Circular No - 2512023 - Customs
F.NO. DGEP /GnJ /5 /2023-TECH
Government of lndia
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
(Central Board of lndirect Taxes & Customs)
Bth Floor, Tower-2, Jeevan Bharti Building,
Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110001
Dated: 25th Octobe r, 2023
To
Pr Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs;
Pr Directors General/ Directors General;
Pr Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs;
Pr Additional Directors Genera!/ Additional Directors General.
Madam/ Sir,
SubJect: -
Reference is invited to circular No 1112013 - Customs dated 06.03.2013 prescri.bing
the procedure to operationalise the scheme under para 4A.164 of FTp 2009-2014
(Para 4.48 of FTP 2023) for setting up of Private/ Public Bonded Warehouses in
SEZ| DfA for import and re-export of cut and polished diamonds, cut & polished
coloured gemstones, uncut & unset precious & semi-precious stones, subject to
achievement of minimum value addition (VA) of 5Yo. Throuqh this circular, the
scheme is currently applicable to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Customs
(a) cSl Airport, Mumbai, (b) Jodhpur (Hq at Jaipur), (c) Air Cargo Export, Delhi, and
(d) Airport & Air Cargo, Chennai.
2. Trade has represented ihat circular No. 11/2013-Customs dated 06.03.2013
may be amended to include Surat for availing the said scheme.
3. ln view of the above, after examination, the Board has decided to include
Surat, under the Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad as a fifth
jurisdiction in Circular No 1112013 - Customs dated 06.03.2013 besides the four
jurisdictions mentioned above.
Ahmedabad - reg.
4. The Hindi version of this Circular will follow.
Yours faithfully,
(Ranjan Khanna)
Additional Director General
