India ups duty-free entitlement on trimmings for footwear

The ministry of commerce & industry, Government of India, has raised duty-free entitlement for import of trimmings, embellishments and footwear components for leather as well as synthetic footwear from 3 per cent to 5 per cent of FOB value of export of previous financial year. The new duty-free entitlement would also be applicable to other leather products.

 

The ministry of commerce & industry, Government of India, has raised duty-free entitlement for import of trimmings, embellishments and footwear components for leather as well as synthetic footwear from 3 per cent to 5 per cent of FOB value of export of previous financial year. The new duty-free entitlement would also be applicable to other leather products.#

“Duty free entitlement for import of trimmings, embellishments and footwear components for footwear (leather as well as synthetic), and other leather products upto 5 per cent of FOB value of export of previous financial year,” the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a corrigendum to notification number 09/2015-20 dated May 28, 2018. (RKS)