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CHAPTER: 16

Electronic Data Interchange

16.1 Objective:

With a view to reducing transaction time and costs in obtaining licences/ sanctions from the DGFT, electronic filing and processing of licence application is being introduced.

16.2 Eligibility

The facility of electronic filing of applications for imports under Duty Exemption Scheme shall be available to all the categories of exporters whether holding any status or not.

(PN No: 31 dated 01.09.2000)

16.1 Objective:

With a view to reducing transaction time and costs in obtaining licences/ sanctions from the DGFT, electronic filing and processing of licence application is being introduced. Eligibility 16.2 The facility of electronic filing of applications for imports under Duty Exemption Scheme shall be available to all the categories of exporters whether holding any status or not. (PN No: 31 dated 01.09.2000) Benefits 16.3 Licence to status holders and green card holders shall be issued within 24 hours. Provision of paragraph 7.3 of the Handbook of Procedure (Vol.1) shall not be applicable to such exporters.

In case of exporters (other than status holders and green card holders), the licences shall be issued within 3 working days reckoned from the day of presentation of relevant hard copies of application with prescribed documents after following the prescribed procedure.

Under this scheme, an exporter would be able to file his application on the DGFT website at http://www.nic.in/eximpol. The application will then be downloaded by the concerned licensing authority and processed in accordance with the prevalent rules and regulations. Deficiency, if any, shall be communicated online to the applicant. The applicant will have to visit the concerned office to handover the hard copy of the application alongwith the requisite documents including the application fee. The licence shall be issued in the time frame as mentioned above on receipt of the hard copies of the documents as mentioned above after due scrutiny as prescribed in the Handbook of Procedure (Vol.1).

(PN No: 31 dated 01.09.2000)

The facility will reduce unnecessary physical interface with DGFT. It will be also enable faster processing, speedier communication of deficiencies, if any, and on-line availability of application processing status.

Licence issued electronically shall be transmitted to the Customs through EDI Mode. This will enable simultaneous logging of DEEC under Advance Licencing scheme. This shall also obviate the need for physical verification of DEPB before allowing clearance as the verification will be done electronically by the Customs.