Amendment in Export Policy of Agar Oil and Agarwood Chips and Powder obtained from artificially propagated source and insertion of policy conditions – regarding

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

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade UdyogBhawan New Delhi

Notification No. 45 /2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 29'" November,2021

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Agar Oil and Agarwood Chips and Powder obtained from artificially propagated source and insertion of policy conditions — regarding

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in the Chapter 12 and Chapter 33 of Schedule — 2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018 related to Agarwood:

Chapter — 12

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|||ITCHS|Sis|Existin|Revised|Policy<br>Condition|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||The annual quota for export of|
|||||||Agarwood (Aquilaria|
|||||||Malaccensis) Chips<br>and|
|||||||Powder<br>obtained<br>from|
|||||||artificially<br>propagated<br>source|
|||||||(cultivated origin outside forest|
|||||||areas) has been fixed as under:|
|||||||Agarwood<br>Chips<br>and|
||||AGARWOOD|||Powder — 25000<br>Kg_ per<br>annum.|
||||(Aquilaria||||
|woe|||LTT90R0|Malaccensis)<br>(INCLUDING<br>CHIPSAND<br>Powder)|Free|Restricted|The<br>export<br>of<br> |Agarwood(Aquilaria<br>Malaccensis)powder<br>and<br>Chips is permitted subject to|
|||||||following conditions:|
|||||||I.<br>Applications<br>for<br>an|
|||||||export<br>license<br>for the|
|||||||export<br>of|
|||||||agarwood (Aquilaria|
|||||||Malaccensis) obtained|
|||||||from<br>artificially|
|||||||propagated<br>sources<br>(cultivated|

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origin outside forest areas) should be accompanied by attested copies of certificate of origin issued by an Officer of the Forest Department, authorized by concerned State Government from where stocks _— were procured/exported, giving details of the date of procurement from legal sources and quantities procured. The certificate of origin should mention that the plantation from which agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis) was obtained is registered with the State Government. Il. A certificate of the current position of stocks so procured and available with the applicant given after physical verification of the stocks, by the authority nominated for the purpose by the PCCF, should also accompany the application for an export license. Ill. A copy of the export order received by the concerned firm. IV. Coloured photograph of products duly certified by the — concerned officer designated by the Forest Department. V. An _ undertaking from the firm that items of agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis) proposed to be exported has been

||||||harvested<br>from|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||plantation following all|
||||||conditions<br>of<br>CITES|
||||||for<br>harvesting<br>of|
||||||agarwood (Aquilaria|
||||||Malaccensis).|
|||Chapter<br>— 33||||
|ITCHS|aie|Existin|Revised||Policy<br>Condition|
|||||The annual quota for export ofAgar||
|||||Oil|obtained<br>from<br>artificially|
|||||propagated source has been fixed as||
|||||under:||
|||||AgarOil— 1500 Kgper annum.||
|||||The export ofAgar Oil is permitted||
|||||subject to following conditions:||
|||||I.|Applications<br>for an export|
||||||license<br>forthe<br>export<br>of|
||||||agaroil<br>extracted<br>from|
||||||agarwood (Aquilaria|
||||||Malaccensis) obtained<br>from|
||||||artificially<br>propagated|
||||||sources (cultivated<br>origin|
||||||outside forest areas) should|
|33013010|AgarOil|'<br>Free | Restricted|||be accompanied by attested<br>copies ofcertificateoforigin|
||||||issued by an Officer of the|
||||||Forest<br>Department,|
||||||authorized<br>by<br>concerned|
||||||State<br>Government<br>from|
||||||where<br>stocks<br>were|
||||||procured/exported,<br>giving|
||||||details<br>of<br>the<br>date<br>of|
||||||procurement<br>from<br>legal|
||||||sources<br>and<br>quantities|
||||||procured. The certificate of|
||||||origin should mention<br>that|
||||||the<br>plantation from which|
||||||agarwood (Aquilaria|
||||||Malaccensis) was<br>obtained|
||||||is registered with the State|
||||||Government.|
|||||Il.|A certificate of the current|
||||||position<br>of<br>stocks<br>so|
||||||procuredandavailablewith|

the applicant given after physical verification of the stocks, by the authority nominated for the purpose by the PCCF, should also accompany the application for an export license III. A copy of the export order received by the concerned firm. IV. Coloured photograph of products (agarwood) (Aquilaria Malaccensis) duly certified by the concerned officer designated by the Forest Department. V. An undertaking from the firm that items of agaroil proposed to be exported has been harvested from plantation following all conditions of CITES for harvesting of agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis).

2. Effect of this Notification:

• ¢ Export policy of Agar Oil and Agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis) Chips and Powder has been amended from Free to Restricted with immediate effect.

• • Export Quota of 25000 Kg per annum for Agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis) Chips and Powder and Export Quota of 1500 Kg per annum for Agar Oil has been notified.

• ¢ The policy condition regarding export of Agarwood (Aquilaria Malaccensis) Chips and Powder and Agar Oil has also been notified.

x \n\ (Amit Yadayy" ere Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Gol Email- dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/60/AM21/EC /E-26475)