To be published in Gazette of India Extraordinary Part -11, Section -3, Sub -Section (ii)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department Of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Notification No.
31/2023
New Delhi, Dated : 11th September ,2023
Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Food Supplements containing botanicals
S.O (E) - S.O.(E) The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 hereby amends the schedule -2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018, as under :-
| S.No | ITS HS codes | Description | Present Policy | Policy conditions | Revised Policy conditions |
| 89A | 1302 |
Vegetable saps and
extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and
other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not |
Free |
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, 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. |
| 93A(1) | 2106 |
Food preparations not |
Free |
2. Effect of This Notification:
Export of Food Supplements containing botanicals under ITC HS code 1302 and 2106 intended for human or animal consumption to European Union and United Kingdom will require issuance of official certificate by EIC/EIA or SHEFIXIL. SHEFEXIL is allowed to issue an official certificate for a period of three months from the date of issuance of this Notification.
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director
General of Foreign Trade
Ex- Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
Email :dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/027/AM22/EC/ 30745)