Air Cargo Mumbai Launches 2 Months Drawback Clearance Drive

[Ref: Public Notice No. 18/2012 dated 21 May 2012]

The following Public Notice was issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex Mumbai on 21 May 2012

Subject:- Constitution of Special Drawback cell to clear the pendency of the drawback claims observance of May and June, 2012 as Drawback Clearance Months

It has been decided to launch a drive to clear the pending drawback claims. The months of May and June 2012 are accordingly being observed as Drawback clearance months at Air Cargo Complex Mumbai.

2. A Special Drawback Cell headed by the Deputy Commissioner, in charge of the Drawback Section, Shri R. N. Verma , having office at Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400099,Phone No. 022- 26829082 is hereby appointed as the Nodal Officer from the Customs side for the aforesaid purpose

3. The Special Drawback Cell headed by the Nodal Officer shall Co-ordinate with Trade and all export related sections to speed up the processing the Drawback claims and clear pendency thereof.

4. The following special procedures are going to be followed by Air Cargo Complex during this period:

4.1. A list of all pending Drawback claims shall be posted on the website of Air Cargo complex. The list will be updated on every Tuesday till last Tuesday of the May. Simultaneously a soft copy of list will also be forwarded to BCHA, FIEO and the other export organisations to forward it to their members.

4.1.1. Some of the drawback claims are pending for considerable period for want of replies of the queries. In these cases, the exporter can directly approach the Additional Commissioner (Drawback) with reply to their queries.

4.2. A number of exporter who had exported their goods under claim of Brand Rate, have not submitted required documents for processing of their claims. The list of such exporter is also to be displayed and exporters are also being contacted personally. All the exporter are requested go through the list and submit the relevant documents expeditiously.

4.3. It may please be noted that in case the queries are not replied to, Custom shall be disposing off the claim on the basis of records available with the Department.

5. All the exporters are requested to avail the opportunity and get their claims disposed off during the drive. In case of any difficulty, the exporters can contact Additional Commissioner (DBK) at phone no.022-26828146.

File No.S/3-SO/PN-102/2010 DBK(EDI),ACC Dated: 21.05.2012