THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI E. V. K. S. ELANGOVAN)
(a)&(b)State-wise list of functional Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and status of export commitments are annexed. The reasons for non-fulfillment of export commitments by the units include financial constraints, lack of export orders, units becoming sick/dormant etc.
(c) At present, the problems being faced by EOUs include non exemption of the units from payment of service tax, Central Sales Tax, state levies and withdrawal of warehousing facility for High Speed Diesel(HSD).
(d) The performance of EOUs are jointly monitored by the Development Commissioner of the concerned Special Economic Zone and the Customs/ Excise authorities, on a six monthly basis. All EOUs are required to be positive Net Foreign Exchange (NFE) Earners. Units failing to achieve positive NFE are dealt with under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992.
(e)&(f) EOUs are set up by individual entrepreneurs and approved by the Government.
Annexure
STATE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONAL EOUs & STATUS OF EXPORT COMMITMENTS
STATE 2004-05 2003-04 No. of units Units achieved NFE* Units not achieved NFE*
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Andhra Pradesh 188 108 51
Assam 02 - -
Bihar 01 1 -
Chhattisgarh 3 - _
Gujarat 260 260 -
Haryana 60 52 7
Himachal Pradesh 9 1 -
Jammu & Kashmir 1 1 -
Jharkhand 07 6 -
Karnataka 301 217 27
Kerala 44 41 3
Madhya Pradesh 27 22 5
Maharastra 261 152 2
Orissa 06 5 4
Punjab 42 24 1
Rajasthan 81 71 4
Tamilnadu 380 192 188
Uttar Pradesh 82 51 2
West Bengal 85 69 8
A&N Island 4 2 2
Chandigarh 2 - -
Dadar & Nagar
Haveli,
Daman & Diu 37 20 -
Delhi 34 19 4
Goa 21 11 -
Pondichery 14 7 7
Uttranchal 2 - -
Total 1954 1332 315
# NFE : Net Foreign Exchange
# Units which are less than 1 year in production, are not monitored as per Foreign Trade Policy.
