The processing of IGST refund claims on exports is fully automated. Majority of refunds claims are getting processed and sanctioned within five days of filing of GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns. However, in a few cases, particularly for the LCL cargo consignments originating from ICDs, Export General Manifest (EGM) related errors continue to hinder smooth and automatic sanction of IGST refund claims. The nature of these errors has been examined in detail. It has been observed that the main reasons for such EGM errors still hampering the IGST refund processing are as under:

(i) Online filing of both local and Gateway EGM not being done on time by       the concerned stakeholders.

(ii) Mismatch in local and gateway EGM details wherever both are filed            online.

(iii) Non-filing of stuffing report by the Preventive officers at Gateway                 Ports for the LCL cargo being consolidated at the Gateway Ports/CFSs           in the system.