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Customs - Board's Circulars10.11.1997

EPZ - Inclusion of Visakhapatnam EPZ in Notification No. 177 /94-Cus.

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Circular No. 59/97-Cus. Dated 10/ 11/ 97 Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Excise and Customs) F.T.T. Section, New Delhi Subject: Inclusion of Visakhapatanam EPZ in Notification No. 177/94- Cus - To enable setting up of Jewellery Units in the Zone I am directed to enclose a copy of the Notification No. 83/ 97-Cus dated 27.10.97 and to say that the Visakhapatanam Export Processing Zone (VEPZ) is functioning since 1994-95. It was not included in the Notification No. 177/ 94-Cus. governing Gem & Jewellery in the EPZ / FTZ as there were no jewellery units earlier. Notification No. 83 / 97-Cus dated 27.10.97 amends notification No. 177/ 94-Cus. dated 21.10.94 to include VEPZ in Annexure II of the said Notification. This amendment will facilitate Gems & Jewellery Units set up in the VEPZ to source specified goods duty free. Visakhapatanam, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad have also been notified as airports through which export of Gem & Jewellery manufactured in units set up in VEPZ can be exported. 2. You are requested to give wide publicity to the above said notification by issue of Public Notice. Sd/- (O.P. Khanduja) Senior Technical Officer (FTT Section)

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Circulars, dated 10.11.1997. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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