Conditions on import of Refined Palm Oil

To Govemment of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Dated: l3h April, 2020 Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Trade Notice No. 212020-21 l. RAs of DGFT 2. Members ofTrade 3. Joint Secretary (Customs), Department of Revenue

Subject: Conditions on import of Refined Palm Oil

Central Govemment vide Notification No. 39/2015-2020 dated 8rh January, 2020 amended the lmport Policy ofrefined palm oil under Exim code l5l190 from 'Free' to'Restricted'. 2. lmport of rehned palm oil under the above mentioned Exim code will be permitted subject to the following conditions: i. The applications for import authorization should be accompanied with pre- purchase agreement and details of the import of the above items for past three years. ii. Validity period of import licenses/authorizations for refined palm oil will be 06 months in place ofusual l8 months. iii. Total non-utilisation of import authorization by the applicant will lead to disqualification of the importer from getting any further license for these items in future. iv. Customs will be required to diligently enforce the Rules of Origin criteria for import ofthese items originating from Nepal and Bangladesh. 3. This issues with the approval ofcompetent Authority. (Nirmal Kumar) Deputy Director Ceneral of Foreign Trade e-mail : nirmal.kumar65@nic.in Issued from File No. 0l I 53 lSlE/ AM20/l-5O/IC]