New Delhi, Mar 30 (KNN) The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified that the online filing, processing and system based approval of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) applications in respect of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) shipping bills is being enabled from April 8, 2019.

In a notification DGFT said “Online filing, processing and system based approval of MEIS applications in respect of SEZ shipping bills is being activated w.e.f. April 8, 2019 as has already been done for shipping bills from non-SEZ ports.”

The move has been taken in line with the Government of India’s motto of facilitating the Ease of doing business.
The procedure and guidelines for exporters/applicants and SEZ RAs would be just like the system based automatic approval for MEIS applied for such Shipping bills, said DGFT.

Effectively, the exporters would be able to electronically attach the SEZ shipping bills in their online application and link these shipping bills with e-BRCs for shipping bills with HS Codes, which are not in the negative list issued vide Public Notice 68 dated 09.01.2019, it added.

The Commerce Ministry’s arm, DGFT said “The system would approve the MEIS applications and SEZ RAs are required to dispatch them within 1 working day or hand over to the applicant, as opted by the applicant in the online module.” (KNN/YV)