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The revenue authority has eased the provision of physical inspection for export consignments until June 2018 to clear a backlog of 2,300 applications submitted mainly by jute and leather exporters for duty drawback of raw materials.
In an order, the National Board of Revenue recently said the applications for duty draw back could be settled upon confirmation of exports based on documents such as proceed realisation certificates and without physical inspection report.
“We welcome the step. This will be helpful for us to get duty drawback,” said Md Shaheen Ahamed, chairman of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA).
Revenue officials and exporters said the move would be beneficial for exporters who have been waiting for several years to get refund of duty and taxes which they have to pay for import of raw materials to process goods for exports in absence of duty free import benefit given under bonded warehouse scheme.
Ahamed said the issue had been pending since November last year. He said they did not get duty drawback in the last one year because of the rule of submission of inspection report online by customs officials for export consignments. Customs officials and exporters said the problem of settling applications for duty refund began after the NBR in March 2011 slapped the rule of giving entry of physical inspection report of export consignments in the information box of the computerised customs management system, Asycuda World, to generate inspection report.
As the Asycuda World System is yet to come about in all customs houses and customs stations, all the customs offices are not submitting physical inspection reports, officially known as inspection act, creating difficulty for the exporters to get refund of duty from the Duty Exemption and Drawback Office (DEDO) under the NBR.
And a large number of applications for duty drawback by jute goods, leather and ceramic exporters got stuck in absence of the physical inspection report in the Asycuda World System, said officials.
The number of applications rose to 4,000 at one time and it began to decline after the revenue authority relaxed rules of physical inspection for jute goods exporters until June 2016, according to officials.
On September 27, the NBR extended the deadline for issuing refund for jute and jute goods until June 30, 2018 without physical inspection.
“This will facilitate quick disposal of applications allowing exporters to get refund of their capital,” said DEDO Director General Wahida Rahman Chowdhury.
Officials said exporters, who do not get duty free import benefit of raw materials under bonded warehouse benefits, import raw materials by paying duty on the items to make exportable products.
And they apply to DEDO for refund of the paid duties and taxes after shipment. Based on the applications and documents submitted by exporters, the field office under the NBR refunds the duties through banks, according to officials.
The DEDO gave drawback of Tk 146 crore in 2016-17. The refund amount was Tk 98 crore in 2015-16, according to Chowdhury.
What is ASYCUDA?
ASYCUDA is a computerised customs management system which covers most foreign trade procedures. The system handles manifests and customs declarations, accounting procedures, transit and suspense procedures. It generates trade data that can be used for statistical economic analysis. The ASYCUDA software is developed in Geneva by UNCTAD. ASYCUDA takes into account the international codes and standards developed by ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation), WCO (World Customs Organization), eg. Data Model, and the United Nations. It can be configured to suit the national characteristics of individual Customs regimes, National Tariff & legislation. ASYCUDA provides Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between traders and Customs using prevailing standards such as XML.
Why is Asycuda World being implemented?
As an upgrade to Asycuda++, it is web-based thus allowing users to use it and process customs transactions from anywhere and anytime. It is possible to attach and submit commercial documents electronically. ASYCUDA WORLD is being implemented with a view to reducing the cost of doing business both on the side of traders and Customs; reduce clearance time and avert some of the challenges experienced with Asycuda ++.
What is the difference between Asycuda World and Asycuda++?
Asycuda++ is a Client-Server technology application implying that users’ computers should be installed with client software to access the main server. To ensure a smooth connection to the server, NRA facilitated a VPN to external users access for access to the NRA network. ASYCUDA World, on the other hand, is Internet or web-based, that is, the server is accessed via the internet. External users do not necessarily need VPN or installation of client-software on their computers but need internet to access the system from anywhere as long as there is internet connectivity.
How to Access the ASYCUDAWorld Portal
- ASYCUDA World is accessible through the NRA Website at www.nra.gov.sl
- Point on Online Services
- Then click on Asycuda World
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