Instruction No.113

F. No. K. 43014(15)/2/2017-SEZ
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
SEZ Divisioon

Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated the 14th July, 2023

To,

All Development Commissioners of SEZs

Subject: Reducing Compliance Burden regarding SOFTEX Forms -reg

Sir,

I am directed to state that SOFTEX is the mechanism of RBI which ensures collection of data on exports for statistical and monitoring purpose. To this end, reference is drawn to RBI Guidelines (copy enclosed) on reporting on foreign exchange transactions through FETERS system by uS1ng specific purpose codes based on the nature of transactions.

2. In case of SEZ units, the SOFTEX Form is being submitted online through SEZ-Online portal by the services units and thereafter, based on the approval of the office of Development CommisS1oners (DC) further submitted to RBI.

3. Instances have come to the notice that SEZ units are submitting the physical copies of invoices and in some cases, even physical copies of SOFTEX forms for verification to DC office despite the same is being filed online digitally. It is also noted that in case of units in STP1, the practice of submitting physical copies of SOFTEX and invoices has been dispensed away.

4. Accordingly, as a measure of enhancing ease of doing business, it has been decided to dispense with the practice of submitting physical copies of SOFTEX and invoices by SEZ units. As such, for the purpose of verification, any document including relevant invoices may be obtained electronically from the units with the approval of DC. In exceptional cases, where there is a need for more detailed verification, DC may permit seeking sample copies of relevant invoices in physical mode, on a case-to-case basis.

5. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

Yours Sincerely

(Sumit Kumar Sachan)
Under Secretary to the Govt, of India
Tel. 23039829
e-mail: sumit.sachan@nic.in

Copy for information to:

Sh. Md. Moin Afaque, Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
EG&TF DiviS1on, DGFT(HQ), Vanijya Bhawan.
 
RBI/2011-12/413
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 84

February 29, 2012

To

All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange

Madam / S1r,

compilation of R-Returns: Reporting under FETERS

Attention of Authorised Dealer (Category I) banks is invited to A.P.fDIR Series) Circular No.77 dated March 13, 2004 giving guidelines for compilation of R-Returns and reporting under the Foreign Exchange Transactions - Electronic Reporting System (FETERS), and also the A.P.fDIR Series) Circular No. 30 dated February 25, 2008 on the move from the system of 'branch-wise' reporting to 'bank-wise' reporting under the FETERS.

2. Several subsequent developments have necessitated further modifications in FETERS, These include:

a) The Working Group on Balance of Payments (BoP) Manual for India (Chairman: Shri Deepak Mohanty) constituted by the Reserve Bank reviewed, inter alia, the existing methodology for compilation of India's BoP with a view to making it consistent with the guidelines contained in the sixth edition of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Working Group made several recommendations for improving the present compilation procedure as well as presentation of India's BoP statistics conforming to international best practices.

b) With the transition to core banking system (CBS), move to complete transaction reporting is warranted instead of relying on the unclasS1fied receipts survey (URS) for purpose-wise distribution of the consolidated amount under non-export receipts below a threshold.

c) Directorate General of Systems (Customs and Central Excise), Govt.of India now issues 6-digit port-code as per UNLOCODE scheme in place of 2-digit port-code earlier issued by RBI.

3. In view of the above, the following changes shall be effected in reporting of R-Returns from the next financial year {i.e., transactions taking place from April 1, 2012):

i) The purpose codes for classification and reporting of foreign exchange transactions in FETERS should be as per the revised clasS1fication. Accordingly, all AD category-l banks are advised to report all foreign exchange transactions as per the revised purpose code list with effect from first fortnight of April 2012 as per the attached guidelines.

ii) AD banks may indicate purpose codes for all foreign exchange transactions (including receipts under non-export transactions below Rs. 5 lakhs) under FETERS. The present system of reporting of non-export transactions below Rs. 5 lakhs (a) on a consolidated basis in BoP file and (b) submission of purpose-wise distribution of a sample of such small receipt transactions (as part of R-retum in the URS file under FETERS), will be discontinued for transactions beyond March 31, 2012.

iii) The amount field in all FETERS files will be increased to 15-digit format.

iv) 6-digit port code will be used uniformly for reporting under FETERS.

4. The revised Guidelines for submission of Data under the FETERS are attached herewith.

5. The directions contained in this circular have been issued under Sections 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and are without prejudice to permissions / approvals, if any, required under any other law.

