4[CHAPTER 13
LAC, GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS

Main Notes

Export of quantities of wheat flour to Maldives shall be permitted through the PSUs indicated [Notification No. 12/2015-20 dated 27.06.2017]:

Policy Conditions

1 Export of Shellac and all forms of Lac is Free subject to the following:-

(i) Registration with Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. or Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council;

(ii) Production of quality certificate from Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council.

2 Export of Guar Gum refined split and Guar Gum treated and pulverized is Free subject to the following:-

Guar gum exports to European Union (EU), originating in or consigned from India and intended for animal or human consumption, allowed subject to issue of Health Certificate by authorized representative of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India i.e. Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL) accompanied by the original analytical report of testing of Penta Chlorophenol (PCP) issued by any of the following agencies certifying that product does not contain more than 0.01 mg per Kg of PCP on sampling done by the authorized representative of the competent authority:

(i)Vimta Labs, Hyderabad ; and

(ii) Export Inspection Agency (EIA) Lab, Chennai

3 • The export of Food Supplements containing botanicals to European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) originating in or consigned from India and intended for human or animal consumption, allowed subject to issuance of the official certificate issued by Export Inspection Council (EIC)/ Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs), the designated Competent Authority for issuance of official certificate. The official certificate will be issued based on the satisfactory analytical test report from EIC/EIC approved laboratories for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU.

• The export of Food Supplements containing botanicals to European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) originating in or consigned from India and intended for human or animal consumption, also allowed, subject to issuance of the official Certificate by the designated EPC, SHEFEXIL, as Competent Authority for issuance of official certificate. The official certificate will be based on the satisfactory Analytical Test Report from NABL accredited laboratories for ETO testing for Food Supplements containing Botanicals approved for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU.
 
Chapter Number ITC-HS Codes Description Dashes Export Policy Policy Condition Notification No Notification Date
13 13 Lac; Gums, Resins And Other Vegetable Saps And Extracts.
13 1301 Lac; natural gums, resins, gumresins and oleoresins (for example, balsams).
13 13012000 Gum Arabic - Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 130190 Other -
13 13019011 Natural gums:

---- Asian gum

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019012 Natural gums:

---- African gum

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019013 Natural gums:

---- Asafoetida

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019014 Natural gums:

---- Benjamin ras

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019015 Natural gums:

---- Benjamin cowrie

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019016 Natural gums:

---- Karaya gum (Indian tragacanth) hastab

--- Free Export of Gum Karaya is Free subject to Registration with Tribal Coperative Marketing Fedreation of India Limited (TRIFED) or Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL).
13 13019017 Natural gums:

---- Tragacanth (adraganth)

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019018 Natural gums: ---- Storax --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019019 Natural gums:

---- Other

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019021 Resins:

---- Copal

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019022 Resins:

---- Dammar batu

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019029 Resins: ---- Other --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019031 Gum Resins:

---- Myrrh

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019032 Gum Resins:

---- Oilbanum or frankincense

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019033 Gum Resins:

---- Mastic gum

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019034 Gum Resins:

---- Xanthium gum

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019039 Gum Resins:

---- Other

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019041 Oleoresins:

---- Of Seeds

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019042 Oleoresins:

---- Of Fruits

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019043 Oleoresins:

---- Of Leaves

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019044 Oleoresins:

---- Of Spices

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019045 Oleoresins:

---- Of Flowers

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019046 Oleoresins:

---- Of Roots

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019049 Oleoresins: ---- Other --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 13019099 Other:

---- Other

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter
13 1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.
13 13021100 Vegetable saps and extracts :--

Opium

- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021200 Vegetable saps and extracts :-- Of liquorice - Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021300 Vegetable saps and extracts :-- Of hops - Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021400 Vegetable saps and extracts :-- Of ephedra - Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 130219 Vegetable saps and extracts :-- Other -
13 13021911 Extracts:

---- Of Belladona

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021912 Extracts:

---- Of Cascara sagrada

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021913 Extracts:

---- Of nux vomica

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021914 Extracts:

---- Of ginseng (including powder)

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021915 Extracts:

