(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. 51/2015-2020
Dated: 29th December 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. 24 dated 10.08.2020 amending the policy condition at Sl. 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 January 2022old[1st July, 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 January 2022old[1st July, 2021]..

3. Effect of notification:

The Notification No. 24/2015-2020 dated 10.08.2020 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 July,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(E18755)
 

1. Substituted Vide: Notification No. 12/2015-2020 dt.01/07/2021