Restriction on Import of Pulses

Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade

19" March, 2020

Government of India

Trade Notice No. 56/2019-20

To

1. RA’s of DGFT

2. Customs Commissionrates

3. Members of Trade

4. Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC, Department of Revenue

Subject: Restriction on import of Pulses.

Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry vide Notification dated 17" March, 2020 allowed import of Urad to an annual quota of 04 lakh MT and the same will be allowed only to the Millers/Refiners as per procedure to be notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade. 2. Annual quota of Urad for the year 2020-21 is 4 Lakh MT and will be effective from 1° May, 2020 to 31“ March, 2021. Copy of the said Notifications is attached herewith for ready reference.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

MMe (Rajbir Sharma) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: rajbir.shrma@nic.in

[Issued from File No.M-5012/300/2002/PC-2A/Vol-VIU/P-198|

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION-3, SUB-SECTION (ii)]

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE) NOTIFICATION — / ¥ bie New Delhi, the | March, 2020.

S.0. (E).—In exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), read with paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby notifies the Import Policy of items of Chapter 7 of the Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System), 2017, Schedule-1 (Import Policy), as under —

||Item Description|Revised Policy condition|
|---|---|---|
|0713|3110] Urad [Beans of the<br>SPPVignaMungo (L.)<br>Hepper]|Polic<br>Restricted | ImportofUrad shallbesubject to<br>anannual (fiscalyear)quotaof04<br>lakh MT. ImportofUrad under<br>the Quota Restriction will be|
|071390|90 10| Split|allowed only to the Millers<br>/<br>Refiners as per procedure to be|
|||notified by Directorate General of|
|||Foreign Trade:-|
|0713|9090|Other|Provided thatthis restriction shall|
|||not apply to Government's import<br>commitments under any Bilateral|
|||or<br>Regional<br>Agreement<br>or<br>MemorandumofUnderstanding.|

Ps Effect of the Notification: Annual quota of Urad for the year 2020-21 is 4 Lakh MT and will be effective from 1st May, 2020 to 31st March, 2021. The earlier Notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 4540 (E) dated 18.12.2019 read with its Corrigendum vide S.O. 4604 (E) dated 24.12.2019 and DGFT’s Trade Notice No. 54/2019-20 dated 03.03.2020 extending the date of import upto 30.04.2020 in respect of import of Urad for the year 2019-20 will be implemented separately.

[F. No. 14/3/2018-EP(Agri-Ill)] : (Diwakar Nath Misra) Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17" January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 172(E), dated the 17" January, 2017 and last amended vide notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 4604 (E), dated the 24'" December, 2019.