4[CHAPTER 14
VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS, VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
(Section Notes)
Main Notes
1 This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.
2 Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 4404).
3 Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
Export Licensing Notes
| Sl. No. | Notes | Notification No | Notification Date |
| 1 | Export of quantities of wheat flour to Maldives shall be permitted through the PSUs indicated. | 12/2015-20 | 27.06.2017 |
| Chapter Number | ITC-HS Codes | Description | Dashes | Export Policy |
Policy Condition |
Notification No | Notification Date |
| 14 | 14 | Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included. | |||||
| 14 | 1401 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark). | |||||
| 14 | 14011000 | Bamboos | - | Prohibited |
Export of Bamboo products made from
bamboo obtained from legal source; except bamboo charcoal, bamboo pulp
and unprocessed bamboo shoots is free subject to following conditions: (i) All the bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/Certificate of Origin (CoO) proving that the bamboo used for making products has been obtained from legal sources. (ii) The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department/ Agriculture Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser of making handicrafts/machine made products. |
11/2015-20
08/2015-20 |
23.06.2017 19.05.2022 |
| 14 | 14012000 | Rattans | - | Free | |||
| 14 | 140190 | Other | - | ||||
| 14 | 14019010 | Canes | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14019090 | Other | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 1404 | Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. | |||||
| 14 | 14042000 | Cotton linters | - | Free | |||
| 14 | 140490 | Other | - | ||||
| 14 | 14049010 | Bidi wrapper leaves (tendu) | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049021 | Soap-nuts: ---- Powder | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049029 | Soap-nuts: ---- Other | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049030 | Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used primarily for carving | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049040 | Betel leaves | --- | Free | Export to European Union is permitted subject to registration with SHEFEXIL, the designated Competent Authority | 30/2015-20 | 23.09.2021 |
| 14 | 14049050 | Indian katha | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049060 | Coconut shell, unworked | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049070 | Rudraksha seeds | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049090 | Other | --- | Free |
]
[helldodold[3CHAPTER 14
VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS, VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
Main Notes
1 Export of quantities of wheat flour to
Maldives shall be permitted through the PSUs indicated [Notification No.
12/2015-20 dated 27.06.2017]:
| Chapter Number | ITC-HS Codes | Description | Dashes | Export Policy | Policy Condition | Notification No | Notification Date |
| 14 | 14 | Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included. | |||||
| 14 | 1401 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark). | |||||
| 14 | 14011000 | Bamboos | - | Prohibited | 1.Export of Muli Bamboo is prohibited made free till
31.03.2019 subject to following condition:
(i)All the Muli bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/Certificate of Origin (CoO) and compliance of transit rule of concerned State Forest Department for transportation. (ii) The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department from where Muli bamboo has been procured by the exporter. 2. However, Export of Bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal source; except bamboo charcoal, bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots is free subject to following conditions: (i) All the bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/Certificate of Origin (CoO) proving that the bamboo used for making products has been obtained from legal sources. (ii) The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department/ Agriculture Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser of making handicrafts/machine made products. 3. However, Export of Bamboo Charcoal made from Bamboo obtained from legal source is Free subject to the following policy conditions: (i) all the bamboo charcoal made from Bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/ Certificate of Origin (COO) proving that the bamboo used for making charcoal has been obtaiend from legal sources. (ii) The COO shall be issued by the concerned Range Forest Officer of State Forest Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser for making Bamboo Charcoal. |
11/2015-20 08/2015-20 | 23.06.2017
19.05.2022 |
| 14 | 14012000 | Rattans | - | Free | |||
| 14 | 140190 | Other | - | ||||
| 14 | 14019010 | Canes | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14019090 | Other | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 1404 | Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. | |||||
| 14 | 14042000 | Cotton linters | - | Free | |||
| 14 | 140490 | Other | - | ||||
| 14 | 14049010 | Bidi wrapper leaves (tendu) | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049021 | Soap-nuts: ---- Powder |
--- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049029 | Soap-nuts: ---- Other |
--- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049030 | Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used primarily for carving | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049040 | Betel leaves | --- | Free | Export to European Union is permitted subject to registration with SHEFEXIL, the designated Competent Authority | 30/2015-20 | 23.09.2021 |
| 14 | 14049050 | Indian katha | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049060 | Coconut shell, unworked | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049070 | Rudraksha seeds | --- | Free | |||
| 14 | 14049090 | Other | --- | Free |
]
old[CHAPTER 14
VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS, VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR
INCLUDED
| S.No. | Tariff Item HS Code | Unit | Item Description | Export Policy |
Policy Conditions |
| 90 | 1401 10 00 | u | Muli Bamboo (melocanna bacifera) | Prohibition made 'Free' till 31.03.2019 |
1. All the Muli Bamboo obtained from legal sources are
permitted for export subject to proper documentation/Certificate of
Origin(CoO) and compliance of transit rule of concerned State Forest
Department for transportation. 2. The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department from where Muli Bamboo has been procured by the exporter. [Notification No. 11/2015-20 dated 23.06.2017] |
| 90A | 1404 90 40 | Kg. | Betel Leaves | Free |
1[(a)
Export to European Union is permitted subject to registration with
SHEFEXIL, the designated Competent Authority for issuance of health
certificate] old[(a) Export to European Union is permitted subject to
registration with APEDA, the designated Competent Authority |
| 2[90 B | 14011000 | Kg | Bamboo Charcoal made from Bamboo obtained from legal source | Free |
1. All the Bamboo Charcoal made from Bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper Documentation / Certificate of Origin (COO) proving that the bamboo used for making charcoal has been obtained from legal sources. 2. The COO shall be issued by the concerned Range Forest Officer of State Forest Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser for making Bamboo Charcoal.] |
| old[90B | 1401 10 00 | Either Tons or Square Meter or number | Bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal source; except bamboo charcoal, bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots | Free |
1. All the bamboo products made from bamboo obtained
from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper
documentation/Certificate of Origin (CoO) proving that the bamboo used
for making products has been obtained from legal sources. 2. The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department/ Agriculture Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser of making handicrafts/machine made products. [Notification No. 11/2015-20 dated 23.06.2017]] |
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1. Substituted Vide Notification No.30/2015-2020 Dt.23.09.2021
2. Substituted Vide Notification No. 08/2015-2020 Dt. 19.05.2022
3. Substituted Vide Notification No. 60/2023 Dated 13.02.2024
4. Substituted vide :- Notification No. 50/2024-25 Dated 13.01.2025