| 1.Focus Market Scheme & Focus Product | | | | 6. Duty drawback for gold jewellary export has been |
| Scheme has been more attractive. 26 new markets | | | | introduced. Import of diamonds allowed for grading |
| has been added to the scheme. Incentive in FMS has | | | | and certification. |
| been increased to 3% from the present 2.5%. A | | | | 7. Emphasis of export growth on employment |
| large number of products has been included in the | | | | generating sectors like textile, processed foods, |
| Focus Product Scheme and the incentive has been | | | | leather, gems & jewellary, tea, handloom etc. |
| increased to 2% from the present 1.25%. Market | | | | 8. Some benefits given to EoU Sector. |
| Linked Focus Product Scheme has been expanded. | | | | 9. Minimum value addition of 15% prescribed in |
| 2. Zero duty EPCG scheme has been introduced. | | | | Advance authorization scheme. |
| 3. Additional duty credit of 1% has been introduced | | | | 10. Certain measures to provide flexibility to the |
| for status holder for specified sector. The credit can | | | | exporter has been provided. Now debit in DFIA |
| be utilized for import of capital goods on actual user | | | | advance authorization/EPCG is allowed for payment |
| condition. | | | | of custom duty on shortfall of export obligation. |
| 4. Duty credit scrip issued under VKGUY has been | | | | Restricted items shall be allowed under transferred |
| made transferable, subject to the condition that it | | | | DFIA as DFRC earlier. Transit loss claim received from |
| can be transferred to status holders only for import | | | | insurance companies is allowed export obligation. |
| of cold chain equipments. | | | | 11. Effort has been made to reduce the transaction |
| 5. DEPB has been extended till 31.12.2010. | | | | cost. |