(To be Published in The Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-I)

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Public Notice No. 41/2024-25

Dated: 15th January, 2025

Subject: Addition of new laboratory in Para 4.73 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the Para 4.73 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023:

A new entry at SI no. 19 in the Para 4.73 of HBoP-2023 is added as under:

(19) GIA Laboratory, DMCC, Dubai, UAE.

Effect of the Public Notice: GIA Laboratory, DMCC, Dubai, UAE has been included in the list of authorized laboratories under Para 4.73 of the HBoP-2023 for certification / grading of diamonds of 0.25 carat and above.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
e-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/258/AM21/PC-4)