India-Mauritius CECPA –
Annexure III to Appx 2A Items under TRQ Revised
·
DGFT Invites Quota Applications till 31
Dec
·
Garment Import against Yarn/Fibre Export from India
·
Beer, Wine and Garments included Duty
Free Quota in Imports from Mauritius
[Public
Notice No. 31/2015-2020 dated 28 October 2021]
Effect of
this Public Notice: TRQ quantity
for the items listed in Table 4 of Notification No. 51/2021-Customs dated 22.10.2021
on India-Mauritius CECPA has been revised. The date for submission of online applications
with DGFT has been extended from 31.10.2021 to 31.12.2021
Subject: Amendment in Para 2.107 (TRQ under FTA/CECA)
of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign
Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby makes following
amendments in the Public Notice
No. 23/2015-20 dated 7th September, 2021 and No. 24/2015-20
dated 17th September 2021 regarding procedure for import
of items under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India – Mauritius Comprehensive Economic
Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) in accordance with Table 4 of Notification No.
51/2021-Customs dated 22.10.2021 as under:
|
Description |
HS No. |
In/out of
quota rate (%) as per WTO |
In-quota
Tariff rate |
Notification |
Tariff Rate
Quota Quantity |
|
Tunas |
16041410 |
|
0% |
No. 51/2021-
Customs dated 22nd October, 2021. |
7000 tons
combined for all goods |
|
Other |
16041490 |
– |
0% |
||
|
Other prepared
or preserved fish |
16042000 |
– |
0% |
||
|
In containers
holding 2 I or less: —-Rum |
22084011 |
– |
0% |
1.50 million
litres combined for all goods |
|
|
In containers
holding 2 1 or less: —-Other |
22084012 |
– |
0% |
||
|
Other: —-
Rum |
22084091 |
– |
0% |
||
|
Other: —-
other |
22084092 |
– |
0% |
||
|
# Imports
will be permitted subject to the arrangements /procedure as laid down in Annexure-III of Appendix-2A of FTP
2015-20. |
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2. The revised Annexure III of Appendix -2A of FTP 2015-20 is enclosed
at Annexure to this Public Notice.
3. The applications for grant of TRQ authorization for the current financial
year 2021-22 only shall be submitted through the DGFT website (www.dgft.gov.in)
upto 31″ December 2021, with other modalities being
the same.
[Issued from File No. 01/93/180/63/AM-21/PC-2[B]/e-
27749]
Annexure-III to Appendix-2A
Imports of Items under the TRQ of the India- Mauritius
CECPA [DGFT Public Notice No. 31/2015-20 dated 28.10.2021]
(i) The total quantum of items that can be imported
under India- Mauritius CECPA shall be as follows:
|
S.No |
ITC (HS) Code |
Description |
Tariff Rate Quota Quantity |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
1. |
06031900 |
Fresh : — Other |
15 tons |
|
2. |
08043000 |
Pineapples |
1000 tons |
|
3. |
08109060 |
Lichi |
250 tons |
|
4. |
09051000 |
Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground |
15 tons |
|
5. |
09052000 |
Vanilla : Crushed or ground |
1 ton |
|
6. |
16041410 |
Tunas |
7000 tons combined for all goods |
|
7. |
16041490 |
Other |
|
|
8. |
16042000 |
Other prepared or preserved fish |
|
|
9. |
17011490 |
Specialty Sugar |
15000 tons |
|
10. |
22030000 |
Beer made from malt. |
2,000,000 litres |
|
11. |
22060000 |
Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures
of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, note elsewhere specified or
included. |
5000 litres |
|
12. |
22084011 |
In containers holding 21 or less: —-Rum |
1.50 million litres combined for all
goods |
|
13. |
22084012 |
In containers holding 21or less: —-Other |
|
|
14. |
22084091 |
Other: —- Rum |
|
|
15. |
22084092 |
Other: —- other |
|
|
16 |
6102; 6103; 6104; 6105; 6106; 6109;6110; 6111; 6112 and 6203; 6304 |
Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories.* |
7.5 million pieces* * |
*Details of the HS Codes as in Table 3 of the Customs Notification
mentioned above
** Out of total quota of 7.5 million pieces, at least 5 million
pieces of aggregate of all such items should have been manufactured from yarn/fabric
sourced from India.
ii. These imports will be permitted subject to the following arrangements/
procedure:-
a. Import would be subject to Government of India, Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue) Notification No.
25/2021-Customs dated the 31St March, 2021 (as amended form time to time)
relating to India-Mauritius CECPA.
b. All applications must accompany a pre-purchase agreement from one of
the eligible exporters of specified items in Mauritius. The pre-purchase agreement
must indicate the quantity and the duration of fulfillment of the The list of eligible exporting entities
of the item from Mauritius shall be decided by the Government of Mauritius.
c. At the time of clearance of the import consignment, the importer in
India must produce a Certificate of Origin issued by concerned authorities in Mauritius.
d. The year in respect of these imports will be the period from 1s‘ April to 31st March, i.e. financial year in
e. All applications for grant of TRQ authorizations shall be submitted
online through the DGFT website (www.dgft.gov.in). No physical copies of the application
are required to be submitted.
f. Allocation will be made equally among the eligible applicant subject
to quantity The application in ANF 2M and ANF1 along with
the requisite fee is required to be filed online. The application should be sent
by 28th February of the financial year, for allocation in the next financial year.
However, for the current Financial Year 2021-22, applications are invited by 31s`
December 2021 with other modalities remaining the same.
g. The TRQ authorisation shall contain the name and address of the importer,
Importer -Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as applicable,
quantity and validity period of the
h. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate
General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES).
i. Imports made against
the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting electronically in the ICES system.