Yours faithfully,

(Rashmi Fauzdar)
Chief General Manager

Guidelines for submission of Data:
Foreign Exchange Transactions Electronic Reporting System (FETERS)

Nodal offices of Authorised Dealer (AD) banks are required to report purpose, country, currency and other details of their foreign exchange sale and purchase transactions in Foreign Exchange Transaction Electronic Reporting System (FETERS) to the Reserve Bank on a fortnightly basis in the prescribed format Since October 1997. These are primarily required for compilation of India's Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics as per international guidelines given by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other policy making by the Reserve Bank and are also used for other macroeconomic management purposes. With the Signing of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under World Trade Organisation (WTO), the member countries are required to disseminate the data on international trade in services as per Manual on Statistics on International Trade in Services (MSITS). Accordingly, detailed BoP statistics is released on a quarterly basis and BoP for services is released on a monthly basis.

In order to meet the requirement of compilation of BoP Statistics as per the guidelines under the Balance of Payments and International Investment PoS1tion Manual (6th edition) (BPM6) of the IMF, the scope of collection of data on foreign exchange transactions has to be widened. The Working Group on Balance of Payments Manual for India (Chairman: Shri Deepak Mohanty) constituted by the Reserve Bank inter alia reviewed the existing methodology for compilation of India's BoP consistent with BPM6 guidelines. The Working Group made several recommendations for improving the present compilation procedure as well as presentation of India's BoP statistics conforming to international best practices (For details, see report at web-link: http://rbidocs.rbi.orq.in/rdocs/PublicationReDort/Pdfs/IBPM221110R.pdf)

In order to meet those national perspectives, the purpose codes have been revised and given in Annex I and the structures of four ASCII files to be submitted under FETERS are given in Annex II. The revised system is for reporting of R-Returns for forex transactions performed w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Reporting to RBI: Banks may submit datafiles on a fortnightly basis (i.e., 15th and end-month), as at present, by email to rretum@rbi.org,in within one week of the last date of the fortnight. The electronic reporting system is in addition to the submission of R-Return cover page.

Naming Convention: The file name should start with "BANKCODE_" for each FETERS file to be submitted to the Reserve Bank. For example, if bank code is 639, the file name should be:

File Layout Changes: A comparison of the file layouts with the previous verS1on is given below:

S1.
No.

File Name

Previous Width

Revised Width

Reason

1

BankCode B0P6.txt

59

63

Amount width increased to 15

2

BankCode_ENC.txt

92

103

Invoice value width increased to 15 Shipping_bill_No. width increased to 13 CSN width increased to 14

3

BankCode_SCH3T06.txt

83

95

Invoice Value width increased to 15 Realised Value width increased to 15 Shipping_bill_No. width increased to 13

4

BankCode_QE.txt

41

45

Amount width increased to 15

5

BankCode_URS6.txt

Discontinued

Delimiter: The FETERS files should be ASCII files with one record per line. All fields in each file should be delimited with the delimiter"["

Reporting of Non-applicable items: In cases where an item is not be relevant for a set of transactions of certain purposes, irrelevant fields/ data items may be kept blank in the text file. Structure of this file has been designed in such a way that, many blank fields do not appear in between two relevant fields.

Consistency Checks: In order to ensure accurate reporting of data by ADs, FETERS contains consistency checks. These checks need to be ensured for the entire fortnight and relevant with currency-wise x item-wise cover-page totals. Checks are also introduced for checking the cloS1ng balances using the following relationship before submitting data to the Reserve Bank:

Closing Balances = Opening Balances + Total Purchases - Total Sales

Inter-relationship among FETERS files: The following inter-relationship among files BOP6TXT, QE.TXT and R-Retum cover page should be ensured.

Name

Coverage (Transactions to be reported ) in File BOP6.TXT

Coverage in File QE.TXT*

Kern No. R-Return (Nostra)

Imports (S0101.S0102, S0103 &S0109)

All the individual transactions below Rs.5 lakh

Purpose code S0190-Aggregate figure

I. A. (i)

All the individual transactions above or equivalent of Rs.5 lakh

Purpose code S0191 ~ Aggregate figure

I.A.(ii)

Intermediary imports (S0104&S0108)

All the individual transactions

Purpose code S0144~ Aggregate figure

LB.

Non-import (Other than Imports)

All the individual transactions below Rs.5 lakh

Purpose code S1590 -Aggregate figure

I. C. (i)

All the individual transactions above or equivalent of Rs.5 lakh Purpose code S 1591 -Aggregate figure I.C.(ii)  

Sale to Other ADs in India

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code S0092 -Aggregate figure

I.D

Sale to RBI

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code S0091 -Aggregate figure

I. E

Sales to Overseas Banks / correspondents

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code S0093 ~ Aggregate figure

I.F

Sales to branches byA-Category

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code S0095 ~ Aggregate figure

No reporting

Exports (P0101.P0102, P0103 &P0109)

All the individual transactions (i.e. N/P/D, advance received during fortnight, Collection realised during fortnight)

Purpose code P0100 -Aggregate figure

Total of II. A(i)(a),N. A(i)(b),ll. Afii)

Intermediary exports (P0104&P0108)

All the individual transactions

Purpose code P0144-Aggregate figure

II. B.

Non-Export (Other than Exports)

All the individual transactions related to Non-Export {Other than Exports) below equivalent of Rs.5 lakh

Purpose code P1590 -Aggregate figure

ll.C(i).

