Sugar Free Assorted Confectionery SION Notified

Input Items and Quantities for Assorted Confectionery made of Cane Sugar Rationalised

[DGFT Public Notice No. 94 dated 1st February 2012]

Subject: Amendment of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) of Food Products (Product Code: ‘E’) in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14).

In exercise of the powers conferred under Para 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby revises the SION E-1 and notifies a new SION E-1A for the Export Product ‘Assorted Confectionery’ in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14) as under:

SNo.

Export Item

Qty.

 

 

Import Item

Qty. allowed

E-1

Assorted Confectionery (with Sugar)

100 Kg

1*

 

Cane Sugar

60 Kg

2

 

Liquid Glucose

20 Kg 

3

a)

 

b)

Relevant Fruit (Juice/ Pulp /Puree)

OR

Cocoa, Milk & Milk Products

15 Kg

 

10 Kg

4

 

Citric Acid/Tartaric Acid/Malic Acid (Food Grade relevant)

03 Kg

5

i)

Relevant Essential Oils

500gms

 

ii)

Relevant Food Colours

10gms

 

iii

Relevant food Flavours

100gms

6

 

Emulsifier/ Stabilizer / Glazing Agent/ Binders /Thickeners (item as per PFA Act 1955)

100gms

7

 

Other Confectionery ingredients --edible molasses, malt extracts, edible oils and fats, fruits and fruit products, nut and nut products, tea extracts, coffee extracts, edible desiccated coconut.

05 kg

8

 

Packing Material

As per packing policy

 

S.No.

Export Item

Qty.

 

 

 Import Item

Qty. allowed

E-1A

Assorted Confectionery (Sugar Free)

100 Kg

1*

a)

Saccharin Sodium

OR

200gms

 

b)

Aspertame

OR

400gms

 

c)

Acesulfame Potassium

400gms

2**

 

Starch / Modified Starch / Gelatin

60Kg

3 to 9

 

Same as item no 2 to 8 of above Norm at E-1

*Note 1. Import of artificial sweetening agents viz. Lactose/ Mannitol, as substitute inputs is not allowed against Item No. 1, as is also spelt out in Policy Circular No.13 dated 31.01.2011.

**Note 2. Tapioca Starch / Wheat Gluten is not allowed for import against item No.2 of E-1A.

2.   Effect of the Public Notice.

Description of input items have been mentioned in more specific details and quantities rationalized for export of Assorted Confectionery made of Cane Sugar. Another entry has also been created for Sugar free Assorted Confectionery.