Minutes of meeting with other Directorates held on 21.03.05.
A meeting was held in the
Directorate General of Valuation on 21st March 2005 to discuss the
issues concerning customs valuation as per the agenda circulated vide
F.No.Val/Policy/7/05 dated 23rd February, 2005. The following officers attended the
meeting:-
1.
Shri S.S. Renjhen, Director General (Valuation),
Mumbai.
2.
Shri N. Sasidharan, Commissioner (Valuation),
Mumbai.
3.
Shri R. M. Ramchandani, Additional Director
General, Directorate General of Audit, Mumbai.
4.
Shri S.B. Singh, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai.
5.
Shri. Arun Sahu, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Systems & Data Management, New Delhi.
6.
Smt. Neerja Shah, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of
Vigilance, Mumbai
7.
Shri Praveen Jain, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Export Promotion, New Delhi
8.
Shri P.K. Sinha, Joint Director, Directorate General
of Inspection, Mumbai;
9.
Shri Harcharan singh, Commissioner, Central
Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi;
10.
Smt. Seema Arora, Addl. Commr. (Valuation), Mumbai.
11.
Shri S.K. Rahman, Joint Commissioner (Valuation),
Mumbai.
12.
Shir M. Srihari Rao, Joint Commissioner,
Directorate General of Valuation, Bangalore;
13.
Shri R.R. Bangar, Asst. Commissioner (Valuation),
Mumbai.
2. Shri S.S. Renjhen, Director General of Valuation, welcomed
the participants and explained the objective of the meeting. He said that the Directorate (DOV) had made
several initiatives for providing valuation tools and guidance to field
formations and had been monitoring the valuation trends and practices to
achieve uniformity. It was felt
necessary to have a coordinated approach on Valuation related issues handled by
different Directorates to achieve optimum results. It was also felt appropriate
to have a regular mechanism for interaction at senior levels with different
Directorates.
3. The meeting started with a presentation by the Directorate
highlighting the initiatives taken by the DOV in the area of Customs
valuation. The presentation also
focused on the issues requiring urgent attention and provided the brief for
discussion on the Agenda points. A Brochure
containing the relevant information and documents for discussion in the meeting
was also distributed to the participants.
4. The various interventions during the meeting are summarized
below.
(i)
D.R.I
: The ADG, DRI stated that his organisation had also
developed a data base (Intelligence Support System) based on import/export data
from EDI stations and that it is used for various types of intelligence
analysis. Access to this data base is
presently restricted to DRI officials.
A modified version will be made available to field formations shortly
for restricted access. Another database
on offence data (DRIPS) developed by DRI was also in use on an experimental
basis and its extension to field formations data is under active consideration.
ADG, DRI also referred to the Website being
maintained by his organisation giving details of fraud cases detected and
related matters. He said that the
access to such information on the Website is on password basis and permission
could be obtained for accessing the information by Senior officers of other
Directorates. He also called for
regular co-ordination between DRI and DOV on Valuation fraud related
matters.
(ii)
Vigilance:
The ADG, Vigilance said that NIDB data and DOV valuation Alerts were
extensively being used by her organisation to track down possible cases of
under valuation having vigilance angle. She supported the idea of regular
coordination among the Directorates on valuation related activities.
(iii)
Audit: The ADG, Audit said his organisation carried
out quality assurance review of Central Excise Audits conducted under EA
2000. He found there were several
valuation issues which could be shared with DOV. His office had found NIDB very useful for certain valuation
analysis. He also expressed interest in
other areas of work by DOV and agreed that stronger coordination was
desirable.
(iv)
Systems: The ADG, Systems said
that closer coordination already existed between Directorate of Systems and DOV
in the development of NIDB. Improving
data quality is another area where both the Directorates are keenly interested
from the angle of NIDB and the Risk Management System (RMS). Introducing standard Unit of Quantity is
another area jointly pursued by both the Directorates. He also strongly supported the coordination
of valuation related work among all Directorates.
(v)
Inspection:
The JD (Inspection) said that copies of Reports on Valuation Inspections done by DOV would be of interest
to Directorate General of Inspection. He has also agreed that the Valuation
related paragraphs of the inspections conducted by his Directorate could be
sent to DOV. He also stated that the valuation related Standing Orders being
followed by various Custom Houses should be reviewed by DOV.
