The Directorate General
of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Public Notice allowing incidence
of special additional duty (SAD) on the inputs to be taken into
account for calculation of DEPB (Duty Entitlement Pass Book) rates.
The revised DEPB rates shall be notified shortly and shall cover
the shipments where the date of order of "Let exports" is on or
after 1/4/2002. This will benefit the exporters exporting under
DEPB Scheme.