Board Instructions to Commissioners for Import of Fresh Areca Nut from Bhutan without Minimum Import Price (MIP) Condition subject to Valid Registration Certificate from DGFT

· Kolkata Customs Zone may devise an appropriate mechanism for registration of Registration Certificate (RC), debit / utilisation of the quantity in the RC, monitoring validity of the RC, and an overall monitoring mechanism for the effective implementation of the revised policy stipulation

[CBIC Instruction No. 27/2022-Customs dated 7 October 2022]

Subject: Amendment in Import Policy Condition under ITC(HS) 08028010 of Chapter 08 of ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule - I (Import Policy).

Kind attention is invited to the Director General of Foreign Trade's (DGFT) Notification No. 36/2015-2020 dated 28.09.2022, issued vide S.O. No.4570(E) on the above captioned subject and the related Public Notice 25/2015-2020 dated 28.09.2022 issued by DGFT (copies enclosed), both of which are self-explanatory.

Considering that the product, Fresh (green) Areca Nut, is a prohibited item in the absence of the compliance to the policy conditions stipulated therein, the Kolkata Customs Zone may devise an appropriate mechanism for registration of Registration Certificate (RC), debit / utilisation of the quantity in the RC, monitoring validity of the RC, and an overall monitoring mechanism for the effective implementation of the revised policy stipulation.

All the Pr. Chief/Chief Commissioners are also hereby requested to kindly bring the contents of this instruction to the attention of all concerned for information.

F. No. 450/162/2022-Cus- IV