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Restore duty free import of export inputs: Commerce ministry to finmin
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SME Times News Bureau | 15 Mar, 2021
The Commerce Ministry has written to the Finance Ministry for immediate
restoration of duty free import of export inputs used by the garment,
leather and handicrafts sectors. Removal of the duty free status in the
Budget 2021-22 has impacted exports worth Rs 5,000 crore.
The
Budget 2021-22 proposed customs duty ranging from 7.5 to 15 per cent on
several items with the aim of creating a level playing field for the
benefit of farmers, MSME and other domestic manufacturers. However,
changes have also scrapped an earlier provision of duty free imports of
export inputs with effect from March 31, 2021.
Sources said that
the finance ministry is considering the request put forward by the
commerce department but no decision has been taken yet. If such changes
are permitted, the finance minister may announce the same while getting
the budget passed by Parliament.
In the letter to the finance
ministry, the commerce department has requested to consider restoring
the provision of duty free import concerning essential embellishment,
trimmings tools and other consumables such as glue, polish, veneers,
button, velcro, chatan, badges, beads, sewing thread, motif, hinges,
wire rolls, hooks, rivets and certain electric parts used by the
industry.
Under a custom notification of June 2017, such items
got duty free import benefit to help the export oriented industries
become competitive. Sources said the commerce department has estimated
that scrapping of the provision may badly impact exports of Rs 5000
crore by small exporters and lead to unemployment.
Earlier,
several export promotion councils have represented with the commerce
ministry for immediate restoration of duty free status of export inputs
as apart from adding cost to the exporters the withdrawal of benefits
would have also hampered the quality and looks of exported items and
resulted in cancellation of orders.
The majority of items allowed
qualifying earlier for duty free imports are not manufactured in India.
Besides, certain such foreign items are specified by overseas buyers to
be used in the products to be exported to them for maintaining quality
standards.
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