GOVERNMENT OF
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE &
INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
Policy Circular No. 18(RE-2006)/2004-2009 Date: 04.09.2006
Subject: Defacement
of Shipping Bill in order to prevent leakage of confidential information.
Representations have been
received from exporters relating to leakage of confidential information viz name and address of the foreign buyer, etc. from the
export documents such as shipping bills, when they are submitted to various
Departments as part of Export/Import documentation procedure. The matter was
deliberated and it has been decided to allow defacement of the name and address
of the foreign buyers in the shipping bills and other documents when presented
to the Regional Authorities for claiming benefits under various export
promotion schemes. It is, therefore, clarified that such shipping bills where
the name of the foreign buyers are defaced, may be accepted for processing by
Regional Authorities under various export promotion schemes, if the
applications are otherwise in order.
This issues with the approval of the Director General of Foreign
Trade.
Sd/
(TAPAN MAZUMDER)
Joint
Director General of Foreign Trade
(F.No : 01/94/180/00214/AM07/PC
I)