47. Sales in Domestic Tariff Area

47. Sales in Domestic Tariff Area — (1) A Unit may sell goods and services including rejects or wastes or scraps or remnants or broken diamonds or by-products arising during the manufacturing process or in connection therewith, in the Domestic Tariff Area on payment of customs duties under section 30, subject to the following conditions, namely:—

(a) Domestic Tariff Area sale under sub-rule (1), of goods manufactured by a Unit shall be on submission of import licence, as applicable to the import of similar goods into India, under the provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy:
Provided that goods imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area and sold as such without being subjected to any manufacturing
process shall be subject to the provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy as applicable to import of similar goods into India;
(b) Domestic Tariff Area sale under sub-rule (1) of rejects or scrap or waste or remnants arising during the manufacturing process or in
connection therewith by the Unit shall not be subject to the provisions of the Import Trade Control (Harmonized System) of Classification of Export and Import Items:
Provided that the Central Government may notify restrictions, as it deems fit on all or any class of such goods mentioned under this clause.
(2) Scrap or dust or sweeping of gold or silver or platinum may be sent to Government of India Mint or Private Mint from a Unit and returned in standard bars in accordance with the procedure specified by Customs authorities or may be sold in the Domestic Tariff Area on payment of duty on the gold or silver or platinum content in the said scrap:
Provided that the value of samples of gold or silver or platinum sweepings or scrap or dust taken at the time of clearance and sent to
the Government Mint or Private Mint for assaying and assessment shall be finalized on the basis of reports received from the Government Mint or Private Mint, as the case may be.
(3) Surplus power generated in a Special Economic Zone’s Developer’s Power Plant in the SEZ or Unit’s captive power plant or diesel generating set may be transferred to Domestic Tariff Area on payment of duty on consumables and raw materials used for generation of power subject to the following conditions, namely:—
(a) proposal for sale of surplus power received by the Development Commissioner shall be examined in consultation with the State
Electricity Board, wherever considered necessary:
Provided that consultation with State Electricity Board shall not be required for sale of power within the same Special Economic Zone;
(b) norms for production of a unit of power shall be approved by the Approval Committee; 
(c) sale of surplus power to other Unit or Developer in the same or other Special Economic Zone or to Export Oriented Unit or to Electronic Hardware Technology Park Unit or to Software Technology Park Unit or Bio-technology Park Unit, shall be without payment of duty;
(d) for sale of surplus power in Domestic Tariff Area, the Unit shall obtain permission from the Specified Officer and the State
Government authority concerned;
(e) duty on sale of surplus power to the Domestic Tariff Area shall be as provided for in this rule.
(4) Valuation and assessment of the goods cleared into Domestic Tariff Area shall be made in accordance with Customs Act and rules made thereunder.