Import
of Three lakh MT of Raw Sugar through Southern Ports of India at 25% Duty Allowed
To supplement the availability
of sugar in southern India and to stabilize sugar price, import of 3 lakh MT of
raw sugar through southern ports of India at 25% import duty under Open General
License (Tariff Rate Quota) has been allowed through millers/refiners. The import
shall be open to millers/refiners who have their own capacity to convert raw sugar
into refined /white. The imports will be allowed through the ports viz. Tuticorin, Karaikal, Chennai, Mangalore,
Kakinada, Gangavaram and Vishakapatnam
in the South. The scheme shall be operated by the Directorate General of Foreign
Trade (DGFT) as per their rules and regulations. Applications shall be received
online by DGFT at sugarimporttrq-dgft@nic.in from 8th to 12th
September, 2017. Details of the scheme can be seen on the website of DGFT (www.dgft.gov.in).
[Ref:
Notification No. 27/2015-2020 dated 7 September 2017]
Effect of this Notification:
Import of 3 Lakh MT of raw sugar under Exim Code 170114 of Chapter 17 of ITC
(HS), 2017-Schedule-I (Import Policy) is allowed at 25% Customs duty TRQ.
Subject:
TRQ for Raw Sugar: Amendment in import
policy of raw sugar classified under Exim Code 170114 of Chapter 17 of ITC
(HS), 2017-Schedule (Import Policy).
In exercise of powers
conferred by Section 3 of FT(D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01
of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the
Central Government hereby inserts import policy condition on 'Raw Sugar'
classified under Exim Code 170114 of Chapter 17 of ITC (HS), 2017-Schedule-1
(Import Policy) as under:
|
Exim Code |
Item Description |
Policy |
Existing Policy Conditions |
Revised Policy Condition |
|
170114 |
Raw Sugar |
Free |
- |
Import of items under Exim Code 170114 is "Free". However,
import upto 3 Lakh MT of raw sugar is subject to Tariff Rate Quota Scheme(@ 25% Customs duty) as per conditions laid down below. |
2.
(i) Import of 3 Lakh MT of raw sugar under Exim Code
170114 is allowed to be imported by millers/ refiners at 25% Tariff Duty,
through the following ports in the southern states and corresponding Regional
Authorities of DGFT, as in the table below:
|
Name of the Port |
Application to be submitted to the
Regional Authority of DGFT |
|
(i) Tuticorin, and
(ii) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) |
Applicants importing through Tuticorin,
Chennai. and Karaikal ports are to submit their
applications to RA, Chennai |
|
(iv) Mangalore (Karnataka) |
For imports through Mangalore, applicants may submit their
applications to RA, Bengaluru; and |
|
(v) Kakinada, (vi) Vishakhapatnam and |
For imports· through Kakinada, Vishakhapatnam and Gangavaram
applicants may submit their applications to RA, Vishakhapatnam. |
ii. Applications:
a. Applications
are invited online from the intending millers/refiners (having own
refining/processing capacity for conversion of raw sugar to white /refined
sugar) of raw sugar for import of raw sugar as per ANF-2M of ITP 2015-20 to
DGFT, at sugarimporttrq-dgft@nic.in with a
copy to Regional Authorities namely Chennai, Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam.
Further, a signed copy of the application shall be submitted to Regional
Authority concerned and to DGFT Hqrs. (Import Cell), Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi.
Application fee for these applications shall be paid according to procedure as
per Appendix 2K of Appendices &
Aayat Niryat Forms. For each refining/processing unit, applicants
shall give self-declaration of its refining/processing capacity while providing
self-certified copy of latest IEM issued by DIPP and/or any other document
indicating its refining/processing capacity.
b. Applicants intending to import under
this notification must also indicate in its application the quantum applied in
response to the Notification No. 1 dated
5th April, 2017; the quantum
allotted and total imports made by the applicant firm against the allocated
quota.
c. The
applications will be received between 8th September to 12
September, 2017 (till 5 pm) (five days). The allocation of quota for
each eligible applicant shall be notified on 131 September, 2017, as per the
decision of the EFC under Para 2.51 of the HBP, 2015-20. The EFC, while
considering applications, will take into considerations; inter alia, the
monthly refining/processing capacity of the applicant, the quantity applied for
by the applicant and the total number of applications received under the
notification. Record of past utilization, will also be considered ·by the
Committee. RA will issue license/s as per the decisions of the EFC.
d. The
importer shall furnish the details of Letter of Credit /confirmed contract to
the RA concerned within 10 days of getting their import quota at sugarimporttrq-dgft@nic.in. The
subject header of this email shall be ''Name of applicant/IE Code /quantity
applied in MT /Name of the RA where application is being filed. Noncompliance
will attract penalty as per Para (iv) of this
notification and automatic cancellation of allocation.
e. The
importer having furnished the irrevocable letter of credit shall further import
the entire quantity of raw sugar, as allotted to the applicant firm, within 60
days of date of issue of license.
f. Actual
user condition as in the Notification No.68/2017-Customs (N.T.) dated 30th
June, 2017 will be applicable on imports under this TRQ scheme and importer
shall convert raw sugar into white/refined sugar within a period, not exceeding
30 days from the date of bill of entry or the date of entry inwards, whichever
is later.
iii. Validity
of Quota: TRQ benefit (25% Customs tariff) under this
Notification shall be available upto 60 (sixty) days
from the date of issue of license as per Section 15 of the Customs Act, 1962. ·
iv.
Penalty: If, after obtaining license
under TRQ, the applicant fails to utilize the quota fully/partially, the
applicant shall surrender the unutilized quantity to DGFT at sugarimporttrq-dgft@nic.in by
h
25th September, 2017. In such a case, the applicant
will be liable for a penalty of 0.5% of the CIF value of the u utilized quota.
Failure to intimate the unutilized quantity will further make him liable to
penal actions under FT(DR) Act 1992, as amended from
time to time, in addition to the penalty of 0.5%.
v.
Reporting: The license holders shall
submit weekly statements (every Monday) indicating the actual arrival of
shipments at the Indian ports at sugarimporttrq-dgft@nic.in;
cdsugar.fpd@nic.in; and to his jurisdictional Regional Authority.
vi.
Reallocation: The quota so
surrendered or cancelled, if any, will be allocated to other eligible
applicants within a week.
vii.
DGFT reserves
the right to make any changes in allocation as deemed-fit at any point of time.