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PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
(Section Notes)

Main Notes

1 This Chapter does not cover:

(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces there of, and animal blood, liquid or dried);

(b) hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);

(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or

(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603)

2 For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.

3 Throughout this Schedule, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as "ivory".

4 Throughout the Schedule, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.

Supplementary Notes

1 In this Chapter, the expressions "wild animal" and "wild life" have the meaningsrespectively assigned to them in clauses (36) and (37) of section 2 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); and the expression "wild bird" means any bird specified in Schedules to that Act.

Export Licensing Notes

1 The handicrafts made out of bone and horn products as finished products and not exported for further processing and not intended for human or animal consumption are not covered under at S. No. 35 and 36 of this Chapter.

2 Export of wild animals and their parts and products as covered in Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and CITES are prohibited and other species listed in CITES are subject to the provisions of the CITES. Exports where permissible shall be against a Restricted Export Authorisation Only.

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PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Main Notes

1 Export of wild animals and their parts and products as covered in Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and CITES are prohibited and other species listed in CITES are subject to the provisions of the CITES.

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 5

1 The handicrafts made out of bone and horn products as finished products and not exported for further processing and not intended for human or animal consumption are not covered under at S. No. 35 and 36 of this Chapter.

Policy Conditions

1 Exports of All wild animals, animal articles including their products and derivatives excluding those for which ownership certificates have been granted and also those required for transactions for education, scientific research and management under Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 including their parts and products are Prohibited and not permitted to be exported

2 Export of Bone and Bone Products, including Ossein intended to be used for Human Consumption is allowed freely except to European Union. export to European Union is allowed subject to the following conditions (excluding bone meal, horn meal and hoof meal) :

(i) A ‘Shipment Clearance Certificate is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination

(ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a “Health Certificate” consignment-wise, to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements. This Certificate is issued Export Inspection Council.

3 Export of Bone and bone products

Bone and Bone Products, horn and horn products hooves and hoof products, Bile, whether or not dried : Glands and Other products sourced only from Buffalo used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved including,Placenta, Sodium tauroglycocholate, Bezoar, Goolochan, Gallstone, etc. is allowed freely except to European Union. Export to European Union is allowed subject to the following conditions (excluding bone meal, horn meal and hoof meal) :

(i) A ‘Shipment Clearance Certificate is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination

(ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a “Production Process Certificate” and/or “Health Certificate” consignment-wise, to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
 

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PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

NOTE: 1

Export of wild animals and their parts and products as covered in Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and CITES are prohibited and other species listed in CITES are subject to the provisions of the CITES. See restrictions in Table A for detail.

EXPORT LICENSING NOTE OF CHAPTER 5

NOTE: 1

The handicrafts made out of bone and horn products as finished products and not exported for further processing and not intended for human or animal consumption are not covered under at S. No. 35 and 36 of this Chapter.]^helldod]

1. Substituted vide:- Notification No. 55/2015-2020 Dated 30/03/2020

2. Inserted vide:- Notification No. 11/2015-2020 Dated 12/06/2020

3. Substituted vide:- Notification No. 51/2015-2020 Dated 25/01/2022

4. Substituted vide :-  Notification No. 60/2023 Dated 13/02/2024

5. Substituted vide :-  Notification No. 50/2024-25 Dated 13.01.2025