N 23/2019

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

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Notification No. 2 3 /2015-2020

New Delhi, Dated: ) "October, 2019 Subject: Amendment in Import Policy Condition of Urea under Exim Code 31021000 in the ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule- | (Import Policy) -regd. a° S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government, hereby amends the policy conditions of the following Exim Code as under:

|3102|10|00|Description<br> |Urea,|Description<br> |Urea,|State|Condition<br>Policy<br>Conditions<br>Import<br>allowed |Import<br>allowed<br>through|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||whether|or|Trading||through<br>STC<br>and|STC,<br>MMTC<br>and<br>RCF|
||||not<br>aqueous<br>solution|inlEnterprise|||MMTC<br>subject<br>to}<br>subject<br>to<br>Para<br>2.20<br>of<br>Para 2.20 of Foreign |Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-<br>Trade<br>Policy,<br>2015-|<br>2020. However, import of|
|||||||2020.However, import|<br>Technical<br>Grade<br>Urea|
|||||||of<br>Urea<br>for|<br>(TGU) meant for “non —|
|||||||industrial/non-<br>agriculture<br>purpose<br>/<br>agricultural / technical |Industrial<br>use/NPK<br>grade shall be "Free" |Manufacturing<br>shall<br>be<br>with<br>Actual<br>User| ‘Free”.<br>:|
|||||||Condition.|

2. Effect of this Notification: Import Policy for Urea for industrial or non-agricultural use, besides Technical Grade Urea (TGU) and Industrial Urea shall be “free” with immediate effect and M/s Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) is designated as STE for import of Urea on Government account.

This issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry.

(B B Swain) Director General of Foreign Trade & ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India E- mail: dgft@nic. in

F.No:01/89/180/102/AM-02/PC-2 (A) —Part-lll

Note: The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 172 (E), dated the 17th January, 2017 and last a mended vide Notification No. 41/2015-2020 dated 5th October, 2018 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 5146 (E) dated 5th October, 2018.

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