Export Warehousing Facility Extended to
Ahmedabad
[CBEC Circular No. 1051 dated 15th
December 2016]
Sub: Export
warehousing-Extension of facility in Ahmedabad District of Gujarat.
I am directed to refer to Board's Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX, dated 29th
June, 2001 which, inter alia,
specifies conditions, procedures, Class of exporters and places under sub-rule
(2) of Rule 20 of Central Excise
Rules, 2002 for warehousing of
excisable goods for the purpose of export. In paragraph 2(2) of the said
Circular, the Board has specified places where warehouses may be established to
store excisable goods for export. The Board has received representations from
the trade to include Ahmedabad District in the State of Gujarat in the list of
places mentioned in the said Circular.
2. The matter has been examined. Board is of the
View that extension of the facility of export warehousing to Ahmedabad district
in the state of Gujarat Would facilitate the trade and industry. Therefore, it
has been decided to amend paragraph
2(2) of the Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX, dated 29th June, 2001 to include Ahmedabad district in the state
of Gujarat. Accordingly, the said paragraph shall now read as follows:
“(2)Places : The warehouses may be
established and registered in Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi; Hyderabad,
Jaipur, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Mumbai, the district
of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, the districts of Pune and
Raigad in the state of Maharashtra, the district of
East Midnapore in the state of West Bengal, the
district of Kancheepuram in the state of Tamil Nadu,
the district of Indore in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the taluka
Ankleshwar in the district of Bharuch in the state of
Gujarat, Navi Mumbai in the district of Thane in the
state of Maharashtra, Sholinghur in the district of
Vellore in the state of Tamil Nadu, Bidadi in the
Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka, the district of Thiruvallur
in the state of Tamil Nadu, the district of Gautam Budh Nagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh the district of
Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra, Tehsil of Tijara
of Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan and Bhuj Taluka of Kutch District in
the State of Gujarat."
3. The field formations may suitably be informed.
Receipt of this Circular may please be acknowledged.
F. NO. 209/10/2013-CX.6