Restriction of 10,000 tonnes per year on
Organic Sugar Export Removed
[DGFT
Notification no. 88 dated 7th July 2014]
Subject: Export
policy of sugar.
In exercise of
the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation)
Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy,
2009-2014, the Central Government, with immediate effect, hereby makes the
following amendments in Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of
Export and Import Items.
2. Existing entries as per Notification No.
15(RE-2013)/2009-2014 Dated 05.06.2013
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Chapter
17 Sugars
and Sugar Confectionery |
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S.No. |
Tariff
Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item
Description |
Export
Policy |
Nature
of Restriction |
|
93 |
1701 00
00 |
Kg |
(a)
Sugar * |
Free |
Prior
registration of quantity with DGFT. |
|
Kg |
(b)
Preferential Quota Sugar to EU and USA |
STE |
Export
permitted through M/s.Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Limited subject to quantitative
ceiling notified by DGFT from time to time. |
||
*Export
of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i) Sucrose IP/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR
& LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes (ii) Sugar sachets (white &
brown) (iii) Castor sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown sugar (vi) Icing
sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii) Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x)
Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl sugar and (xii) Trimoline (invert sugar)] would not be
subject to registration requirement.
Export
Licensing Note of Chapter 17
Note
1
Deleted.
Note
2
Export
of 10,000 MTs of organic sugar, per annum will be permitted subject to
following conditions:
(i) The
sugar should be duly certified by APEDA as being organic sugar;
(ii) Export
contracts should be registered with APEDA, New Delhi prior to shipment;
(iii) Exports
shall be allowed only from Customs EDI Ports.
Amended
entries:
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Chapter 17 Sugars and Sugar
Confectionery |
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|
S.No. |
Tariff
Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item
Description |
Export
Policy |
Nature
of Restriction |
|
93 |
1701 00
00 |
Kg |
(a)
Sugar * |
Free |
Prior
registration of quantity with DGFT. |
|
Kg |
(b)
Preferential Quota Sugar to EU and USA |
STE |
Export
permitted through M/s.Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Limited subject to
quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT from time to time. |
||
*Sugar
includes Organic Sugar. However, export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i)
Sucrose IP/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR & LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i)
Sugar cubes (ii) Sugar sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor sugar (iv)
Demerara sugar (v) Light brown sugar (vi) Icing sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar
(viii) Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x) Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl sugar and
(xii) Trimoline (invert sugar)] would not be subject to registration
requirement.
Export
Licensing Note of Chapter 17
Note
1
Deleted.
Note
2
Export
of organic sugar without any quantity limits, will be permitted till the time
export of sugar is “Free”. Such export will be subject to following conditions:
(i) The
sugar should be duly certified by APEDA as being organic sugar;
(ii) Prior
registration of quantity with DGFT through online system.
3. Effect
of this notification
(i) The quantity ceiling for export of organic
sugar has been removed till the time export of sugar is permitted “Freely”.
(ii) Export of organic sugar would be permitted
subject to registration of quantity with DGFT and certification by APEDA as
sugar being organic sugar.
(iii) There is no change in other
conditions relating to export of sugar.