RBI brings down realisation period for exporters to 9 months

23 Jul 2013 Evaluate

In a move that could shore up foreign exchange inflows in the country at a time when it is needed the most, the Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government of India, has reduced the period of realisation and repatriation for exporters of goods and software to 9 months from earlier 12 months.

However, contrary to its latest decision RBI in last November had increased the time limit to bring in export earnings to 12 months from 6 months, in view of global slowdown. But due to country’s worsening Current Account Deficit (CAD) and the weakening rupee, the central bank has now shortened the timeframe to bring in the money. Though, provisions in regard to period of realization and repatriation to India of the full export value of goods or software exported by a unit situated in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as well as exports made to warehouses established outside India remains unchanged.

Declining exports and depreciating rupee against the dollar has put pressure on CAD. While, India's exports contracted by 4.6%, for the second consecutive month, to $ 23.79 billion in June 2013 compared to that in the year-ago period, Indian rupee too has depreciated by over 12 percent against the dollar since the beginning of the fiscal, hitting a lifetime low of Rs 61.21 a dollar, forcing the central bank and capital markets regulator SEBI to take unconventional measures to arrest the slid.

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