Amendment in Policy condition of SI.No. 55 & 57, Chapter 10 Schedule-2, ITC(HS) Export Policy, 2018 —reg. ,

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

Government of[India] Ministry of commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi

Notification No. ©] /2023 New Delhi, Dated the 2.9 **May, 2023

Subject: Amendment in Policy condition of SI.No. 55 & 57, Chapter 10 Schedule-2, ITC(HS) Export Policy, 2018 —reg. ,

S.0. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended read with para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to the Notification No. 27/2015-2020 dt. 17.08.2022, with immediate effect policy condition at S].No. 55 and 57, Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018 for export of rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati).

|2.|The following policy conditions|The following policy conditions|The following policy conditions|shall be amended/added to|the existingentries ofChapter|the existingentries ofChapter|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|10 at|SI. No. 55 and|57:-|||||
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conditions|The following policy conditions|shall be amended/added to|the existingentries ofChapter|the existingentries ofChapter|
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|10 at|SI. No. 55 and|57:-|||||
|SLNo. |Tariffitem<br>Item<br>Present Policy condition<br>Seat<br>|Design |<br>55<br>1006 2000<br>|Non-Basmati<br>e<br>Export<br>to<br>EU}|||||e|Export to EUMember States|
||100630 =|Rice<br>1006 3010<br>1006 3090<br>1006-40 00|||Member<br>States<br>and<br>European<br>countries<br>namely<br>United<br>Kingdom,||and<br>European<br>countries<br>namely<br>United<br>Kingdom,<br>Iceland,<br>Liechtenstein,<br>Norway<br>and<br>Switzerland|
|||||Iceland,<br>Liechtenstein,||permitted subject to issuance<br>of Certificate of Inspection|
|||||Norway<br>and<br>Switzerland<br>permitted subject to||by<br>Export<br>Inspection<br>Council / Export Inspection<br>Agency’.|
|||||issuance<br>off|||
|||||Certificate<br>fe)|||
|||||Inspection by Expo|||
|||||Inspection Council|||
|||||Export<br>Inspection|||
|||||Agency’.|||
||||«|Certificate<br>off|.|Certificate of Inspection by|
|||||Inspection by Export<br>Inspection<br>Council/<br>Export<br>Inspections||Export<br>Inspection Council<br>Export Inspections Agency<br>shall not be mandatory for}|
|||||Agency<br>shall<br>be<br>mandatory<br>_ fo<br>export to remaining<br>European<br>countries||export<br>to<br>remaining<br>European<br>countries<br>with<br>effect from the date of this<br>notification for a period o|
|||||with effect from Is||sixmonths.|
|||||January,2023.|||

ountries||export<br>to<br>remaining<br>European<br>countries<br>with<br>effect from the date of this<br>notification for a period o| |||||with effect from Is||sixmonths.| |||||January,2023.|||

Basmati Rice e Export to EU] e Export to EU Member States 57 1006 3020 \((Dehusked — Member States and European countries (Brown),semiand European| namely United Kingdom, a oC countries namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, eee baited . United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland Reareeuaigticns Iceland, permitted subject to issuance} Liechtenstein, of Certificate of Inspection Norway and by Export Inspection Council Switzerland / Export Inspection Agency. permitted subject to issuance ) Certificate ce) Inspection by Export Inspection Council Export —_ Inspection| Agency. e Certificate off « Certificate of Inspection b Inspection by Export Export Inspection Council Inspection Council Export Inspections Agency Export Inspections shall not be mandatory for Agency shall be export to remaining mandatory for expo European countries with to remaining effect from the date of this European countrie notification for a period o with effect from Ist six months. January, 2023.

## 3. Effect of notification: 

Existing notification No. 27/2015-2020 dated 17 August 2022 is amended to the extent that export of Rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) to EU member states and other European Countries namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and United Kingdom only will require Certificate of Inspection from EIA/EIC. Export to remaining European countries will not require Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council / Export Inspection Agency for export from the date of this notification for a period of six months. 

93 (Santhosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex officio Addl. Secy, Govt. of India dgft@nic.in 

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/3 5/AM20/EC/e-18655)