Import Period for Crude Sunflower Seed Oil TRQ Cut by Three Months to 31 March 2023

·         Only BLs Issued till 31.03.2023 will be Honoured

·         No More TRQ for coming year 2023-24

·         No Carry Forward to 2023-24 of Unutilised TRQ

·         Sudden Announcement less than one month before year end creates uncertainty

[DGFT Public Notice No. 60/2015-20 dated 1 March, 2023]

Effect of Public Notice: Last date of Import of Crude Sunflower Seed Oil (ITC(HS) 15121110) under TRQ has been revised to 31.03.2023. Further, no TRQs shall be allocated for import of Crude Sunflower Seed Oil in Financial Year 2023-24.

Subject: Discontinuation of Tariff Rate Quota for Import of Crude Sunflower Seed Oil w.e.f. 01.04.2023.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Para 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby revises the provisions relating to Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for import of Crude Sunflower Seed Oil by amending Para 2.60 and 2.61 of the Handbook of Procedures as notified earlier vide Public Notice 10/2015-20 dated 24.05.2022, Public Notice 15/2015-20 dated 14.06.2022 and Public Notice 50/2015-20 dated 11.01.2023, as follows:

Para

Existing Provision

Revised Provision

2.60 (b)

Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Imports for items as indicated as follows, shall be allocated during financial year 2022-23 only.

Item Description

ITC(HS)

TRQ per Year (in MT)

Crude Soya- bean oil, w/n degummed

1507 10 00

20,00,000

Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Imports for items as indicated as follows, shall be allocated during financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Item Description

ITC(HS)

TRQ per Year (in MT)

Crude Sunflower seed oil

1512 11 10

20,00,000

The duty exemption under the said TRQs may be availed as per Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 30/2022-Customs dated 24.05.2022.

Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Imports for items as indicated as follows, shall be allocated during financial year 2022-23 only.

Item Description

ITC(HS)

TRQ per Year (in MT)

Crude Soya-bean oil, w/n degummed

1507 10 00

20,00,000

Crude Sunflower seed oil

1512 11 10

20,00,000

The duty exemption under the said TRQs may be availed as per Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 30/2022- Customs dated 24.05.2022.

 

2.61(d)(ix)

The validity of TRQs issued during FY 2022-23 for import of Crude Soya-bean oil, w/n degummed under ITC (HS) 15071000 is revised to 31.03.2023. Bill of Lading dated on or before 31.03.2023 shall be allowed for imports under Crude Soya-bean oil TRQs till 30.06.2023.

TRQs issued during FY 2022-23 for import of Crude Sunflower seed Oil under ITC(HS) 15121110 shall be valid for clearance of import for a period of one year or till 30.06.2023, whichever is earlier. TRQs issued for FY 2023-24 shall be valid for clearance of imports till 31.03.2024.

The validity of TRQs issued during FY 2022-23 for import of Crude Soya- bean oil, w/n degummed under ITC (HS) 15071000 is revised to 31.03.2023. Bill of Lading dated on or before 31.03.2023 shall be allowed for imports under Crude Soya-bean oil TRQs till 30.06.2023.

The validity of TRQs issued during FY 2022-23 for import of Crude Sunflower Seed Oil, under ITC (HS) 15121110 is revised to 31.03.2023. Bill of Lading dated on or before 31.03.2023 shall be allowed for imports under Crude Sunflower Seed Oil TRQs till 30.06.2023.

2.61(d)(xi)

The un-utilized quantities i.e., quantities not imported by the TRQ Licencees by the end of the current import period, shall be deducted from their proposed allocations (in case allocation is considered) during the next TRQ period, i.e., 2023-24.

-Deleted-

[Issued from File No. 01/89/180/36/AM-14/PC-2[A]/Part-II/E- 32035]