, Tuticorin; Visakhapatnam Dehej, Nagapattinam, Okha, Mundra, Jamnagar and Muldwarka or through any of the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Calcutta, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Nagpur and Cochin 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), Anaparthy (Andhra Pradesh), Salem, Malanpur, Singnalur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhiwadi, Madurai, Bhilwara, Pondichery, Garhi Harsaru, Bhatinda, Dappar (Dera Bassi), Chheharata (Amritsar), Karur, Miraj, Rewari, Bhusawal, Jamshedpur, Surajpur and Dadri or through the Land Customs Station at Ranaghat, Singhabad, Raxaul, Jogbani, Nautanva (Sonauli), Petrapole and Mahadipur. Provided that the Commissioner of Customs may by Special Order and subject to such conditions as may be specified by him, permit import and export through any other Seaport, Airport, or Inland Container Depot or through the Land Customs Station; (v) that the export obligation is discharged within the period specified in the said certificate or within such extended period as may be granted by the Licensing Authority by exporting resultants products