N 43/2025

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

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry Departme it of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Notification No.43/2025-26 New Delhi, |5‘October 2025

' Subject: Amendment in import policy and policy condition of Areca Nuts falling under ITC (HS) Code 08028090 and 20081991 of Chapter-20 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule-I (Import Policy)

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(FTP) 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby adds following condition against ITC (HS) Codes 08028090 and 20081991 of Schedule-I(Import Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022:

||ITC (HS)||Description||Description||Policy|/|Policy Condition|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Codes||||||
||08028090}||Areca Nut---|||Prohibitedi(a) However, import is free ifthe CIF value is Rs.||
||||Other|||351/- and above per Kilogram.|
|||||||(b) The Minimum Import Price mentioned above,|
|||||||however,<br>will not be applicable for import b|
|||||||190% Export Oriented Units (EOUs), units in the|
|||||||SEZ<br>and<br>imports<br>under<br>the<br>Advance|
|||||||Authorization Scheme.|
||0081991|}--|Other:|----|Free|(a)<br>However,<br>import<br>of Roasted Areca<br>Nuts|
|ae<br>a||Other<br>roasted<br>nutsandseeds||||having CIF value less than Rs.

vance|
|||||||Authorization Scheme.|
||0081991|}--|Other:|----|Free|(a)<br>However,<br>import<br>of Roasted Areca<br>Nuts|
|ae<br>a||Other<br>roasted<br>nutsandseeds||||having CIF value less than Rs. 351/- pe<br>Kilogram isProhibited.<br>(b) Import of all other roasted nuts and seeds|
|||||||remains Free.|
|||||||(c) The Minimum Import Price mentioned at (a),|
|||||||however, will not be applicable for the import of|
|||||||Roasted Areca Nuts by 100% Export Oriented|
|||||||Units (EOUs),<br>units<br>in the SEZ and<br>imports|
|||||||undertheAdvanceAuthorizationScheme.|

| | | |

Effect of this Notification:

The Import of "Roasted Areca Nuts" falling under ITC (HS) Code 20081991, having CIF value less than Rs 351/- per Kilogram is "Prohibited”.

This is issued with the approval of the Commerce and Industry Minister. (Ajay be Addl. Secretary to the Government of India & Director General of Foreign Trade e-mail: dgft@nic.in

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