ALL INDUSTRY DUTY DRAWBACK RATES

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Duty Drawback scheme was introduced by the Ministry of Finance as a rebate for duty chargeable on any imported materials or excisable materials used in manufacture or processing of goods, manufactured in India and exported. The exported products are revenue natural.

The Central Government is empowered to grant Duty Drawback under section 74 and 75 of the Customs Act, 1962. Under section 74 of the Customs Act, 1962 duty drawback to the extent of 98 percent of the duty paid on imported goods can be claimed for re-export, provided the goods are re-exported within two years of payment of import duty. Section 75 of the Act, empowers duty drawback on export of manufactured articles.

Notes and conditions.-

The tariff items and descriptions of goods in the said Schedule are aligned with the tariff items and descriptions of goods in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) at the four-digit level only. The descriptions of goods given at the six digit or eight digit in the said Schedule are in several cases not aligned with the descriptions of goods given in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
The general rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply for classifying the export goods listed in the said Schedule.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Schedule, –

any identifiable ready to use machined part or component predominantly made of iron, steel or aluminium, made through casting or forging process, and not specifically mentioned at six digit level or more in Chapter 84 or 85 or 87, except those classifiable under heading 8432 or 8433 or 8436, may be classified under the relevant tariff item (depending upon material composition and making process) under heading 8487 or 8548 or 8708, as the case may be, irrespective of classification of such part or component at four digit level in Chapter 84 or 85 or 87 of the said Schedule;

The figures shown in column (4) in the said Schedule refer to the rate of drawback expressed as a percentage of the free on board value or the rate per unit quantity of the export goods, as the case may be.
The figures shown in column (5) in the said Schedule refer to the maximum amount of drawback that can be availed of per unit specified in column (3).
An export product accompanied with a tax invoice and forming part of project export (including turnkey export or supplies) for which no figure is shown in column (5) in the said Schedule, shall be so declared by the exporter and the maximum amount of drawback that can be availed under the said Schedule shall not exceed the amount calculated by applying ad-valoremrate of drawback shown in column (4) to one and half times the tax invoice value.
The rates of drawback specified against the various tariff items in the said Schedule in specific terms or on ad valorem basis, unless otherwise specifically provided, are inclusive of drawback for packing materials used, if any.
Drawback at the rates specified in the said Schedule shall be applicable only if the procedural requirements for claiming drawback as specified in rule 12, 13 and 14of the said rules, unless otherwise relaxed by the competent authority, are satisfied.
The rates of drawback specified in the said Schedule shall not be applicable to export of a commodity or product if such commodity or product is, –

Provided that where exports are made against Special Advance Authorisation issued under paragraph 4.04A of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 in discharge of export obligations in terms of Notification No. 45/2016-Customs, dated the 13th August, 2016, the rates of drawback specified in the said Schedule shall apply as if in the said Schedule, the entries in columns (4)and (5) against the Tariff items in the said Schedule below all Chapters, except Chapter 61 and 62, are NIL, and those in Chapters 61 and 62 are as specified in the Table given below;

manufactured or exported by a unit licensed as hundred per cent Export Oriented Unit in terms of the provisions of the relevant Foreign Trade Policy;
manufactured or exported by any of the units situated in Free Trade Zones or Export Processing Zones or Special Economic Zones;
manufactured or exported availing the benefit of the notification No. 32/1997-Customs, dated the 1st April, 1997.

Whenever a composite article is exported for which any specific rate has not been provided in the said Schedule, the rates of drawback applicable to various constituent materials can be extended to the composite article according to net content of such materials on the basis of a self-declaration to be furnished by the exporter to this effect and in case of doubt or where there is any information contrary to the declarations, the proper officer of customs shall cause a verification of such declarations

All claims for duty drawback at the rates of drawback notified herein shall be filed with reference to the tariff items and descriptions of goods shown in columns (1) and (2) of the said Schedule respectively. Where, in respect of the export product, the rate of drawback specified in the said Schedule is Nil or is not applicable, the rate of drawback may be fixed, on an application by an individual manufacturer or exporter in accordance with the said rules. Where the claim for duty drawback is filed with reference to tariff item of the said Schedule and it is for the rate of drawback specified herein, an application, as referred under sub-rule (1) of rule 7 of the said rules shall not be admissible.

The amount referred in sub-rule (3) of rule 7 of the said rules, relating to provisional drawback amount as may be specified by the Central Government, shall be equivalent to the drawback rate and drawback cap shown in column (4) and (5) in the said Schedule for the tariff item corresponding to the export goods, if applicable, and determined as if it were a claim for duty drawback filed with reference to such rate and cap.