Import Policy of Rough Marble and Travertine Blocks

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

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan

Notification No. 27 (RE-2015)/2015-2020

New Delhi, the 17‘ September, 2016

Subject : Import policy of Rough Marble and Travertine Blocks

S.0.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 20152020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends the Import Policy Condition of Schedule-1 (Import Policy) in respect of ITC(HS) Codes 25151100, 25151210 and 25151290 w.e.f. 1.10.2016.

2s With regard to ITC(HS) Codes 25151100, 25151210 and 25151290 indicated in Schedule-1 (Imports) of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, as per the provisions contained therein, import of Marble and Travertine— Crude or Roughly trimmed and merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks of a rectangular (including square) shape is restricted and subject to import licensing procedures as per Notification No. 99 dated 20.11.2014.

35 The above policy is hereby amended, such that after amendment w.e.f. 1.10.2016, the amended policy conditions against the above mentioned ITC (HS) Codes shall read as under:

“Import permitted freely provided cif value is USS 200 or above per MT.”

4. The effect of this Notification:-

The import of items under the ITC (HS) Codes specified above is permitted freely w.e-f. 1.10.2016 provided cif value is USS 200 or above per MT.

a (Anup Wadhawan) Director General of Foreign Trade dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No. 01/53/Misc/AM16/Marble-8/IC)