To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section -1
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Public Notice No. 23/2015-2020
Dated the 7th September, 2021
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby revises Para 2.107 of Handbook of Procedure to incorporate the following items under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India-Mauritius CECPA, besides laying down the procedure for import of the following items under TRQ as Annexure III to Appendix 2A in accordance with Table 4 of Notification No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 on India-Mauritius CECPA:
| Description | HS No. | In/out of quota rate (%)as per WTO | In-quota Tariff rate | Notification | Tariff Rate Quota Quantity |
|
The following items are permitted under the TRQ under India-Mauritius CECPA# |
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| Fresh : -- Other | 06031900 |
- |
30% | No. 25/2021-Customs dated 31st March, 2021 | 15 tons |
| Pineapples | 08043000 | - | 10% | 1000 tons | |
| Lichi | 08109060 | - | 10% | 250 tons | |
| Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground | 09051000 | - | 10% | 15 tons | |
| Vanilla : Crushed or ground | 09052000 | - | 10% | 1 ton | |
| 1[Tunas | 16041410 | - | 0% | No. 51/2021-Customs dated 22nd October, 2021. |
7000 tons combined for |
| Other | 16041490 | - | 0% | ||
| Other prepared or preserved fish | 16042000 | - | 0% | ||
| old[Tunas | 16041410 | - | 0% | No. 25/2021-Customs dated 31st March, 2021 | 7000 tons |
| Other | 16041490 | - | 0% | 7000 tons | |
| Other prepared or preserved fish | 16042000 | - | 0% | 7000 tons] | |
| Other (Specialty Sugar) | 17011490 | - | 10% | No. 25/2021-Customs dated 31st March, 2021 | 15000 tons |
| Beer made from malt | 22030000 | - | 25% | 2,000,000 litres | |
|
Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. |
22060000 | - | 0% | 5000 litres | |
| 1[In containers holding 21 or less: ----Rum | 22084011 | - | 0% |
No. 51/2021-Customs dated 22nd October, 2021. |
1.50 million litres
combined |
| In containers holding 21 or less: ----Other | 22084012 | - | 0% | ||
| Other: ---- Rum | 22084091 | - | 0% | ||
| Other: ---- Other | 22084092 | - | 0% | ||
| old[In containers holding 2 1 or less: ----Rum | 22084011 | - | 0% | No. 25/2021-Customs dated 31st March, 2021 | 1.50 million litres |
| In containers holding 2 1 or less: ----Other | 22084012 | - | 0% | 1.50 million litres | |
| Other: ---- Rum | 22084091 | - | 0% | 1.50 million litres | |
| Other: ---- Other | 22084092 | - | 0% | 1.50 million litres] | |
| Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories. | 6102; 6103; 6104; 6105; 6106; 6109;6110; 6111; 6112 6203; 6304; | - | - |
Details of the HS Codes as in Table 3 of the above Notification |
7.5 million pieces$ |
| #Imports will be permitted subject to the arrangements /Procedure as laid down in Annexure-III of Appendix-2A. | |||||
$ Out of total quota of 7.5 million pieces, at least 5 million pieces of aggregate of all such items have been manufactured from yarn/fabric sourced from India.
2. Annexure III of Appedix -2A is as annexed
3. Effect of this Public Notice: TRQ for items as in Table 4 of Notification No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 on India-Mauritius CECPA and procedure for such imports is notified
(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
[Issued from File No. 01/93/180/63/AM-21/PC-2[B]/c- 27749]
Annexure-III to Appendix-2A
Imports of Items under the TRQ of the India- Mauritius CECPA
(i) The total quantum of items that can be imported under India- Mauritius CECPA shall be as follows.
| S. No | ITC(HS) Code | Description | Tariff Rate Quota Quantity |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 06031900 | Fresh : -- Other | 15 tons |
| 2. | 08043000 | Pineapples | 1000 tons |
| 3. | 08109060 | Lichi | 250 tons |
| 4. | 09051000 | Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground | 15 tons |
| 5. | 09052000 | Vanilla : Crushed or ground | 1 ton |
| 6. | 16041410 | Tunas | 7000 tons |
| 7. | 16041490 | Other | 7000 tons |
| 8. | 16042000 | Other prepared or preserved fish | 7000 tons |
| 9. | 17011490 | Specialty Sugar | 15000 tons |
| 10. | 22030000 | Beer made from malt | 2,000,000 litres |
| 11. | 22060000 | Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake);mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. | 5000 litres |
| 12. | 22084011 | In containers holding 2 1 or less: --- Rum | 1.50 million litres |
| 13. | 22084012 | In containers holding 2 1 or less: --- Other | 1.50 million litres |
| 14. | 22084091 | Other: --- Rum | 1.50 million litres |
| 15. | 22084092 | Other: --- other | 1.50 million litres |
| 16 | 6102; 6103; 6104; 6105;6106; 6109;6110; 6111; 6112 and 6203;6304; | Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories. | 7.5 million pieces |
*Details of the HS Codes as in
Table 3 of the Customs Notification mentioned above
**Out of total quota of 7.5 million pieces, at least 5 million pieces of aggregate
of all such items should have been manufactured from yarn/fabric sourced from
India.
ii. These imports will be permitted subject to the following arrangements/ procedure:-
a. Import would be subject to
Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification
No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 (as amended form time to time)
relating to India-Mauritius CECPA.
b. All applications must accompany a pre-purchase agreement from one of the
eligible exporters of specified items in Mauritius. The pre-purchase agreement
must indicate the quantity and the duration of fulfillment of the contract. The
list of eligible exporting entities of the item from Mauritius shall be decided
by the Government of Mauritius.
c. At the time of clearance of the import consignment, the importer in India
must produce a Certificate of Origin issued by concerned authorities in
Mauritius.
d. The year in respect of these imports will be the period from 1st April to
31st March, i.e. financial year in India.
e. All applications for grant of import authorization shall be sent only through
e-mail at import-dgft@nic.in in the prescribed format as given below:
| Sl. No. | Name and Registered office address of the applicant | IEC No. | Item sought to be imported | ITC (HS) Code | Qty. applied for (MTs) | CIF value (Rs.) & Fee | Date of submission of the application | Port of Registration of TRQ. |
f. Allocation will be made
equally among the eligible applicant subject to quantity applied. The
application in ANF 2M and ANF1 along with the requisite fee is required to be
filed online. The application should be sent by 28th February of the
financial year, for allocation in the next financial year.
g. The TRQ authorisation shall contain the name and address of the importer,
Importer - Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as
applicable, quantity and validity period of the certificate.
h. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate
General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES).
i. Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting
electronically in the ICES system.
Refer Vide: Public Notice No. 24/2015-2020 dt. 17/09/2021
Refer Vide:- Public Notice No. 04/2015-2020 dt. 20.04.2022
1. Substituted Vide: Public Notice No. 31/2015-20 Dated 28/10/2021