PN 40/2024

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-I SECTION-I)

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Public Notice No. 40/2023 Dated: 12" February, 2024

Subject: Amendments in Para 4.36 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023.

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the provision of Para 4.36 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023:

(vi) Only such authorisations shall be | (vi) Only such authorisations shall be clubbed which have been issued within 18 | clubbed which have been issued within 24 months from the date of issue of earliest | months from the date of issue of earliest authorisation that is sought to be clubbed, authorisation that is sought to be clubbed, whether such authorisations are valid or | whether such authorisations are valid or not. This is further subject to condition that | not. This is further subject to condition upon clubbing only imports made within 30 | that upon clubbing only imports made months from the date of issue of earliest | within 30 months from the date of issue of authorisation shall be considered. Any | earliest authorisation shall be considered. imports made beyond 30 months of earliest | Any imports made beyond 30 months of authorisation shall be regularized under | earliest authorisation shall be regularized Para 4.49 of the HBP. under Para 4.49 of the HBP. This is further subject to condition that upon clubbing only exports made within 48 months from the date of issue of earliest authorisation shall be considered. Any exports made beyond 48 months of earliest authorisation shall not be acceptable for clubbing.

Effect of the Public Notice: Para 4.36 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023 has been amended, to ease the clubbing provisions in respect of Advance Authorization Scheme, for ease of doing business.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/046/AM24/PC-4)