Duty Entitlement Pass Book : Under the Duty Entitlement Pass Book scheme, an exporter shall be eligible to claim credit as a specified percentage of FOB value made in freely convertible currency. The credit shall be available against such export products and at such rate as may be specified by the Director General of Foreign Trade. Any item except those appearing in the Negative List of Imports shall be allowed for import without payment of basic customs duty, special duty as well as additional customs duty against the credit under this scheme. The third party exports are admissible for grant of credit. The DEPB shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of its issue. The DEPB may be issued on post export basis or pre-export basis.

The DEPB holder shall be required to execute Bond with surety/security to the customs authority. The bond shall be for a value as may be specified in this behalf before the imports are effected under the DEPB on pre-export basis. The exports made under DEPB scheme shall not be entitled for drawback.

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