5. The
Commissioner (Valuation) summed up the discussion and stated that there was a
general consensus among the participants for regular coordination of valuation
related work among the Directorates. It
was, therefore, appropriate to agree upon on a mechanism for that purpose with
DOV as the nodal point, especially for exchange of information and interaction
at appropriate levels. The following arrangements were agreed upon after
discussions :
(i)
Access
to relevant data bases and publication for valuation related information:-
The
user ID and Password of DOV website will be given be given to all the
Directorates upon written request and designation of officers for authorised
access. All the Directorates will be added to the mailing list of Valuation
Bulletin being published by DOV on monthly basis. Similarly other Directorates
will forward copies of their publications to DOV. DOV will also be provided
access to the DRI website and its databases upon request.
(ii)
Details of under valuation cases detected:
The DRI
will workout a structured mechanism of exchanging details of valuation fraud cases detected on regular
basis with DOV. This would include
access to related areas of DRI Website.
(iii)
Details of sensitive commodities:
The DOV will be providing the list of sensitive
commodities ( from the point of view of valuation) prepared by it from time to
time for NIDB and ECDB purposes to other Directorates.
(iv)
Forum for regular interaction:
It was decided to have regular
meeting with all the relevant Directorates once in three months. In view of common issues involved,, it would
be combined with the quarterly meeting of Chief Commissioner of Mumbai Zones.
6. The meeting adjourned expressing appreciation for the work
accomplished.
F.No.Val/Policy/7/05 Mumbai,
30th March, 2005
Kindly find enclosed the minutes of meeting held in this
Directorate on 21.03.05.
N. SASIDHARAN
COMMISSIONER
(VALUATION)
Encl. : As above
(i)
Shri R. M. Ramchandani, Additional Director
General, Directorate General of Audit, Mumbai.
(ii)
Shri S.B. Singh, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai.
(iii)
Shri. Arun Sahu, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Systems Systems & Data Management, New Delhi.
(iv)
Smt. Neerja Shah, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of
Vigilance, Mumbai.
(v)
Shri Praveen Jain, Additional Director General,
Directorate General of Export Promotion, New Delhi.
(vi)
Shri P.K. Sinha, Joint Director, Directorate
General of Inspection, Mumbai.
(vii)
Shri Harcharan singh, Commissioner, Central
Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi.
(viii)
Shir M. Srihari Rao, Joint Commissioner,
Directorate General of Valuation, Bangalore.
DRAFT
D.O. F.No. VAL/TECH/87/2004 Mumbai, 28th March 2005
Dear Shri
Pursuant to a representation from
the trade stating that there is a huge import of Chinese Tyres (new) for buses
and trucks into India at undervalued prices, the DOV has conducted a study of
valuation trend of this commodity. The study revealed that there is wide variation in assessed values of
imported Chinese Tyres. It is also noticed from NIDB data that the importers do
not declare the full description and specifications (such as type and
size) and **that the different Unit
Quantity Code (UQC) are declared making it difficult to make any comparison of
prices.
2. While we are making efforts to capture
detailed information on imported tyres, ** of reliable international price
information is causing difficulties in the survey. We have not been able to lay down any publication giving
international prices of Chinese Tyres (new) for buses and trucks. Hence, it is
requested that you may please enquire the export prices (FOB prices) of these
Chinese Tyres. It is noticed that the major suppliers exporting Chinese Tyres
(new) for buses and trucks into India are as follows:
a) M/s.
Michelin Asia Pacific Import-Export
b) M/s.
Federal Corporations
c) AL
DOBOWI Tyre Co. LLC
d) Guangzhou
Pearl River Rubber Tyre
e) Qingdao
Fuyuan Tyres Co. Ltd.
3. It will be highly
appreciated if you could procure standard price lists of these suppliers and
forward it to us urgently.
With Yours
N.
SASIDHARAN
COMMISSIONER
(VALUATION)
Shri T. Jayaraman,
Consul (Economic),
Consulate General of India,
Hongkong.