Amendments in Appendix 4J of Hand Book of Procedures 2015-20 and in General Notes for Chemicals and Allied Products of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) relating to Export Obligation Period under Advance Authorizations.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA | (TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-| SECTION-|) MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PUBLIC NOTICE No. 62/2015-2020 NEW DELHI, DATED THE 24 March, 2017

Subject: Amendments in Appendix 4J of Hand Book of Procedures 2015-20 and in General Notes for Chemicals and Allied Products of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) relating to Export Obligation Period under Advance Authorizations.

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade makes the following amendment in Appendix 4J of Hand Book of Procedures 2015-2020:

(Please see paragraph 4.42 of HBP)

Export Obligation Period for Specified Inputs with Pre-import Condition under Advance Authorizations. (Inputs/import items sourced under the Authorisation have to be processed and exported)

|Serial|||Import Item(s)|Import Item(s)||||Export Obligation Period with pre-import|Export Obligation Period with pre-import|Export Obligation Period with pre-import|Export Obligation Period with pre-import||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|No.|||||||condition from the date||of clearance|of||
||||||||each importconsignment by Customs|||||
||||||||Authority|||||
|1||Spice|||||120days|||||
|||(a) Pepper;|cardamom||and chilies for Value|||However,|for imports|completed|up|to|
|||Addition purpose||like|crushing|/ grinding |31.12.2008,<br>Export|||Obligation|Period||
|||/sterlisation|or for manufacture of oils and |(EOP) shall|||||be 150 days.||||
|||oleoresins|and|not|for simple|cleaning,||||||
|||grading, repacking etc.||||||||||
|||(b) Spices|other|than pepper,||cardamom| 12 months.||||||
|||and chilies|for manufacture of|||Spice oils.||||||
|||Oleoresin||||||||||
|||(c) Other than (a)||& (b) above.|||90 days|||||
|2||Drugs imported||from|unregistered source | 12 months|||||||
|||(with a specific export|||order and|pre-import||||||
|||condition)||||||||||
|3||Penicillin and its||salts [ITC(HS)||Code No. | 12 months||||||
|||29411010]|and 6-APA (ITC HS|||Code No.||||||
|||29411050),|if imported from unregistered|||||||||
|||Source||||||||||

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d its||salts [ITC(HS)||Code No. | 12 months|||||| |||29411010]|and 6-APA (ITC HS|||Code No.|||||| |||29411050),|if imported from unregistered||||||||| |||Source||||||||||

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|Coconut|Oil|90|days|
|7|Precious|Metal|120|days|
|Gold/Silver/Platinum|
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|10|Import|items|as|allowed|under|notified|| 90 days|
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|terms|of|Para|4.05|of|HBP|
|11|Fabrics|including|interlining|under|Special|| 18|months|as|allowed|in|Para|4.22(i)|of|
|Advance|Authorization|Scheme|for|export|of|| FTP|from|the|date|of|issue|of Authorisation|
|Articles|of Apparel|and|Clothing|Accessories|||(not|from|the|date|of|import)|and|further|
|(Para|4.04A|of FTP|2015-20)|extension|as|allowed|in|Para|4.42(a),|(b),|
|(c)|and|(e)|of HBP.|

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2. The General Note No. 15 for Chemical and Allied Products of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) is amended to read as under:

| |(c)|and|(e)|of HBP.|

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2. The General Note No. 15 for Chemical and Allied Products of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) is amended to read as under: 

15. Wherever, import of Penicillin and its salts (ITC HS Code No. 29411010) or import of 6- APA (ITC HS Code No. 29411050) is allowed as an input item under Advance Authorization Scheme, the export obligation period for such Authorisations shall be restricted to 12 months from the date of clearance of each import consignment with pre-import condition if imports are made from unregistered source. No further extension in export obligation period shall be allowed in these Authorisations. The licensing authority shall make an endorsement in the Advance Authorization to this effect. If imports made from registered source as per provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, then the export obligation period shall be normal period as allowed in Para 4.22(i) of FTP.

## Effect of this Public Notice: 

With this Public Notice, clarity is brought about applicability of Pre-import condition for inputs/import items specified in Appendix 4J. Amendment is also carried out in General Note No. 15 of Chemical and Allied Products (SION Book) to align with Appendix 4J. |(A. K. Bhalla)— Director General of Foreign Trade 

[Issued from File No. 01/94/180/115/AM17/PC-4] 

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