Panel to fix rates for exporters' duty refund scheme
A committee set up under the chairmanship of former union secretary G K Pillai to fix ceiling rates under a duty refund scheme RoDTEP
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New Delhi: A committee set up under the chairmanship of former union secretary G K Pillai to fix ceiling rates under a duty refund scheme RoDTEP for exporters is expected to submit the complete report in the next few weeks, a top government official said.
Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that immediately after getting the report, the RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) rates would be notified. "The G K Pillai committee has given a part report. Now the remaining report is expected within the next few weeks and as soon as the report comes, we will be able to notify RoDTEP rates. But those rates will be effective from January 1, 2021," he said.
The scheme would refund to exporters the embedded central, state and local duties and taxes that were so far not being rebated or refunded and were, therefore, placing India's exports at a disadvantage. The refund would be credited in an exporter's ledger account with customs and used to pay basic customs duty on imported goods. The credits can also be transferred to other importers. (PTI)
