Trade Notice No. 56/2019-2020

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade

19^th March, 2020

Trade Notice No. 56/2019-20

To

1. RA’s of DGFT
2. Customs Commissionrates
3. Members of Trade
4. Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC, Department of Revenue

Subject: Restriction on import of Pulses.

Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry vide Notification dated 17 March, 2020 allowed import of Urad to an annual quota of 04 lakh MT and the same will be allowed only to the Millers/Refiners as per procedure to be notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

2. Annual quota of Urad for the year 2020-21 is 4 Lakh MT and will be effective from Is1 May, 2020 to 31st March, 2021. Copy of the said Notifications is attached herewith for ready reference.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

(Rajbir Sharma)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: rajbir.shrma@nic.in

[Issued from File No.M-5012/300/2002/PC-2A/Vol-VIII/P-198]

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION-3, SUB-SECTION (ii)]

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 17^th March, 2020.

S.O. (E).— In exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), read with paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby notifies the Import Policy of items of Chapter 7 of the Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System), 2017, Schedule-1 (Import Policy), as under-

Exim Code	Item Description	Existing Policy	Revised Policy condition
0713 31 10	Urad [Beans of the SPP Vigna Mungo (L.) Hepper]	Restricted	Import of Urad shall be subject to an annual (fiscal year) quota of 04 lakh MT. Im port of Urad under the Quota Restriction will be allowed only to the Millers / Refiners as per procedure to be notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade:- Provided that this restriction shall not apply to Government’s import commitments under any Bilateral or Regional Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding.
0713 90 10	Split
0713 90 90	Other

2. Effect of the Notification: Annual quota of Urad for the year 2020-21 is 4 Lakh MT and will be effective from 1st May, 2020 to 31st March, 2021. The earlier Notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 4540 (E) dated 18.12.2019 read with its Corrigendum vide S.O. 4604 (E) dated 24.12.2019 and DGFT’s Trade Notice No. 54/2019-20 dated 03.03.2020 extending the date of import upto 30.04.2020 in respect of import of Urad for the year 2019-20 will be implemented separately.

[F. No. 14/3/2018-EP(Agri-lll)]

(Diwakar Nath Misra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17^th January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 172(E), dated the 17^th January, 2017 and last amended vide notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 4604 (E), dated the 24^th December, 2019.

1 Refer Vide Trade Notice No.57/2019-2020 Dt.19.03.2020