(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section -3, sub Section ii)

Government of India
Ministry of commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi

Notification No. 24 /2015-2020
Dated: 10th August 2020

Subject: Amendment in Policy condition of SI.No. 55 & 57, Chapter 10 Schedule-2, ITC(HS)  Export Policy, 2018 —reg.

S.O.( E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended read with para 1.02 and Para 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to the Notification No. 41 dated 09.01.2020 amending the policy condition at SI.No. 55 and 57, Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018 for export of rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati).

2. The following policy conditions shall be amended to the existing entries of Chapter 10 at SI. No. 55 and 57:-

SI. No.

Tariff item HS Code

Item Description

Export Policy

Proposed Amended Policy Condition

55

1006 2000
1006 30
1006 3010
1006 3090
1006 40 00		  Non-Basmati  Rice Free [• Export to EU Member States  and European countries namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland permitted subject to issuance of Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council / Export Inspection Agency'.

• Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council/ Export Inspections Agency shall be mandatory for export to remaining European countries with effect from 1[1st July, 2021] old[ 1st January, 2021.]

57

 1006 3020 Basmati Rice (Dehusked (Brown),
semi-milled, milled both in either  par-boiled or raw condition.  		Free • Export to EU Member States and European countries namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland permitted subject to issuance of Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council / Export Inspection Agency.

• Certificate of Inspection by  Export Inspection Council/ Export Inspections Agency shall be mandatory for export to remaining European countries with effect from 1[1st July, 2021] old[15th January, 2021].

3. Effect of notification:

The Notification No. 41/2015-2020 dated 9th January 2020 is amended to the extent that export of Rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati ) to EU member states and other European Countries namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland only will require Certificate of Inspection from EIA/EIC. Export to remaining European countries (except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) will require Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council / Export Inspection Agency for export from 1st January, 2021.

(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional. Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No.01/91/171/148/AM21/EC)

1. Substituted Vide: Notification No. 51/2015-2020 Dated 29.12.2020