Meat Export Policy Amended
·
Exporters
Required to Obtain Certificate from APEDA Registered Integrated Abattoir
·
Authorisation
from State Designated Veterinary Authority
[DGFT
Notification No. 82 dated 31st October 2011]
Subject: Amendment in chapter
2 of ITC(HS) relating to export of meat.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of
the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read
with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 (as amended from time to time),
the Central Government hereby substitutes the existing Chapter 2 of Schedule 2
of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items,
as amended from time to time. This will be with immediate effect.
2. Chapter 2 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS)
Classification of Export and Import Items, will be as under:
Chapter - 2
Meat and Edible Meat Offal
Note 1 Beef includes meat and edible offal of cows, oxens and calf
Note 2 Offal includes heart, liver, tongue, kidneys and other organs.
Note 3 The
export of chilled and frozen meat shall be allowed subject to the provision
specified to the gazette notification on raw meat (chilled and frozen) under
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963. Offals of buffalo too are
subject to the same conditions of quality control and inspection. Laboratories
duly recognized by APEDA, as well as in-house laboratories attached under the
abattoirs cum meat processing plants registered with APEDA and Agency approved
labs, may also be used to conduct the necessary tests for confirmation of
quality under the supervision of the designated veterinary authority of the
State. On the basis of these tests and inspections carried out by
Veterinarians, duly registered under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984,
employed by the exporting unit and supervised by the designated veterinary
authority of the State, the veterinary Health Certificate may be issued by the
designated authorities of the state.
Note 4 Export of canned meat products shall be subject to preshipment inspection
either by the State Directorate of Animal Husbandry or Export Inspection Agency
or Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Government of India or Municipal
Corporation of Delhi(MCD) (added by Notification No. 48 dated 18.5.2011)
in accordance with either the standards prevalent in the exporting country or
standards prescribed under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973 under Export
(Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 or orders made thereunder.
Note 5. Exports of gonads and other
reproductive organs of buffaloes and the germplasm of cattle and buffaloes in
heading 0511 require an export licence.
Note 6. Export of meat and meat
products will be allowed subject to the exporter furnishing a declaration,
attached with copies of valid APEDA Plant Registration Certificate(s) to the
customs at the time of exports that the above items have been obtained/ sourced
from an APEDA registered integrated abattoir or from APEDA registered meat
processing plant which sources raw material exclusively from APEDA registered
integrated abattoir/abattoir.
Note 7. On the cartons for export
of meat , the following details shall compulsorily be
mentioned:-
(i) Name
of the Product.
(ii) Country
of Origin
(iii) APEDA Plant Registration No.
(iv) Name of the exporter.
(added by Notification No 58 dated 31.03.06)
Note 8. The designated veterinary
authority of the State where meat processing unit is located, may issue the
certificate on the basis of the inspections carried out by Veterinarians duly
registered under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 employed by the
exporting unit and supervised by the designated veterinary authority of the
State. The Inspection Fee prescribed under the Export of Raw Meat (Chilled /
Frozen) (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1992 shall continue to be paid
by the exporting unit to the Agency as currently applicable.
|
S.No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
|
18 |
0201 10 00, 0201 20 00, 0201 30 00, 0202 10
00, 0202 20 00, 0202 30 00 |
kg |
Beef of cows, oxen and calf |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
|
19 (a) |
0201 |
Kg |
Meat of buffalo (both
male and female) fresh and chilled. |
|
|
|
|
0201 10 00 |
|
Carcasses and half carcasses |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported. |
|
|
0201 20 00 |
|
Other cuts with bone in. |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
|
|
0202 |
|
Meat of buffalo (both male and female)
frozen |
|
|
|
|
0202 10 00 |
|
Carcasses and half carcasses |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
|
|
0202 20 00 |
|
Other cuts with bone in |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported. |
|
19 (b) |
0201 30 00 |
Kg |
Boneless meat of buffalo
(both male and female) fresh and chilled |
Free |
1. Export allowed on production of a
certificate from the designated veterinary authority of the State, from which
the meat or offals emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from
buffaloes not used for breeding and milch purposes. 2. Quality control and inspection under
Note 3 and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 and 8
above are required to be fulfilled. |
|
|
0202 30 00 |
|
Boneless meat of buffalo (both male and
female) frozen (Notification No. 30 dated 21.8.2006) |
|
|
|
20 |
0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 00, 0204 23
00, 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 42 00, 0204 43 00 |
Kg |
Meat of Indian sheep (Notification No. 46 dated 20.02.2007) |
Free |
Quality control and
inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at
Note 6 above are required to be fulfilled. |
|
21 |
0204 50 00 |
Kg |
Meat of Indian Goat. (Notification No. 46 dated 20.02.2007) |
Free |
Quality control and
inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at
Note 6 above are required to be fulfilled. |
|
22 |
0206 10 00, 0206 21 00, 0206 22 00, 0206 29
00, 0210 20 00 |
kg |
Beef in the form of offal of cows, oxen and
calf |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
|
23 |
0206 10 00, 0206 21 00, 0206 22 00, 0206 29
00, 0210 20 00 |
kg |
Offal of buffalo except
gonads and reproductive organs |
Free |
1. Export allowed on production of a
certificate from the designated veterinary authority of the State, from which
the meat or offals emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from
buffaloes not used for breeding and milch purposes. 2. Quality control and inspection under
Note 3 and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 and 8
above are required to be fulfilled. |
|
24 |
0206 80 10, 0206 90 10 |
kg |
Offal of Indian sheep |
Free |
Quality control and
inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at
Note 6 above are required to be fulfilled. |
|
25 |
0206 80 10, 0206 90 10 |
kg |
Offal of Indian Goat |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3
and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
5. Effect
of this notification
(i) All the amendments/changes made in Chapter 2
between August 2009 and September 2011 have been
incorporated in this notification to make it comprehensive.
(ii) Exporters
would now be required certify both (a) that the items have been
obtained/sourced from an APEDA registered integrated abattoir or from APEDA
registered meat processing plant and (b) that the raw material have been
sourced exclusively from APEDA registered integrated abattoir/abattoir.
(iii) Designated Veterinary Authority of the State are
now authorized to issue the certificate on the basis of the inspections carried
out by Veterinarians duly registered under the Indian Veterinary Council Act
1984 employed by the exporting unit in relevant laboratories.