Trade Law Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.

India Eases Requirement to Submit Bill of Export as Evidence for SEZ Unit Shipments in EPCG Scheme

India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade in a July 27 notice relaxed the provision requiring the submission of a "Bill of Export" for supplies exported to a special economic zone (SEZ). DGFT eased the requirement for shipments under Export Promotion…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

Capital Goods authorization or all supplies made before April 1, 2015. For the purposes of discharge of export obligation under the EPCG, exporters can submit corroborative evidence in place of the Bill of Export such as an ARE-I form, evidence of receipt of the supplies by the recipient in the SEZ, and evidence of payment made by the SEZ unit to the EPCG authorization holder.