New Appendix 5D Notified for Payment Received in Rupee Towards Discharge of EO under EPCG
· Appendix 3E Not
Applicable for EPCG Scheme
[DGFT Public Notice No. 04 dated 3rd
May 2016]
Effect of this Public Notice: List of services, payments
for
which are received in Rupee terms and
which can be counted towards discharge of Export obligation under the EPCG Scheme, is notified. Appendix 3E shall not be applicable for EPCG
scheme.
Sub: Notification
of
new Appendix 5D containing
the
list of services for which payment is
received
in Rupee terms which could be counted
towards discharge of Export Obligation
under
the
Export Promotion
Capital Goods(EPCG) Scheme.
1. In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Director General
of Foreign
Trade, hereby amends the annexure to Public Notice No.1, 2015-2020 dated 1st April 2015(Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) by notifying a new Appendix 5D.
2. Payments which have been received in foreign exchange or which would have been otherwise received
in foreign exchange, but paid in Indian Rupees (INR), out of the amount
remittable to the overseas principal, or out of remittances to be sent by the overseas
buyer, for services rendered in Customs notified
areas to a foreign liner including through its agents in India,
given below would be considered as deemed to be received in foreign exchange and deemed to
be
earned in foreign exchange and shall be counted towards discharge of export obligation
with effect from 1.4.2015 under EPCG scheme:
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A. |
Maintenance &
repair of vessels. |
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Services provided for ship repair, dry dock and maintenance by ship repair service provider. |
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B. |
Pushing &
towing services. |
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(i) Pilotage Services. |
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(ii) Shifting
of
vessels. |
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(iii) Warping
Services. |
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(iv) Charges for detention
of pilot. |
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(v) Towing Services. |
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(vi) Cold movement Services. |
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(vii) Pullback tug
Services for
Single Point Mooring (SPM) operations. |
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(viii)
Tug Services. |
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(viii) Pilot cancellation Charges. |
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C. |
Supporting services for maritime
transport. |
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(i) Port
dues for entry
of vessels. |
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(ii) Service charges for
supply of water/fresh water to vessels. |
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(iii) Berth hire Services. |
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(iv) Anchorage Services for stay
of vessels
at Anchorage. |
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(v) Tug hire for miscellaneous services to carry pilots and other crew from and to the shore, supply ship
stores etc. |
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(vi) Hire of launch
for special jobs. |
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(vii) Hire of Fire Float / Fire tender |
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(viii)
Hire of Diving services. |
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(ix) Services for providing pneumatic fender (including to and
fro transportation of fenders
at Dock/ Oil Jetties/ Barge Jetties/ IWAI Jetty/ Any
other Jetty or
Anchorage point) |
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(x) Supply
of skilled man-power for marine services. |
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(xi) Pilot attendance Services at SPM. |
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(xii) Reefer Container Charges. |
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(xiii) Storage Services, shutout charges. |
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(xiv) Terminal Handling
Services. |
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(xv) Stevedoring Services. |
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(xvi) Cargo Dispatch
Services. |
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(xvii) Cargo Storage Services. |
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(xviii) Bunker Supply Services. |
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(xix) Garbage Collection
Services. |
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(xx) Slop Collection/ Disposal
Services. |
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(xxi) Tank Washing
Services. |
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(xxii) Internal
Transportation Services. |
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(xxiii) Warehousing
Services. |
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(xxiv) Inter-carting Services. |
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(xxv) Packing Services. |
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(xxvi) Survey &
Inspection Services |
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(xxvii) Barge Charges |
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(xxviii) Ship
Chandling
Services |
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(xxix) Shore Crane Hire Services |
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(xxx) Equipment Hire Services viz Forklift, Excavator,
Payloader, Reach Stacker, Empty Handler, Hydra,
Screening Net,
Gangway, Grab, Hydra
Cranes, Generator, Power supply etc. |
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(xxxi) Gangway hire Services |
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(xxxii) Security Services for providing
security guards |
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(xxxiii) Cargo consolidation charges for
export cargo |
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(xxxiv) Dispatch Services |
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(xxxv) Handling Services not specified elsewhere |
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(xxxvi) Phytosanitary Services |
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(xxxvii) Lighterage Charges |
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(xxxviii) Gas freeing
certificate charges |
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(xxxix) Shifting and
Weighment Services |
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(xl) Wagon
Handling Services |
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(xli) Grab transportation Services |
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(xlii) Hot work Permit Services |
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(xliii) Refloating Services. |
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(xliv) Cargo Brokering
charges for export cargo |
3. Services provided in respect of ‘vessel related charges’ for coastal and inland vessels
and
‘Cargo related charges’ in
respect of coastal cargo, coastal containers and coastal empty containers will
not be counted for
discharge of E.O.
under
EPCG Scheme.