Amendments under Para 2.107 and Appendix-2A of Handbook of Procedure2015-20 for inclusion of TRQs under India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA)

[To Be Published in The Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section-I]

Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan

Public Notice No. 46 / 2015-20 New Delhi, Dated the 28" of December 2022

Subject: Amendments under Para 2.107 and Appendix-2A of Handbook of Procedure 2015-20 for inclusion of TRQs under India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) Hate

S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Para 2.107 and Appendix-2A of the Handbook.of Procedure 2015-2020 to incorporate the items mentioned and related provisions for Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) as follows —

|1. Para 2.107 of the HBP <br>under Ind-Aus ECTA -|1. Para 2.107 of the HBP <br>under Ind-Aus ECTA -|1. Para 2.107 of the HBP <br>under Ind-Aus ECTA -|is|amended|amended|to include|the|following annual|following annual|Import TRQs|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|HScode|litem Description|||||In<br>Quota|||TRQ Quantity|||TRQ Quantity|
|||||||rate (%)||or|Calendar||Calendar Year|
|||||||||year2022||2023 onwards|
|07134000||Lentils|||||50%<br>of|the||||
|||||||applied||1,233 MTs||1,50,000 MTs|
|||||||rate ofdu|||||
|08021100||inshellalmonds||||«(60%<br>of||the||||
|08051000 <br>08052100|rateofduty<br> |Oranges<br>—SC«G%<br>Of the<br> |Mandarins<br>(including japplied||||||||113 MTs|13,700 MTs|
||angerines|& satsumas)||||rate ofduty|||||
|08083000||Pears|||||50%<br>of|the||||
|||||||applied|||30 MTs|3,700 MTs|
|||||||rate ofdu|||||
|52010020||Extra Long|Staple||Cotton of|||0% duty|||||
||minimum|28|mm.||staple||||419 MTs|51,000 MTs|
||length||||||||||

2. Australia shall allocate TRQs to exporters or producers by issuing TRQ certificates up to relevant quantities for each TRQ.

3. The competent authority for TRQ certificates in Australia shall share each TRQ certificate over email with DGFT at ddg1import-dgft@gov.in and policy2dgft@gov.in

line with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) 62 /2022-Customs dated 26" December 2022 under Ind-Aus ECTA is notified.