Dear Members,

We would like to inform you  that the O/o Directorate General of Foreign Trade, New Delhi has issued  Public Notice no. 68/2015-20 dated 09/01/2019  regarding Directives for processing of application for MEIS claims under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20.

As informed  vide  our circular dated 19/02/2018,    the O/o DGFT New Delhi had issued  Public Notice no. 62/2015-2020 dated 16/02/2018  giving directives for processing of application for MEIS claims under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20.    This allowed processing of MEIS claims for majority of items based only on ITC HS code mentioned in Shipping Bill,  except for the ITC(HS) Codes specified in Annexure to above-said Public Notice 62/2015-2020 where Regional Authority (RA) continues to process the applications for MEIS claim after matching the description as well in the Shipping Bill with Export Product Description in Table 2 of Appendix 3B.

However,  with the  objective of improving ease of doing business, O/o DGFT New Delhi has now  issued Public Notice no. 68/2015-20 dated 09/01/2019   regarding amendment in the  list of  ITC(HS) Codes specified in Annexure to Public Notice 62/2015-2020 for which DGFT RA’s will process MEIS applications in manual mode.

As far as chemical sector items are concerned  very few items are  kept in this Annexure  (HS Code. 33019031, 38085900 etc). 

Members are requested to take note of this amendment and do the needful accordingly, if applicable. The details of the   Public Notice no. 68/2015-20 dated 09/01/2019 along-with    amended Annexure is available for reference using below link-

Public Notices

http://dgft.gov.in/sites/default/files/PN%2068%20dt.%209.1.2019%20english.pdf

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully,

(S. G. BHARADI)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR