Leather Exports only thru Chennai Sea, JNPT,
Kolkata Sea, ICD Kanpur and ICD Tughlakabad
CLRI Certification Must
[DGFT Public
Notice No. 23 dated 13th August 2013]
Subject: Export
of Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather to be permitted through the
notified port.
In exercise of
the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14,
as amended from time to time, Director General of Foreign Trade hereby
prescribes the following procedure for export of finished leather, Wet Blue and
EI Tanned Leather.
2. Finished
leather norms were notified through Public Notice No. 21/2009-14 dated
01.12.2009. In order to ensure that export consignments of finished
leather conform to the norms prescribed vide above Public Notice, export of
Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather shall be subjected to the
following procedure:
(i) Export of
Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather shall be permitted through the
Sea Ports of Chennai, Mumbai (JNPT) & Kolkata and ICDs Kanpur & Tughlakabad or any other port/ICDs to be notified by
DGFT from time to time.
(ii) Officials
of Central Leather Research Institute(CLRI) posted at the above Sea ports/ICDs
would draw the sample of finished leather/Wet Blue/EI Tanned Leather from the
export consignment, wherever required, in the presence of Customs Officials.
Such samples will be tested and certified by CLRI or such other approved labs
which may be notified from time to time, testing as per the
finished leather norms notified vide Public Notice No. 21/2009-14 dated
01.12.2009.
3. Effect of
this Public Notice
Export of
finished leather will be permitted from the specified Sea ports/ICDs and would
be subject to the inspection procedure mentioned in Sub-para (ii) of Para 2
above.