CBIC directs adjudicating authority to wait for DGFT’s decision on MEIS instrument in Blue-Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. case

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has directed the adjudicating authority to wait for the decision of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the case of M/s Blue-Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. before proceeding with the show cause notice issued under section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962. The show cause notice was issued proposing recovery of duty, alleging that the entity had wrongfully availed/obtained an MEIS scrip. The CBIC has instructed that the show cause notice be kept pending until the decision on the MEIS instrument by the DGFT. The matter has been examined and the CBIC has deemed it appropriate to wait for the decision of the DGFT under the FTDR Act before proceeding further.

See Instruction No.11/2023- Customs dated 13.03.2023