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

[To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-IJ, 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

New Delhi,NotificationDated the No.512 2/2023December, 2023

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

S.0.(E) In exercise ofpowers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 ofthe 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, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to the Notification No. 09/2023 dated 29.05.2023, with immediate effect policy condition at Sl. 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 shall be amended/added to the existing entries of Chapter 10 at SI. No. 55 and 57:-

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|No.||HS|code|Description|
|55|1006 2000||Non-Basmati|e|Export|to|EU|Member|e|Export|to|EU|Member|
|1006|30|Rice|States|and European|States|and|European|
|1006|3010|countries|namely|countries|namely|United|
|1006|3090|United|Kingdom,|Kingdom,|Iceland,|
|1006 40|00|Iceland,|Liechtenstein,|Liechtenstein,|Norway|
|Norway|and|and|Switzerland|permitted|
|Switzerland|permitted|subject|to|issuance|of|
|subject|to|issuance|of|Certificate|of|Inspection|
|Certificate|of|by|Export|Inspection|
|Inspection|by|Export|Council/Export|Inspection|
|Inspection|Agency’.|
|Council/Export|
|Inspection|Agency’.|
|»|Certificate|of|¢|Certificate|of|Inspection|
|Inspection|by|Export|by|Export|Inspection|
|Inspection|Council/|Council/|Export|
|Export|Inspection|Inspection|Agency|shall|
|Agency|shall|not|be|not|be|mandatory|for|
|mandatory|for|export|export|fo|remaining|
|to|remaining|European|European|countries|with|
|countries|with|effect|effect from the|date|of this|
|from|the|date|of|this|notification|for a period|of|
|notification|for|a|six months.|
|period|of six|months.|

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|57|10063020||Basmati|Rice|e|Export|to|EU|Member|e|Export|to|EU|Member|
|(Dehusked|States|and|European|States|and|European|
|(Brown),semi-|countries|namely|countries|namely|United|
|milled,|milled|United|Kingdom,|Kingdom,|Iceland,|
|both|in|either|Iceland,|Liechtenstein,|Liechtenstein,|Norway|
|par-boiled|or|Norway|and|and|Switzerland|permitted|
|raw|condition.|Switzerland|permitted|subject|to|issuance|of|
|subject|to|issuance|of|Certificate|of|Inspection|
|Certificate|of|by|Export|Inspection|
|Inspection|by|Export|Council|/|Export|
|Inspection|Council|/|Inspection Agency.|
|Export|Inspection|
|Agency.|
|°|Certificate|of|©|Certificate|of|Inspection|
|Inspection|by|Export|by|Export|—_ Inspection|
|Inspection|Council/|Council/|Export|
|Export|Inspections|Inspections|Agency|shall|
|Agency|shall|not|be|not|be|mandatory|for|
|mandatory|for|export|export|to|remaining|
|to|remaining|European|European|countries|with|
|countries|with|effect|effect from|the|date of this|
|from|the|date|of|this|notification|for a period|of|
|notification|for|a|six|months.|
|period|of six|months.|

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3: Effect of the Notification:

Existing Notification No. 09/2023 dated 29.05.2023 is amended to the extent that export of Rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) to EU member states and other European Countries namely United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland 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.

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

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/35/AM20/EC/E- 18655)