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OFFICE
OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, |
PUBLIC
NOTICE NO: 76 / 2001
Sub: Administrative control over Export Oriented Units (EOUs)/ Export Processing zones – Instruction regarding
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Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Revenue, New Delhi, Circular No. 72/2000 – Customs vide F. No.305/75/2000-FTT dated 31.08.2000, is
reproduced below for guidance of Importers, Clearing Agents and Trading Public.
C11/26/2001 - AP (PORT)
(T.S. JAYACHANDAR)
CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI ASST.
COMMR. OF CUSTOMS(APPG.)
DATED: 18.04.2001
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Attention
is invited to the above-mentioned subject.
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that the existing
arrangements require certain modifications so as to facilitate the work
relating to EOUs
2.
The matter has been considered by the Board. It is noted that with the passage of time, a
large number of Export Oriented Units has come up in the interiors of the
country far away from the port towns and are in close proximity to the Central
Excise Divisions and Ranges. Keeping in
view the proximity of Central Excise Divisions and Ranges to the Export
Oriented Units and also with a view to facilitate the work of the said EOUs, it
has been decided that except for the EOUs located within the municipal limits
of port cities/towns, the work of all EOUs shall be handled by the staff of
jurisdictional Commissioner of Central Excise.
In the case of port cities/towns etc. the work of EOUs located within
the municipal limits of port cities/towns, shall be handled by jurisdictional
Commissioner of Customs, Seaport. As
regards the administrative control over the EPZs, the present arrangement would
continue i.e. the work would continue to be handled by the Commissioner of
Customs. Also, in case of new EPZs and
the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that are likely to come up in future, the
administrative control shall be exercised by the jurisdictional Commissioner of
Customs.
3.
These instructions are issued in supercession of earlier
instructions on the above subject.
4.
Difficulties, if any, faced in the implementation of the
instructions, may be brought to the notice of the Board at an early date.
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