Amendment in Sl. No. 57, Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) regarding conditions for export of Basmati Rice

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(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section ii)

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|Government|of India|
|Ministry|of Commerce &|Industry|
|Department|of Commerce|
|Udyog|Bhawan|
|Notification|No.|||/2015-20|
|New|Delhi,|Dated|4°‘August,|2016|

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Subject: Amendment in SI. No. 57, Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) regarding conditions for export of Basmati Rice

S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, as amended from time to time:

“The table in respect of Sl. No. 57 in Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items will be replaced with the following:

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|Sl.|Tariff|Unit|Item|Export|Nature|of Restriction|
|No|Item|HS|_|Description|Policy|||
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|||57.|10063020|Kg|Basmati|Rice|‘Free|(i)|Exports allowed|subject|to|
|||||(Dehusked|||registration|of contracts|with|the|
|(Brown),|semi|||| APEDA, New|Delhi;|
|milled,|milled|| (ii)|Deleted (vide Notification|||
|||both|in either|No.|6 (RE-2012)/2009-14|dated 4"|||
|||boiled|or raw|(iii)|||Grain|of|rice|to|be|exported|
|||condition).|shall|be more than|6.61|mm of length|||
|||and|ratio|of|length|to|breadth|of the|
|||grain|shall|be more than|3.5;|||
|(iv)|Export|shall|be|through|||
|Custom|EDI|ports.|Export|is|also|
|||‘permitted through|the non-EDI|Land|
||||||‘CustomBangladeshStationsand|Indo-Nepal(LCS)|on|borderIndo-|||
|‘subject|to|registration|of|quantity|
|||(RAs)with|DGFT.KolkataRegional&|PatnaAuthoritiesand|such.||
|other|RAs|as|notified|by|DGFT|from|
|||time|to|time|will|be|the|designated|
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|registration of quantity.|||
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|||||||quality|inspection|as|may|be|
|||||specified|by|the|Government|through|
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• (vi) | Exports to ussian » Federation permitted subject to pre-_ shipment quality certification issued | by: (1) Insecticide Residue Testing | Laboratory. |

• (2) Geo-Chem Laboratories Pvt. | Ltd. |

• (3) Reliable Analytical | Laboratory |

• (4) Arbro Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | (5) Shri Ram__ Institute for | Industrial Research, Delhi

• (6) Shri Ram _ Institute for | Industrial Research, Branch | Office Bangalore |

• (7) Delhi Test House; and | (8) Vimta Labs. |

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or any other agency as may be notified from time to time; | | (vii) Exports of empty printed | gunny bags with Markings indicating the product being Indian Basmati Rice, in whatever manner, are not | permitted except when exported | along with the consignments of | Basmati Rice, in which cases also, | the same shall not exceed 2% of the | total number of filled gunny bags of | Basmati Rice being exported; | (viii) In case of un-bagged Indian[|] Basmati Rice being exported in bulk | or in bags of 50 Kgs or above, the | exports of empty printed gunny bags | with Markings indicating the product | being Indian Basmati Rice, in) whatever manner, shall also be | permitted to the extent of actual requirements considering the total | quantity of the consignment and the | sizes of the empty bags being | exported. | | (ix) | Export of Basmati Rice shall | not be permitted on the basis of. Documents against Acceptance | (D/A) unless such export is covered | either by Bank Guarantee or ECGC | Guarantee. |

2. The provision at Point No. (ix) in the “Nature of Restriction” in respect of S]. No. 57 in Chapter 10 (relating to Basmati Rice) will come into effect from 01.10.2016.

3. Effect of this notification

• (1) In addition to the EDI ports, export of Basmati Rice will now be permitted through Land Custom Stations (LCS) on Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal border also, subject to registration of quantity with DGFT.

• (11) Export of Basmati Rice shall not be permitted on the basis of Documents against Acceptance (D/A) unless such export is covered either by Bank Guarantee or ECGC Guarantee, with effect from 01.10.2016.

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• ‘mup Wadhawan)

• Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/775/AM10/Export Cell (Vol. 9)]

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