New Delhi, Sept 27 (KNN) The central government on Tuesday announced the extension of the Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) till 30 June 2024. 

It aims to support exporters which was earlier notified with an end date of 30th September 2023 and now has been extended for almost a year. 

This will help our exporting community to negotiate export contracts in the present international environment on better terms, said the official government statement.

The Scheme is WTO compatible and is being implemented in an end-to-end IT environment.

In another development, in line with the Scheme framework, the RoDTEP Committee has again been constituted in the Department of Revenue to review and recommend the ceiling rates under the RoDTEP Scheme for different export sectors. 

The Committee held its first interaction today at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi with the Export Promotion Councils (EPCs)/Chamber of Commerce and discussed the methodology and other issues relating to the Scheme and its implementation. 

The EPCs in their observations emphasized the need for enhancing the RoDTEP budget allocation and for higher rates to be made available to all export items to help them secure greater market access abroad.

The RoDTEP Scheme was introduced by the Government as a duty remission scheme on exports and is being implemented from 1 January 2021. 

The Scheme provides a mechanism for reimbursement of taxes, duties and levies, which are currently not being refunded under any other mechanism, at the central, state and local level, but which are incurred by the export entities in the process of manufacture and distribution of exported products. 

Under the Scheme, a support of Rs 27,018 crores has been extended for the 27 month period till 31 March 2023. 

The RoDTEP scheme operates under a budgetary framework and for FY 23-24, a budget of Rs 15,070 crore is available to support 10610 HS lines at the 8 digit level.

KNN Bureau