The exporters who are outside the bonded warehouse facility can receive duty drawback without showing physical inspection reports of export items.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has relaxed the mandatory provision of showing such reports for getting drawback through issuing a special order.
Under the customs law, exporters without bond licence get drawback of import taxes, Value Added Tax (VAT) and others they paid for importing raw materials for manufacturing exportables.
The order, issued on September 18, said exporters will enjoy the benefit until June 2019.
In another order issued on September 5, the NBR also provided the similar facility for jute and jute goods by extending time up to June 2019.
For jute goods exporters, the submission of mandatory physical inspection report was exempted till June 2018.
As per the special order, the Duty Exemption and Drawback Office (DEDO) will make refunds, known as duty drawback, to exporters without inspection reports.
A senior customs official said the mandatory provision was relaxed following difficulties in uploading inspection reports in the Asycuda world system.
"All the customs houses and customs stations are yet to come under the Asycuda world system," he stated.
Exporters were facing problems in getting refunds as physical inspection reports were mandatory to this end, the official mentioned.
In 2011, the customs wing incorporated the provision on the information box of export shipments at Asycuda World System for processing duty drawback applications.
Customs officers are responsible for compiling information and uploading the inspection reports.
The DEDO can provide duty drawback after confirmation of export process completion and realisation of foreign currencies through examining proceed realisation certificate (PRC), e-Exp and other documents.
The customs authorities found it difficult to conduct physical inspection for jute and jute goods because of their packaging nature.
Jute and jute goods are packaged creating pressure by a special kind of hydraulic machine.
Customs do not have repackaging technology for jute and jute goods consignments, the officials said.
After confirmation of export proceed realisation, DEDO officials will be able to provide them drawback without physical inspection reports.
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