CBIC allows duty free import under Advance Authorization

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes vide notification dated 1st April, 2023 has exempted materials imported into India against an Advance Authorization under FTP policy from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon subject to the following conditions, namely :-

1. That the said authorisation, issued by the Regional Authority, is produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit;
2. That the said authorisation bears the name and address of the importer, the description and other specifications of the imported material and the description, quantity and value of exports of the resultant product;
3. That the imported material corresponds to the description and other specifications, where applicable, mentioned in the said authorisation and the value and quantity thereof are within the limits specified in the said authorisation;
4. That the export is made subject to pre-import condition under notified Standard Input Output Norms (SION) or under prior fixation of norms in terms of Para 4.06 of Handbook of Procedures;
5. That the importer at the time of clearance of the imported materials executes a bond with such surety or security and in such form and for such sum as may be specified by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, binding himself to pay on demand an amount equal to the duty leviable, but for the exemption contained herein, on the imported materials in respect of which the conditions specified in this notification are not complied with, together with interest at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum from the date of clearance of the said materials.