Corrigendum 1 issued on 12th June, 2002
Corrigendum 2 issued on 17th July, 2002
TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
(EXTRAORDINARY), DATED 1ST JUNE, 2000
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
New Delhi, the 29
th
May, 2002
Notification No. 33/2002- Customs (N.T.)
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 3, read with rule 4, of the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules,
1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 29/2001-Customs (N.T.), dated the1st June , 2001, the Central Government hereby
determines the rates of drawback as specified in the Table annexed hereto (hereinafter referred to as the said Table), subject
to the conditions specified in the General Notes hereunder, namely:-
'GENERAL NOTES':
1. Drawback at the rates specified in the said Table shall be applicable only if the procedural requirements for claiming
drawback as specified in rules 11, 12 and 13 of the said rules, unless otherwise relaxed by the competent authority, are
satisfied.
2. The rates of drawback specified in the said Table shall not be applicable to export of a commodity or product if such
commodity or product is-
(a) manufactured partly or wholly in a warehouse under section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962),
(b) manufactured or exported in discharge of export obligation against an Advance Licence issued under the Duty Exemption
Scheme of the relevant Export and Import Policy :
Provided that where exports are made against Advance Licences issued on or after 1st April, 1997, in discharge of export
obligations in terms of notification No. 31/97 - Customs, dated the 1st April,1997, or against Duty Free Replenishment
Certificate Licence issued in terms of notification No. 48/2000-Customs, dated the 25th April, 2000, or against Duty Free
Replenishment Certificate Licence issued in terms of notification No. 46/2002-Customs, dated the 22
nd
April, 2002, drawback
at the rate equivalent to Central Excise allocation of rate of drawback specified in the said Table shall be admissible subject to
the conditions specified therein;
(c) manufactured or exported by a unit licensed as hundred percent. Export oriented unit in terms of the provisions of the
relevant Import and Export Policy;
(d) manufactured or exported by any of the units situated in Free Trade Zones or Export Processing Zones or Special
Economic Zone;
(e) manufactured or exported in terms of rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002;
(f) manufactured or exported in terms of sub-rule (2) of rule 19 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002;
(g) manufactured or exported availing of the facility under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme as contained in paragraph
7.14, read with paragraph 7.17 of the Export and Import Policy 1997-2002 and manufactured or exported availing of the facility
under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme as contained in paragraph 4.3, of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007,
notified under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), read with paragraph 4.37
of the Hand Book of Procedures (Volume 1) issued in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2.4 of the said policy and that
shall remain in force until 31
st
March, 2007.
3. Where the export product is not specifically covered by the description of goods in the said Table, the rate of drawback may
be fixed, on an application by an individual manufacturer or exporter in accordance with the Customs and Central Excise
Duties Drawback Rules, 1995.
4. The rates of drawback specified against the various serial or sub-serial numbers in the said Table in specific terms or on ad
valorem basis, unless otherwise specifically provided, are inclusive of drawback for packing materials used, if any.
5. The goods covered by serial or sub-serial numbers 84.15 to 84.17, 87.43, 87.44, 87.45 and 87.46 in the said Table when
exported in completely knocked down or semi -knocked down condition, by deletion of certain components or assemblies, the
drawback indicated in the relevant serial or sub-serial numbers shall be payable on such goods, subject to the condition that
the free on board value of such goods exported is not less than 80% of the free on board value of the completely assembled
unit, and for this purpose, the exporter shall produce evidence, to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or
Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, of the contemporary free on board value of the relevant completely
assembled units.
6. The term "dyed", wherever used in the said Table in relation to textile materials, would include yarn or piece dyed or
predominantly printed or coloured in the body.
7. Wherever specific rates have been provided against any serial or sub-serial number in the said Table, the drawback shall be
payable only if the amount is 1% or more of free on board value, except where the amount of drawback per shipment exceeds
five hundred rupees.
8. The expression "when CENVAT facility has not been availed", used in the said Table, shall mean that the exporter has to
satisfy the following conditions, namely :-
(i) The exporter declares, and if necessary, establishes to the satisfaction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or
Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise , as the case may be, that no CENVAT facility has been
availed for any of the inputs used in the manufacture of the export product;
(ii) if the goods are exported under bond or claim for rebate of duty of central excise, a certificate from the Superintendent of
Customs or Central Excise in-charge of the factory of production, to the effect that no CENVAT facility has been availed for the
goods under export, is produced:
Provided that in the case of exports of handloom products or handicrafts(including handicrafts of brass artware) or finished
leather and other export products which are unconditionally exempt from the duty of central excise, the certificate regarding
non-availment of CENVAT facility shall not be required.
9. In a case where electric fans, falling under serial or sub-serial nos. 84.15 to 84.17 of the said Table, are exported alongwith
regulators falling under serial or sub-serial nos. 84.18 or 84.19 of the said Table, then additional drawback shall be payable at
the rate specified against serial or sub-serial nos. 84.18 or 84.19 of the said Table.
10. If bicycles or cycle rickshaws, assembled or unassembled falling under serial or sub-serial 87.43, 87.44, 87.45 and 87.46
of the said Table, are exported alongwith extra accessories as specified under serial or sub-serial numbers 40.01, 40.02,
40.03, 70.01, 73.08, 73.16, 73.18, 82.02, 85.28, and 87.47 to 87.114 of the said Table, then additional drawback shall be
payable at the rate specified against the serial or sub-serial number relating to such accessories.
11. Whenever a composite article is exported for which any specific rate has not been provided in the Table , and if contents of
its constituent materials such as iron, glass, copper, zinc, brass or any other metal or non-metal are visibly distinguishable and
their weights are unambigously verifiable, the rates of drawback applicable to such materials can be extended to the
composite article according to net content of such materials.
All claims for duty drawback shall be filed with reference to serial or sub-serial number shown in column 1 only.
This Notification shall come into effect from 1
st
June, 2002.
F.No.609/99/2002-DBK
Corrigendum 1 issued on 12th June, 2002 / Corrigendum 2 issued on 17th July, 2002