All the individual transactions related to Non-Export (Other than Exports) above or equivalent of Rs 5 lakh Purpose code P1591 -Aggregate figure II. C(ii).  

Purchase from Other ADs in India

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code P0092 -Aggregate figure

II. D

Purchase from RBI

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code P0091 -Aggregate figure

II. E

Purchases from Overseas Banks / correspondents

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code P0093 -Aggregate figure

II. F

Purchases from branches by A-Category

No individual Transaction to be Reported

Purpose code P0095 ~ Aggregate figure

No reporting

Opening Balance

With purpose code P2088/S2088

Net amount (Total III A to III H)

CloS1ng Balance

With purpose code P2199/S2199

Net amount (Total IV A to IV H)

*In case of Nostra, Currency wise fortnightly aggregate; in case of Vostro, Currency X Country of Vostro A/C holder wise fortnightly aggregate

Helpdesk: To ensure accuracy of the format of the ASCII file generated by their interface, if necessary, ADs may contact us for guidance at the following address:

The Director,
Balance of Payments Statistics DiviS1on,
Department of Statistics and Information Management (DS1M)
Reserve Bank of India,
C-8/9, Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Mumbai-400 051

Helpdesk Contacts:

e-mail : feters@rbi.omin
Tel No. : (022) 26578700 / 26578359 / 26572695
Fax No.: (022) 26570848 / 26571265 / 26572319

Annex I: Purpose Codes for Reporting under FETERS

A. Payment Purposes (for use in BOP file)

Gr. No.

Purpose Group Name

Purpose Code

Description

00

Capital Account

S0017

AcquiS1tion of non-produced non-financial assets (Purchase of intangible assets like patents, copyrights, trademarks etc., land acquired by government, use of natural resources) - Government

S0019

AcquiS1tion of non-produced non-financial assets (Purchase of intangible assets like patents, copyrights, trademarks etc., use of natural resources) - Non-Government

S0026

Capital transfers ( Guarantees payments, Investment Grand given by the government/international organisation, exceptionally large Non-life insurance claims) - Government

S0027

Capital transfers ( Guarantees payments, Investment Grand given by the Non-government, exceptionally large Non-life insurance claims) - Non-Government

S0099

Other Capital payments not included elsewhere

Financial Account

Foreign Direct Investments

S0003

Indian Direct investment abroad (in branches & wholly owned subS1diaries) in equity Shares

S0004

Indian Direct investment abroad (in subS1diaries and associates)-in debt instruments

S0005

Indian investment abroad - in real estate

S0006

Repatriation of Foreign Direct Investment made by overseas Investors in India - in equity shares

S0007

Repatriation of Foreign Direct Investment in made by overseas Investors India - in debt instruments

S0008

Repatriation of Foreign Direct Investment made by overseas Investors in India - in real estate

Foreign Portfolio Investments

S0001

Indian Portfolio investment abroad - in equity shares

S0002

Indian Portfolio investment abroad - in debt instruments

S0009

Repatriation of Foreign Portfolio Investment made by overseas Investors in India - in equity shares

S0010

Repatriation of Foreign Portfolio Investment made by overseas Investors in India - in debt instruments

External Commercial Borrowings

S0011

Loans extended to Non-Residents

S0012

Repayment of long & medium term loans with original maturity above one year received from Non-Residents

Short term Loans

S0013

Repayment of short term loans with original maturity up to one year received from Non-Residents

Banking Capital

S0014

Repatriation of Non-ReS1dent DepoS1ts (FCNR(B)/NR(E)RA etc)

S0015

Repayment of loans & overdrafts taken by ADs on their own account.

S0016

Sale of a foreign currency against another foreign currency

Financial Derivatives and Others S0020 Payments made on account of margin payments, premium payment and settlement amount etc. under Financial derivative transactions.
S0021 Payments made on account of sale of share under Employee stock option
S0022

Investment in Indian DepoS1tories Receipts (IDRs)

S0023

Remittances made under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) for Individuals

External Assistance S0024 External AsS1stance extended by India, e.g. Loans and advances extended by India to Foreign governments under various agreements
S0025 Repayments made on account of External AsS1stance received by India.
01 Imports S0101 Advance payment against imports made to countries other than Nepal and Bhutan
S0102 Payment towards imports- settlement of invoice other than Nepal and Bhutan
S0103 Imports by diplomatic misS1ons other than Nepal and Bhutan
S0104 Intermediary trade/tranS1t trade, i.e., third country export pasS1ng through India
S0108 Goods acquired under merchanting / Payment against import leg of merchanting trade*
S0109 Payments made for Imports from Nepal and Bhutan, if any

02

Transport

S0201

Payments for surplus freight/passenger fare by foreign Shipping companies operating in India

S0202

Payment for operating expenses of Indian Shipping companies operating abroad

S0203

Freight on imports - Shipping companies

S0204

Freight on exports - Shipping companies

S0205

Operational leaS1ng/Rental of Vessels (with crew) -Shipping companies

S0206

Booking of passages abroad - Shipping companies

S0207

Payments for surplus freight/passenger fare by foreign Airlines companies operating in India

S0208

Operating expenses of Indian Airlines companies operating abroad

S0209

Freight on imports - Airlines companies

S0210

Freight on exports - Airlines companies

S0211

Operational leaS1ng / Rental of Vessels (with crew) - Airline companies

S0212

Booking of passages abroad - Airlines companies

S0214

Payments on account of stevedoring, demurrage, port handling charges etc.(Shipping companies)

S0215

Payments on account of stevedoring, demurrage, port handling charges, etc.(Airlines companies)

S0216

Payments for Passenger - Shipping companies

S0217 Other payments by Shipping companies
S0218 Payments for Passenger - Airlines companies
S0219 Other Payments by Airlines companies
S0220 Payments on account of freight under other modes of transport (internal Waterways, Roadways, Railways, P1peline transports and others)
S0221 Payments on account of passenger fare under other modes of transport (internal Waterways, Roadways, Railways, P1peline transports and others)
S0222 Postal & Courier services by Air
S0223 Postal & Courier services by Sea
S0224 Postal & Courier services by others
03 Travel S0301 BuS1ness travel.
S0303 Travel for P1lgrimage
S0304 Travel for medical treatment
S0305 Travel for education (including fees, hostel expenses etc.)
S0306 Other travel (including holiday trips and payments for settling international credit cards transactions)
05 Construction Services S0501 Construction of projects abroad by Indian companies including import of goods at project S1te abroad
S0502 cost of construction etc. of projects executed by foreign companies in India.

06

Insurance and PenS1on Services

S0601

Life Insurance premium except term insurance

S0602

Freight insurance - relating to import & export of goods

S0603

Other general insurance premium including reinsurance premium; and term life insurance premium

S0605

Auxiliary services including commisS1on on insurance

S0607

Insurance claim Settlement of non-life insurance; and life insurance (only term insurance)

S0608

Life Insurance Claim Settlements

S0609

Standardised guarantee services

S0610

Premium for penS1on funds

S0611

Periodic penS1on entitlements e.g. monthly quarterly or yearly payments of penS1on amounts by Indian PenS1on Fund Companies.

S0612

Invoking of standardised guarantees

07

Financial Services

S0701

Financial intermediation, except investment banking - Bank charges, collection charges, LC charges etc.

S0702

Investment banking - brokerage, under writing commisS1on etc.

S0703

Auxiliary services - charges on operation & regulatory fees, custodial services, depoS1tory services etc.

08 Telecommunication, Computer & Information Services

 

 

 

 

S0801 Hardware consultancy/implementation
S0802 Software consultancy / implementation
S0803 Data base, data procesS1ng charges
S0804 Repair and maintenance of computer and software
S0805 News agency services

S0806

Other information services- Subscription to newspapers, periodicals

S0807

Off-S1te software imports

S0808

Telecommunication services including electronic mail services and voice mail services

S0809

Satellite services including space shuttle and rockets etc.

09

Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e

S0901

Franchises services

S0902

Payment for use, through licenS1ng arrangements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as manuscripts and films), patents, copyrights, trademarks and industrial processes etc.

10

Other Business Services

S1002

Trade related services — commisS1on on exports / imports

S1003

Operational leaS1ng services (other than financial leaS1ng) without operating crew, including charter hire- Airlines companies

S1004

Legal services

S1005

Accounting, auditing, book-keeP1ng services

S1006

BuS1ness and management consultancy and public relations services

S1007

AdvertiS1ng, trade fair service

S1008

Research & Development services

S1009

Architectural services

S1010

Agricultural services like protection against insects & disease, increaS1ng of harvest yields, forestry services.

S1011

Payments for maintenance of offices abroad

S1013

Environmental Services

S1014

Engineering Services

S10I5

Tax consulting services

S1016

Market research and public oP1nion polling service

S1017

Publishing and printing services

S1018

Mining services like on-S1te procesS1ng services analyS1s of ores etc.

S1020

CommisS1on agent services

S1021

Wholesale and retailing trade services.

S1022

Operational leaS1ng services (other than financial leaS1ng) without operating crew, including charter hire- Shipping companies

S1023

Other Technical Services including scientific/space services.

S1099

Other services not included elsewhere

11

Personal, Cultural & Recreational services

S1101

Audio-visual and related services like Motion P1cture and video tape production, distribution and projection services.

S1103

Radio and televiS1on production, distribution and transmisS1on services

S1104

Entertainment services

S1105

Museums, library and archival services

S1106

Recreation and sporting activities services

S1107

Education (e.g. fees for correspondence courses abroad )

S1108

Health Service (payment towards services received from hospitals, doctors, nurses, paramedical and similar services etc. rendered remotely or on-site)

S1109

Other Personal, Cultural & Recreational services

12 Govt. not included elsewhere (G.n.i.e) S1201 Maintenance of Indian embassies abroad
S1202 Remittances by foreign embassies in India

13

Secondary Income

S1301

Remittance for family maintenance and savings

S1302

Remittance towards personal gifts and donations

S1303

Remittance towards donations to religious and charitable institutions abroad

S1304

Remittance towards grants and donations to other governments and charitable institutions established by the governments.

S1305 Contributions/donations by the Government to international institutions
S1306 Remittance towards payment / refund of taxes.
S1307 Outflows on account of migrant transfers including personal effects
14 Primary Income S1401 Compensation of employees
S1402 Remittance towards interest on Non-ReS1dent deposits (FCNR(B)/NR(E)RA, etc.)
S1403 Remittance towards interest on loans from Non-Residents (ST/MT/LT loans) e.g. External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credits, etc.
S1405 Remittance towards interest payment by ADS on their own account (to VOSTRO a/c holders or the OD on NOSTRO a/c.)
S1408 Remittance of profit by FDI enterprises in India (by branches of foreign companies including bank branches)
S1409 Remittance of dividends by FDI enterprises in India (other than branches) on equity and investment fund shares
S1410 Payment of interest by FDI enterprises in India to their Parent com an abroad.
S1411 Remittance of interest income on account of Portfolio Investment in India
S1412 Remittance of dividends on account of Portfolio Investment in India on equity and investment fund shares
15 Others S1501 Refunds / rebates / reduction in invoice value on account of exports
S1502 Reversal of wrong entries, refunds of amount remitted for nonexports
S1503 Payments by residents for international bidding
S1504 Notional sales when export bills negotiated/ purchased/ discounted are dishonored/ crystallised/ cancelled and reversed from suspense account
S1505 Deemed Imports (exports between SEZ, EPZs and Domestic tariff areas
16 Maintenance and repair services n.i.e S1601 Payments on account of maintenance and repair services rendered for Vessels, shi s, boats, warshi s, etc.
S1602 Payments on account of maintenance and repair services rendered for aircrafts s ace shuttles rockets milit aircrafts, helico ters etc.
17 Manufacturing services (goods for processing) S1701 Payments for processing of goods

 

B. Receipt Purposes (for use in BOP file)

Gr. No.

Purpose Group Name

Purpose Code

Description

00

Capital Account

P0017

Receipts on account of Sale of non-produced non-financial assets (Sale of intangible assets like patents, copyrights, trademarks etc., land acquired by government, use of natural resources) -Government

P0019

Receipts on account of Sale of non-produced non-financial assets (Sale of intangible assets like patents, copyrights, trademarks etc., use of natural resources) - Non-Government

P0028

Capital transfer receipts (Guarantee payments, Investment Grant given by the government/international organisation, exceptionally large Non-life insurance claims including claims arising out of natural calamity) - Government

P0029

Capital transfer receipts ( Guarantee payments, Investment Grant given by the Non-government, exceptionally large Non-life insurance claims including claims ariS1ng out of natural calamity) -Non-Government

P0099

Other capital receipts not included elsewhere

Financial Account

Foreign Direct Investment

P0003

Repatriation of Indian Direct investment abroad (by branches & wholly owned subsidiaries and associates) in equity shares

P0004

Repatriation Indian Direct investment abroad (by branches & wholly owned subsidiaries and associates) in debt instruments

P0005

Repatriation of Indian investment abroad in real estate

P0006

Foreign Direct Investment made by overseas Investors in India in equity shares

P0007

Foreign Direct Investment made by overseas Investors in India in debt instruments.

P0008

Foreign Direct Investment made by overseas Investors in India in real estate

Foreign Portfolio Investment

P0001

Repatriation of Indian Portfolio investment abroad in equity Capital (shares)

P0002

Repatriation of Indian Portfolio investment abroad in debt instruments.

P0009

Foreign Portfolio Investment made by overseas Investors in India in equity shares

P0010

Foreign Portfolio Investment made by overseas Investors in India in debt Instruments.

External

P0011

Repayment of loans extended to Non-Residents

Commercial Borrowings

P0012

Long & medium term loans, with original maturity of above one year, from Non-Residents to India (External Commercial Borrowings)

Short term credits

P0013

Short term loans with original maturity upto one year from Non-Residents to India (Short-term Trade Credit)

 

Banking Capital

P0014

Receipts o/a Non-Resident deposits (FCNR(B)/NR(E)RA, etc.) {ADS should report these even if funds are not "swapped" into Rupees}

P0015

Loans & overdrafts taken by ADS on their own account. (Any amount of loan credited to the NOSTRO account which may not be swapped into Rupees should also be reported)

P0016

Purchase of a foreign currency against another currency.

Financial Derivatives and Others

P0020

Receipts on account of margin payments, premium payment and settlement amount etc. under Financial derivative transactions

P0021

Receipts on account of sale of share under Employee stock option

P0022

Receipts on account of other investment in ADRs/GDRs

External Assistance

P0024

External Assistance received by India e.g. Multilateral and bilateral loans received by Govt. of India under agreements with other govt. / international institutions.

P0025

Repayments received on account of External Assistance extended b India

01

Exports (of Goods)

P0101

Value of export bills negotiated / purchased/discounted etc. (covered under GR/PP/SOFTEX/EC copy of Shipping bills etc.) — Other than Nepal and Bhutan

P0102

Realisation of export bills (in respect of goods) sent on collection (full invoice value) — Other than Nepal and Bhutan

P0103

Advance receipts against export contracts, which will be covered laterb GR/PP/SOFTEX/SDF - than Ne al and Bhutan

P0104

Receipts against export of goods not covered by the GR /PP [SOFTEX (EC copy of Shipping bill etc. (under Intermediary/transit trade, i.e., third count ex ort assin throu h India

P0105

Export bills (in respect of goods) sent on collection — other than Ne al and Bhutan

P0107

Realisation ofNPD export bills (full value of bill to be reported) — other than Ne al and Bhutan

P0108

Goods sold under merchanting / Receipt against export leg of merchantin trade*

P0109

Ex ort realisation on account of ex orts to Ne al and Bhutan, if an

02

Transport

P0201

Receipts of surplus freight/passenger fare by Indian Shipping companies operating abroad

P0202

Receipts on account of operating expenses of Foreign Shipping companies operating in India

P0205

Receipts on account of operational leasing (with crew) — Shipping companies

P0207

Receipts of surplus freight/passenger fare by Indian Airlines companies operating abroad.

P0208

Receipt on account of operating expenses of Foreign Airlines companies operating in India

P0211

Receipt on account of operational leasing (with crew) — Airlines companies

P0214

Receipt on account of other transportation services (stevedoring demurrage port handling charges etc . (Shipping Companies)

P0215

Receipts on account of other transportation services (stevedoring, demurrage, port handling charges etc).( Airlines companies)

P0216

Receipts of freight fare -Shipping companies operating abroad

P0217 Receipts of passenger fare by Indian Shipping companies operating abroad

P0218

Other receipts by Shipping companies

P0219

Receipts of freight fare by Indian Airlines companies operating abroad

P0220

Receipts of passenger fare -Airlines

P0221

Other receipts by Airlines companies

P0222

Receipts on account of freights under other modes of transport (Internal Waterways, Roadways, Railways, P1peline transports and Others)

P0223

Receipts on account of passenger fare under other modes of transport (Internal Waterways, Roadways, Railways, P1peline transports and Others)

P0224

Postal & Courier services by Air

P0225

Postal & Courier services by Sea

P0226

Postal & Courier services by others

03

Travel

P0301

Purchases towards travel (Includes purchases of foreign TCs, currency notes etc over the counter, by hotels, Emporiums, institutions etc. as well as amount received by TT/SWIFT transfers or debit to Non-Resident account).

P0302

Business travel

P0304

Travel for medical treatment including TCs purchased by hosP1tals

P0305

Travel for education including TCs purchased by educational institutions

P0306

Other travel receipts

P0308

Foreign Currencies/TCs surrendered by returning Indian tourists.

05

Construction Services

P0501

Receipts on account of services relating to cost of construction of projects in India

P0502

Receipts on account of construction works carried out abroad by Indian Companies

06

Insurance and Pension Services

P0601

Life Insurance premium except term insurance

P0602

Freight insurance - relating to import & export of goods

P0603

Other general insurance premium including reinsurance premium; and term life insurance premium

P0605

Auxiliary services including commission on insurance

P0607

Insurance claim Settlement of non-life insurance; and life insurance (only term insurance)

P0608

Life insurance claim settlements (excluding term insurance) received by residents in India

P0609

Standardised guarantee services

P0610

Premium for pension funds

P0611

Periodic pension entitlements e.g. monthly quarterly or yearly payments of pension amounts by Indian Pension Fund Companies.

P0612

Invoking of standardised guarantees

07

Financial Services

P0701

Financial intermediation except investment banking - Bank charges, collection charges, LC charges, etc.

P0702

Investment banking - brokerage, under writing commission etc.

P0703

Auxiliary services - charges on operation & regulatory fees, custodial services, depository services etc.

08

Telecommunication, Computer & Information Services

P0801

Hardware consultancy/implementation

P0802

Software consultancy/implementation (other than those covered in SOFTEX form)

P0803

Data base, data processing charges

P0804

Repair and maintenance of computer and software

P0805

News agency services

P0806

Other information services- Subscription to newspapers, periodicals, etc.

P0807

Off-site Software Exports

P0808

Telecommunication services including electronic mail services and voice mail services

P0809

Satellite services including space shuttle and rockets, etc.

09

Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e

P0901

Franchises services

P0902

Receipts for use, through licensing arrangements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as manuscripts and films), patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial processes, franchises etc.

10

Other Business Services

P1002

Trade related services - commission on exports / imports

P1003

Operational leasing services (other than financial leasing) without operating crew, including charter hire- Airlines companies

P1004

Legal services

P1005

Accounting, auditing, book keeP1ng services

P1006

Business and management consultancy and public relations services

P1007

Advertising, trade fair service

P1008

Research & Development services

P1009

Architectural services

P1010

Agricultural services like protection against insects & disease, increasing of harvest yields, forestry services.

P1011

Inward remittance for maintenance of offices in India

P1013

Environmental Services

P1014

Engineering Services

P1015

Tax consulting services

P1016

Market research and public opinion polling service

P1017

Publishing and printing services

P1018

Mining services like on-site processing services analysis of ores etc.

P1019

Commission agent services

P1020

Wholesale and retailing trade services.

P1021

Operational leasing services (other than financial leasing) without operating crew, including charter hire- Shipping companies

13

Secondary Income

P1301

Inward remittance from Indian non-residents towards family maintenance and savings

P1302

Personal gifts and donations

P1303

Donations to religious and charitable institutions in India

P1304

Grants and donations to governments and charitable institutions established by the governments

P1306

Receipts / Refund of taxes

P1307

Receipts on account of migrant transfers including Personal Effects

14

Primary Income

P1401

Compensation of employees

P1403

Inward remittance towards interest on loans extended to non­residents (ST/MT/LT loans)

P1405

Inward remittance towards interest receipts of ADs on their own account (on investments.)

P1408

Inward remittance of profit by branches of Indian FDI Enterprises (including bank branches) operating abroad.

P1409

Inward remittance of dividends (on equity and investment fund shares) by Indian FDI Enterprises, other than branches, operating abroad

P1410

Inward remittance on account of interest payment by Indian FDI enterprises operating abroad to their Parent company in India.

P1411

Inward remittance of interest income on account of Portfolio Investment made abroad by India

P1412

Inward remittance of dividends on account of Portfolio Investment made abroad by India on equity and investment fund shares

P1499

Other income receipts

15

Others

P1501

Refunds / rebates on account of imports

P1502

Reversal of wrong entries, refunds of amount remitted for non-imports

P1503

Remittances (receipts) by residents under international bidding process.

P1505

Deemed Exports (exports between SEZ, EPZs and Domestic Tariff Areas)

16

Maintenance and repair services n.i.e

P1601

Receipts on account of maintenance and repair services rendered for Vessels, Ships, Boats, Warships, etc.

P1602

Receipts of maintenance and repair services rendered for aircrafts, Space shuttles, Rockets, military aircrafts, etc.

17

Manufacturing services

P1701

Receipts on account of processing of goods

* - 'Merchanting' here refers to purchase/sale of goods from/to a non-resident combined with subsequent resale of the same goods to another non-reS1dent without goods being present in the comP1ling economy (reS1dent's economy). Essentially, goods transaction would be termed as 'merchanting' if goods acquired do not enter the territory of the comP1ling (reS1dent's) economy and secondly, goods being acquired do not undergo any transformation before being resold or repurchased

C. Cover Page Purpose Codes (for use in QE file)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gr. No. Purpose Group Name Purpose Code Description

99

Cover Page Total

P0091

Purchase from Reserve Bank of India (Currency-wise Totals)

P0092

Purchase from other ADs in India (Currency-wise Totals)

P0093

Purchase from Overseas banks & correspondents (Currency-wise Totals)

P0094

debit from the vostro a/c of overseas bank or correspondents (Country-wise Totals)

P0095

Aggregate Purchases at Branches (Currency-wise Totals)

P0100 Exports (Totals) {N/P/D + Collection bills Realised during Fortnight + Advance received during Fortnight} (Purchases from Public against exports (Currency-wise Totals)}

P0144

Purchases from Public against third country exports (Currency-wise Totals)

