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

21st April, 2020

Trade Notice No. 06/2020-21

To,

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

Subject: Laying Down of modalities for import of peas and pulses for the Fiscal Year 2020-21.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide Notification No. S.O. 1225 (E) dated 28th March 2020 Allowed import of following item as per annual quota indicated against them:

Exim Code

Item Description

Quota for fiscal year 2020-21

0713 10 10 Yellow Peas 1.5 Lakh MT ( the Quality of each category of peas will be notified shortly)
0713 10 20 Green Peas
0713 10 90 Other
0713 31 90 Beans of the SPP Vigna Radiata (L). Wilczek. 1.5 Lakh MT
0713 60 00 Tur/Pigeon Peas (Cajanus Cajan) 4 Lakh MT

. Further, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Vide Notifiaction No. S.O. 1260 (E) Dated 16th April, 2020 has notified the quantity for each category of Peas, for fiscal year 2020-21, as under:

Exim Code

Item Description

Quota (in MTs)

0713 10 10 Yellow Peas

0 (zero)

0713 10 20 Green Peas

75,000

0713 10 30

Other

75,000

3. Trade Notice No. 05/2020-21 dated 21.04.2020 refers in this regard. The Policy Condition in the above notification lay down that the import shall be allowed only to the Millers/Refiners as per Procedure to be notified by DGFT.

4. Accordingly applications are invited online from the intending millers/refiners (having own refining/ processing capacity) of pulses/peas for its import as per ANF-2M of FTP 2015-20 to DGFT. The applicant may visit the following link: https://dgftebrc.nic.in:8090/NEGLIST/isp/Login.isp. There is no need to send hard copy of the application via mail or by post.

i. For each refining/processing unit, applicants shall provide self certified copy of a document issued by Central/State/District Authorties, indicating its refining/processing capacity. The certificate should be dated prior to issue of this Trade Notice.

ii. Application fee for these applications shall be paid according to procedure as per Appendix 2K of Appendices & Aayat-Niryat Forms.

iii. Only one application against one IEC will be considered.

 5. The applications will be received between 21st April, 2020 to 8th May, 2020. The Allocation of Quota for each eligible applicant shall be notified as per the decision of the EFC under Para 2.51 of the  HBP,2015-20. The EFC, While considering applications , will take into consideration; inter alia, the monthly/ annual refining/processing capacity of the applicant, the quantity applied for by the applicant and the total number of applications received. DGFT reserves the right to make only changes in allocation as deemed fit at any point of time.

6. Successful applicants will have to ensure that the import consignment of allocated quota reach the Indian ports on or before 31.03.2021. Request for extension of time will not be entertained.

This issues with the approval of competent authority .

[S.K. Mohapatra]
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: mohapatra.sk@nic.in

[Issued from File No. M-5012/300/2002/PC-2[A]/Part-V/e-6708]

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th March, 2020

S.O. 1225(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, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby notifies the annual quota for the fiscal year 2020–21 for the items of Chapter 7 of the Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System), 2017, Schedule-1 (Import Policy), as under :

Exim Code

Item Description

Import Policy

Quota for fiscal year 2020-21

0713 10 10 Yellow Peas Restricted 1.5 Lakh MT ( the Quality of each category of peas will be notified shortly)
0713 10 20 Green Peas Restricted
0713 10 90 Other Restricted
0713 31 90 Moong (Beans of the SPP Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek). Restricted 1.5 Lakh MT
0713 60 00 Tur/Pigeon Peas (Cajanus Cajan) Restricted 4 Lakh MT

2. The import policy conditions such as Minimum import price (MIP) of Rs.200/ and port restriction through Kolkata sea port only for all peas (07131010, 07131020 & 07131090) as notified vide Notification No. 37, dated 18th December, 2019 remain unchanged .

3. The above quota restriction will not apply to Government’s import commitments under any bilateral/regional Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding.

4. This notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official Gazette. The above mentioned quota for the fiscal year 2020-2021 shall be allotted only to millers / refiners as per detailed procedure to be notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

[F. No. 14/3/2018-EP (Agri.III) (pt.)]
DIWAKAR NATH MISRA, Jt. Secy.

Note : The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 172(E), dated the 17th January, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 14/3/2018-EP (Agri.III) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 1122(E), dated the 17th March 2020.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th April, 2020

S.O. 1260(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, in pursuance to the Notification S.O. 1225(E) dated 28th March, 2020, hereby notifies the quantity of each category of peas, for fiscal year 2020–2021, as under:

Exim Code

Item Description

Quota (in MTs)

0713 10 10 Yellow Peas

0 (zero)

0713 10 20 Green Peas

75,000

0713 10 30

Other

75,000

2. This notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.

[F. No. 14/3/2018-EP (Agri.III) (pt.)]
DIWAKAR NATH MISRA, Jt. Secy

Note :The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 172(E), dated the 17th January, 2017 and last amended vide notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide S.O. 1225(E), dated the 28th March, 2020.
 

Refer Vide: Public Notice No. 27/2015-20 Dated 26.10.2020