St. Francis Trust is a mutli-organizational dedicated to equip and empower the lives of people with disabilities, leprosy & HIV through physical intervention, educational assistance, socio-economic interventions for wholistic transformation towards. Our objective is to bring hope and support to children, families and communities struggling with disabilities in the northern part of Karnataka state, India. We are registered • Under section 12A of the Income-tax Act 1961 • Registered with the Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) and having the certificate of Importer-Exporter Code governed by the Foreign Trade Policy. • Registered with Women and Child Development Department, etc.
We provide charitable services to the persons with disabilities, leprosy and HIV/AIDS and also export handicraft products made by persons with disabilities directly to the customers in the USA by POST without engaging any Customs House Agents and the proceeds realized are utilized for the upliftment and advancement of persons with disabilities. We export the handicraft products through the POST as it is permitted under the provisions of Foreign Trade Policy, and Customs Act, 1962. The provisions are mentioned here below for your kind perusal.
1. Clause 6.23 “Export/Import by Post/Courier” under chapter 6 of the Foreign Trade Policy 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2020. The said clause is reproduced here-below for your kind reference.
“Goods including free samples, may be exported/imported by air freight or through foreign post office or through courier, as per Customs procedure.”
2. Clause no 9.1 under chapter 17 “Legal provisions and exemptions in case of postal exports” of the Central Board of Excise & Customs Manual 2015. The clause is reproduced here-below for your reference.
“Goods which are not prohibited or restricted for export as per FTP can be exported by post through specified Foreign Post Offices or Sub-Foreign Post Offices or Export Extension Counters.
We exported the handicraft products to our customer in United States of America (USA) by post after filling the custom declaration form. Our customer from USA has now transferred the funds on 16-05-2019 to our Axis Bank Ltd, and an intimation towards the inward remittance has been received by us from our banker requesting us to produce the shipping bill no/custom clearance/entry in the customs for the above exports to ensure and confirm that the goods have moved out of India so that they can credit the funds to our account.
Is shipping bill required to submit to the bank as we have not exported the goods through CHA (Customs House Agent).
Under what clause and law can we ask the bank to credit the funds to our account. Appreciate your guidance in this matter.
15 June 2019
Where you export any physical goods out of India you need to file shipping Bill or Bill of export as the case may be with the concerned Customs Authority that may be SEA, AIR or LAND however,if you export through Post no Shipping Bill is required to be filed with the Customs authorities. So far as Import and export through POSt NO CHA is required you can do your self if you haveany difficuliti you may take help of CHA but there is no role of CHA there.
As per FEMA you need to suubmit a Declaration which is called Export Declaration Form (EDF) duly filled and Countersigned by your AD Bank ie your Authorised Dealer Bank.The EDF shall be in dulicate. You approch your AD Bank and inform that there is no shipping bill is required so you do not have instead you may submit whateve document you submitted to the Customs at the time of export duly attested by the Customs. For next export by Post you talk with our Ad bank to give full procedures for EDF .
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