Amendment in Export Policy of Food Supplements containing botanicals

To be published in Gazette of India Extraordinary Part —Il, Section -3, Sub —Section (ii)

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department Of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi NotificationNo. _ 3} /2023 New Delhi, Dated : | {* September ,2023

Subject : Amendment in Export Policy of Food Supplements containing botanicals

S.O (E) - S.O.(E) The Central Government, in exercise of the 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, 2023 hereby amends the schedule -2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018, as under :-

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||codes||Poli||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|89A||1302||Vegetable|/Free|he export of Food||Ȣ|The<br>export<br>of<br>Food|
|||saps<br>and||Supplements||Supplements<br>containing|
|||extracts;||ontaining botanicals’||botanicals<br>to<br>European|
|||pectic||o<br>European<br>Union||Union (EU) and United|
|||substances,||(EU)<br>and<br>United||Kingdom<br>(UK)|
|||pectinates||Kingdom<br>(UK)||originating<br>in<br>)|
|||and||originating<br>in<br>o||consigned from India and|
|||pectates;||consigned from India||intended<br>for human<br>or|
|||agar-agar<br>and<br>_—_ other<br>mucilages||and<br>intended<br>for<br>uman<br>or<br>animal consumption,||animal consumption,<br>allowed — subject<br>_—to<br>issuance of the<br>official|
|||and||allowed<br>subject<br>to||certificate<br>issued<br>by,|
|||thickeners,||issuance<br>of<br>the||Export<br>Inspection|

consumption,<br>allowed — subject<br>_—to<br>issuance of the<br>official|
|||and||allowed<br>subject<br>to||certificate<br>issued<br>by,|
|||thickeners,||issuance<br>of<br>the||Export<br>Inspection|
|||whether<br>or||official<br>certificate||Council<br>(EIC)/<br>Export|
|||not||issued<br>by<br>Export||Inspection<br>Agencie|
|||modified,<br>derived<br>from||Inspection<br>Council<br>(EIC)/<br>Export<br>Inspection<br>Agencies||(EIAs),<br>the<br>designated<br>Competent Authority for<br>issuance<br>of<br>official|
|||vegetable||(EIAs),<br>the||certificate.<br>The<br>official|
|||products.||designated||certificate will be issued|
|93A||2106||Food|Free|Competent Authority;||based on the satisfactory|
|(1)||preparations||for<br>issuance<br>o||analytical<br>test<br>report|
|||not||official<br>certificate.||from EIC/EIC approved|
|||elsewhere||he<br>official||laboratories<br>for<br>the|
|||specified<br>or||certificate<br>will<br>be||purpose<br>as<br>per<br>the|
|||included.||issued based on the||requirement laid down by|
|||||satisfactory||EU.|
|||||analytical test report<br>from<br>EIC/EIC||°|The<br>export<br>of<br>Food|

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br>as<br>per<br>the| |||included.||issued based on the||requirement laid down by| |||||satisfactory||EU.| |||||analytical test report<br>from<br>EIC/EIC||°|The<br>export<br>of<br>Food|

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approved Supplements containing} laboratories for the botanicals to European purpose as per the Union (EU) and United requirement laid Kingdom (UK) down by EU. originating in or consigned from India and intended for human o animal consumption, also allowed, subject to issuance of the official Certificate by the designated EPC, SHEFEXIL, a Competent Authority fo a period of three month from the date of issuance of this Notification, based on the satisfactory Analytical Test Report from NABL. accredited laboratories for ETO testing for Food Supplements containing Botanicals approved for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU,

## 2. Effect of This Notification: 

Export of Food Supplements containing botanicals under ITC HS code 1302 and 2106 intended for human or animal consumption to European Union and United Kingdom will require issuance of official certificate by EIC/EIA or SHEFIXIL. SHEFEXIL is allowed to issue an official certificate for a period of three months from the date of issuance of this Notification. 

ors 

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex- Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India Email :dgft@nic.in 

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/027/AM22/EC/ 30745)