P1590

receipts below Rs. 5 lakhs (Currency-wise Totals)

P1591

Non-Exports equivalent & above Rs.5 lakhs (Currency-wise Totals)

S0091

Sales to Reserve Bank of India (Currency-wise Totals)

S0092

Sales to other ADs in India (Currency-wise Totals)

S0093

Sales to Overseas banks & correspondents (Currency-wise Totals)

S0094

credit to the vostro a/c of overseas bank or correspondents (Country-wise Totals)

S0095

Aggregate Sales at Branches (Currency-wise Totals)

S0144

Sales to Public against Imports into other countries (Currency-wise Totals)

S0190

Imports below Rs.5 lakhs(Currency-wise Totals)

S0191

Imports equivalent & above Rs.51Lakhs (Currency-wise Totals)

S1590

Non-Imports payment below Rs 5 lakhs (Currency-wise Totals)

S1591

Non-Imports equivalent & above Rs.5 lakhs (Currency-wise Totals)

Cover Page Balance

P20S8

Opening Balance (Debit Balance in Mirror/Debit Balance in Vostro)

P2199

Closing Balance (Debit Balance in Mirror/Debit Balance in Vostro)

S2088

Opening Balance (Credit Balance in Mirror/Credit Balance in Vostro)

S2199

Closing Balance (Credit Balance in Mirror/Credit Balance in Vostro)

Annex II: FETERS File Layouts

1. BANKC0DE_BOP6.TXT relating to transactions involving sale and purchase of foreign exchange (excluding inter-office, inter-bank, RBI transactions) during the reporting fortnight

Field

Format

Remarks

AD Code

Char (7)

BSR Part-1 Uniform Code

Fortnight-end Date

YYYYMMDD

Transaction Date

YYYYMMDD

Valid date within fortnight

Serial No.

Num. (4)

Purpose Code

Char (5)

Purpose code starting with P/S (Part A/B of Annex I)

Country Code

Char (2)

SWIFT code

Currency Code

Char (3)

SWIFT code

Amount [in Foreign Currency (FC)]

Num. (15)

Date of Shipment

YYYYMMDD

LC

char(1)

1 for Yes; 0 for No

Country of Vostro a/c Holder

char(2)

SWIFT code

2. BANKCODE_ENC.TXT relating to physical exports, bills in respect of which were negotiated, purchased, discounted or sent for collection during the reporting period

Field

Format

Remarks

A.D. Code

Char (7)

Fortnight-end date

YYYYMMDD

Date of Negotiation

YYYYMMDD

Bill Number

Char (7)

Internal to the Bank (e.g. N000001)

Importer Exporter Code

Char (10)

As given by DGFT

GR/PP/SOFTEX Form Number

Char (8)

e.g.AA000001 (for EDI transactions, P1 indicate ZZ)

Shipping Bill Number

Char (13)

EDI transactions: 7-diqit Shipping bill
preceded by 6-digit port code
(e.g.,INNSA19999999)
Non-EDI transactions: 7-digit Shipping bill
preceded by 6 zeros (e.g.,0000009999999)

Shipping Bill Date

YYYYMMDD

Custom Serial Number

Char (14)

6-digit port code + 2-digit calendar year of export + 6-digit Serial No.

Currency

Char (3)

Invoice Value (in Currency)

Num. (15)

Country of Destination

Char (2)

3. BANKCODE_SCH3T06.TXT (Schedules 3 to 6) relating to exports where full / part value has been realised / received in advance [Sch.3: Realisation of Full amount (bill sent for collection); Sch.4: Realisation of Partial amount (bill sent for collection); Sch. 5: Receipt of full advance; Sch. 6: Receipt of partial advance]

Field

Format

Remarks

A.D. Code

Char (7)

Fortniqht-end date

YYYYMMDD

Transaction Date

YYYYMMDD

Bill Number

Char (7)

GR/PP/SOFTEXForm Number

Char (8)

Shipping Bill Number

Char (13)

Shipping Bill Date

YYYYMMDD

Currency

Char (3)

Invoice Value

Num. (15)

Realised Value

Num. (15)

Country of Destination

Char (2)

Schedule No.

Char(1)

e.g. 5 for Schedule 5

4. BANKCODE_QE.TXT for Cover Page Totals

Field

Format

Remarks

A.D. Code

Char (7)

Fortnight-end date

YYYYMMDD

Serial Number

Num. (4)

Purpose Code

Char (5)

As per Part C of Annex I

Country of Vostro A/c holder

Char (2)

Currency

Char (3)

Amount in Currency

Num. (15)

Return (Vostro/Nostro)

Char(1)

V for Vostro; N for Nostra

Related Press Release

Feb 29, 2012

ComPilation of R-Returns : Reportine under FETERS