Government Extends Foreign Trade Policy, Other Export Benefits For One Year

The administration on Tuesday broadened the current Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, including monetary motivating forces for products' fares for one year till March 2021, in the midst of the coronavirus episode and the lockdown to contain the infection spread. The business service said that taking into account the "exceptional current circumstance" emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has chosen to proceed with help under different fare advancement conspires by conceding augmentation of the current strategy by another year.

"The current Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, which is legitimate up to March 31 this year, is stretched out up to March 31, 2021. Different changes are additionally made broadening the date of exclusions by one year and expanding legitimacy of DFIA and EPCG authorisations for import purposes," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notice.

At present, tax breaks are given under the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) for products and the Services Export from India Scheme (SEIS).

The announcement said advantage under all the fare advancement plans (aside from SEIS) and different plans, accessible as on date, will keep on being accessible for an additional a year. Choice on continuation of SEIS will be taken and informed along these lines, it said. For SEIS, the warning said administrations classifications that are qualified to profit benefits under the plan and the paces of remuneration on such administrations rendered with impact from April 2019, to March 31 this year will be informed independently.

For the administrations rendered with impact from April 1 this year, it said a choice on continuation of the plan will be taken consequently and informed likewise. In any case, MEIS advantages would be ceased as rates will be fixed for items under the new plan — Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP).

As per the warning, the legislature has likewise stretched out the timespan to meet fare commitments under Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG), advance authorisation and Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA).

"Exception from installment of IGST and pay cess on the imports made under Advance Authorisations/EPCG and by trade situated units has been reached out up to March 31, 2021. The plan for giving vehicle showcasing help on the predetermined farming items is additionally reached out for one year," the service said. It likewise said legitimacy period for making imports under different obligation free import authorisations (AA/DFIA/EPCG) lapsing between February 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, has been permitted programmed expansion for an additional a half year from the date of expiry, without necessity of acquiring such support on these authorisations.

"Any place the period to make send out is lapsing somewhere in the range of 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020 under different authorisations, programmed augmentation in the fare commitment period is took into account an additional a half year from the date of expiry, without installment of any piece charge," it said including that last dates for applying for different obligation credit scrips (MEIS/SEIS/ROSCTL) and different authorisations have been broadened. It included that expansion in time has been took into consideration documenting different reports and returns, among others, under different arrangements of the FTP. It said imports against advance authorisations for physical fares are absolved from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess up to March 31 one year from now.

The Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) is a fare advancement conspire under which an exporter can import certain measure of capital merchandise at zero obligation for overhauling innovation related with sends out. Then again, advance authorisation is given to permit obligation free import of sources of info, which is genuinely joined in send out item. Under the Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) plot, exporters are permitted to import certain products like sugar at zero obligation.

With respect to, it said that for every one of these authorisations, wherein the legitimacy for import is lapsing between February 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, the legitimacy stands consequently reached out by a half year from the date of expiry. So also, it said that for the EPCG conspire, in situations where the legitimacy time frame for import terminates during February 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, the legitimacy is reached out by a half year.

As per the approach, import under the EPCG plot is dependent upon a fare commitment equal to multiple times of obligations, charges and cess saved money on capital products, to be satisfied in 6 years figured from date of issue of authorisation.

Further, it expanded obligation free purchasing or acquisition of products from reinforced distribution center in household duty territory (or local market) or from global display held in India by send out situated units, gadgets equipment innovation parks, programming innovation parks and bio-innovation parks, by one year till March 31, 2021.

Fares during April-February this financial plunged by 1.5 percent to USD 292.91 billion. Imports during the period declined by 7.30 percent to USD 436 billion, leaving an exchange shortfall of USD 143.12 billion. Remarking moving, Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said these choices will help exporters when the worldwide inventory network is disturbed by the coronavirus pandemic.