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AEPC Initiatives
Open House Meet held under
Chairmanship of Additional
Director General of Foreign Trade
Under the Chairmanship of Shri Sumeet Jerath, Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, a
meeting was held at CLA, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi in December 2012. Shri H K L Magu,
VC (NR) led the team of AEPC, A presentation was made by AEPC where AEPC requested the
following:
a) The old manual system may run parallel with the new online
system till the new system starts functioning properly.
b) Banks may be allowed to select Shipping Bill from the repository
without having to input the details of shipping bill. Banks may
fill up the realization value only, so that the serious errors may
be avoided.
c) A committee may be institutionalized in which representatives
from AEPC, top exporters, CLA Office, DGFT Head Office, NIC,
Customs may play an active role to support and advice on the
matter.
• The export house, Orient Craft raised the issue of difficulties
being faced by exporters in using the ECOM application
of DGFT online. A presentation was shown and matter was
deliberated with intense participation from exporters, Addl.
DGFT, AEPC etc.
• The buying agency, Tets N Rat raised the issue in which the
Landing Certificate was required from an “Accredited Agent”.
This considerably increases transaction cost. They also raised
the issue of Declaration of Intent (now withdrawn) which was
required earlier and authorities have kept several files pending
related to the period when it was enforced.
• Another export house, Shahi Exports raised the issue of Advance
Authorization in which licenses have not yet reached Customs
ICGATE.
• Manufacturers, Jyoti Apparels raised the issue of J179 lining
which is not duty free. Jyoti Apparels also took up the case of
high transaction cost with Export Inspection Council and AEPC
suggested that AEPC and Textiles Committee may additionally
be given the mandate for such inspections.
• The manufacturers, RMX Joss restated the issues related to
EBRC and accredited agent.
• The export house, Radnik Exports raised the issue of SHIS
and Annual License data is not yet online. They also took up
the matter of streamlining of procedures related to Para 4.7 in
which reference is made to Norms Committee. The company also
suggested that more than 25 Shipping Bills may be accepted
in Ecom Application for online uploading as this will reduce
transaction cost.
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