Annual Export Quota of 280 MT Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) for Andhra Pradesh Notified
[DGFT Notification No.49/2015-2020 Dated 9 December, 2022]
Subject: Export Policy of Red Sanders wood exclusively sourced from cultivation
origin obtained from private land (including Pattaland)
Effect of this Notification: Annual export quota for red sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) for Andhra Pradesh is notified.
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) 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 amends
the policy condition of Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) under Chapter 44 of ITC (HS), 2018, Schedule – 2 (Export
Policy)
2. The existing entries against Sl. No. 188 in Chapter 44 of Schedule
2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items shall be substituted as follows: (changes made are in bold letters)
|
SL. No. |
Tariff
item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description
|
Policy
|
Policy Condition |
|
188 |
4403 99 18 |
Kg |
Red
Sanders wood in any form, whether
raw, processed or unprocessed,
except at Sl. No. 188A [of cultivation origin obtained from private land (including Pattaland)] and Sl. No. 189 [specified value added products of RSW and other
handicrafts made from RSW procured from legal sources] below |
Prohibited |
Not
permitted to be Exported However,
in accordance with the recommendations of the BSI NDF Report, MoEF&CC, the following annual export quotas for red
sanders (Pterocarpus santulinus) is allowed: (a) Annual
export Quota (April to March) of 280 MT for Andhra Pradesh for artificially propagated
red sanders (b) a
zero export quota for wild specimens of red sanders Subject to the following conditions :- i.
State
Govt shall develop a digital platform with Geo referenced sites and MIS giving
the no of trees, their age and diameter at breast height. ii.
The
working plan Guidelines of States need to include specific management plant
harvest Plans with approved rotation periods for sustainable harvest of red
sanders wood from plantations in forest and non-forest areas. |
[File No. 01/91/180/03/AM-19/EC/E- 33958]