---- Of agarose

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021916 Extracts:

---- Of neem

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021917 Extracts:

---- Of gymnema

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021918 Extracts:

---- Of garacinia and gambodge

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021919 Extracts:

---- Other

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021920 Extracts:

---- Cashew shell liquid (CNSL), crude

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021930 Extracts:

---- Purified and distilled CNSL

(Cardanol)

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13021990 Extracts:

---- Other

--- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13022000 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates - Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 & 3 of the Chapter 31/2015-20

53/2023

29.09.2017

15.12.2023

13 13023100 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products :

-- Agar-agar

- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017
13 130232 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products :

-- Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds

-
13 13023220 Guargum refined split --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017
13 13023230 Guargum treated and pulverised --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017
13 13023240 Kappa carrageenan --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017
13 13023290 Other --- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017
13 13023900 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products :

-- Other

- Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter 31/2015-20 29.09.2017

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LAC, GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS

S.No. Tariff Item
HS Code
Unit Item Description Export Policy Policy Conditions
87 1301 Kg Shellac and all forms of lac Free i) Registration with Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. or Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council;
(ii) Production of quality certificate from Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council.
88 1301 90 16 Kg Gum Karaya Free Registration with Tribal Coperative Marketing Fedreation of India Limited (TRIFED) or Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL), Kolkata.

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1302
1302 32 30
Kg

Guar gum treated and pulverized

Free

Guar Gum Exports to European Union (EU) and UK, originating in or consigned from India and intended for animal or human consumption, allowed subject to issue of Official Certificate by authorized representative of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India i.e. Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL), Kolkata accompanied by:

(a) the original analytical report of testing of Pentachlorophenol (PCP) issued by any of the following agencies certifying that product does not contain more than 0.01 mg per Kg of PCP on sampling done by the authorized representative of the competent authority:

  • Vimta Labs, Hyderabad; and
  • Export Inspection Agency (EIA) Lab, Chennai

(b) the original analytical report of testing of ETO: Ethylene Oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2- chloroethaniol expressed as ethylene oxide) issued by the following agency certifying that product does not contain more than 0.02 mg per Kg of ETO on sampling done by the authorized representative of the competent authority:

  • Vimta Labs, Hyderabad;

  • EIA Lab, Mumbai]

old[89 1302
1302 32 20
1302 32 30
Kg Guar gum refined split Guar gum treated and pulverized Free Guar gum exports to European Union (EU), originating in or consigned from India and intended for animal or human consumption, allowed subject to issue of Health Certificate by authorized representative of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India i.e. Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL), Kolkata accompanied by the original analytical report of testing of Penta Chlorophenol (PCP) issued by any of the following agencies certifying that product does not contain more than 0.01 mg per Kg of PCP on sampling done by the authorized representative of the competent authority:
(i)Vimta Labs, Hyderabad ; and
(ii) Export Inspection Agency (EIA) Lab, Chennai
[Notification No. 31/2015-20 dated 29.09.2017]]
2[*89A 1302   Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products. Free

3[• The export of Food Supplements containing botanicals to European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) originating in or consigned from India and intended for human or animal consumption, allowed subject to issuance of the official certificate issued by Export Inspection Council (EIC)/ Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs), the designated Competent Authority for issuance of official certificate. The official certificate will be issued based on the satisfactory analytical test report from EIC/EIC approved laboratories for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU.

• The export of Food Supplements containing botanicals to European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) originating in or consigned from India and intended for human or animal consumption, also allowed, subject to issuance of the official Certificate by the designated EPC. SHEFEXIL, as Competent Authority for a period of three months from the date of issuance of this Notification, based on the satisfactory Analytical Test Report from NABL accredited laboratories for ETO testing for Food Supplements containing Botanicals approved for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU.]

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1. Substituted  Vide Notification No. 03/2015-2020 dt. 09/05/2022

2. Inserted Vide Notification No. 22/2023 dt. 31/07/2023

3. Substituted  Vide Notification No. 31/2023 dt. 11/09/2023

4. Substituted Vide Notification No. 60/2023 Dated 13/02/2024