Amendment in Export Policy of Red Sanders wood exclusively sourced from cultivation origin obtained from private land (including Pattaland) and Confiscated source

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 Directorate General of Foreign Trade NotificationNo.5 / 2023 New Delhi, Dated: 34. cust, 2023

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Red Sanders wood exclusively sourced from cultivation origin obtained from private land (including Pattaland) and Confiscated source — regarding

S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends the policy condition of Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) under Chapter 44 of ITC (HS), 2018, Schedule — 2 (Export Policy).

2. Policy condition against SI. No. 188A in Chapter 44 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items is amended as follows (changes made are in bold letters):

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||188A|[44039918)]Kg||[Red|Sanders}||||Restricted|[Export<br>permitted<br>under|Export permitted under license|
|||||wood|in||log|||license subject to the follojsubject<br>to<br>the<br>following|
|||40|79990)|form and roots,<br>:<br>exclusively<br>fe)<br>son—aen<br>.<br>fon:a —<br>land<br>(includin<br>g<br>Paetent)||||||wingconditions<br>conditions/documentation:<br>.<br>/documentation:<br>(i)<br>Applications<br>for<br>export<br>(i) Applications for exportjlicense should be accompanied<br>license<br>should<br>be|by attested copies ofcertificate<br>accompanied by attestedloforiginissuedbythePrincipal<br>copies of<br>certificate of/Chief Conservator of Forests<br>origin<br>issued<br>by<br>the\(PCCF) ofthe State from where<br>Principal<br>Chiefithe<br>stocks<br>were<br>procured<br>/|
|||||||||||Conservator<br>of<br>Forestslexported, giving details of the|
|||||||||||(PCCF) of the State fromjdate ofprocurement from legal|
|||||||||||where<br>the<br>stocks<br>werejsources and quantities procured|
|||||||||||procured / exported. giving}:|
||||||||||||seatils<br>af<br>ne<br>ane 3 (ii) A certificate of the current<br>procurement<br>from<br>legall’<br>—...<br>.<br>;<br>:<br>cous<br>oil<br>iquantiigsposition of stocks so Procured<br>and available<br>with<br>the<br>procured:<br>'<br>:<br>applicant<br>given<br>after|
|||||||||||(ii) A<br>certificate<br>of<br>the|physical<br>verification<br>of|
|||||||||||currentpositionofstocksjthestocks,<br>by<br>the<br>authority|

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so procured and available\nominated for the purpose by with the applicant givenjthe PCCF, should also after physical verificationjaccompany application for of the stocks, by thelexport license. authority nominated for =“iii) The applications shall be' purpose by the PCCF, considered on merits for issue ahould : also accompany! yf export license, which shall application for export be subject to any othe license. conditions such as MEP, (iii) The applications shall|quantity ceilings requirements be considered on inerits forjunder CITES, etc. as may be issue of export license,|prescribed from time to time: which shall be subject to a ny other Cofienoris such ASliv)As per the recommendatio MEE, qeanitiry ceilings of CITES Management requirements under CITES, ‘Authority Tawa: the etc. as may be prescribed grrecc will fix an yearly trom.time 9 Hote: quota, | which may be review (iv)As per theled based on NDF study or recommendation of CITES}recommendations of _ the Management Authority|Government agencies; India, the MOEF&CC will fix an yearly quota, which may be reviewed based onlIn accordance with _ the NDF study orrecommendations of the BSI recommendations of theNDF Report, MoEF&CC, Government agencies; the following annual export q uotas for red sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) is allowed: (a) An annual export quota (April to March) of 900 MT for Tamilnadu for artificially Propagated red sanders: and (b) a zero export quota fo wild specimens of red sanders subject to the following conditions :- (i) State Govt shall develop a digital platform with Geo referenced sites and MIS giving the no of trees, thei age and diameter at breast height.

(ii) The working plan Guidelines of States need to include specific management plans/ harvest Plans with approved rotation periods fo sustainable harvest of red sanders wood from plantation! s in forest and non-fores areas.

3. Effect of this Notification:

An annual export quota (April to March) of 900 MT for Tamil Nadu for artificially Propagate d red sanders; and a zero export quota for wild specimens of red sanders, subject to condition s as mentioned above is notified.

ace. (Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade& Ex-officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[File No. 01/91/180/03/AM-19/EC/E- 33958]