Shea Nut or Shea Butter Import Excluded under Advance Authorisation Scheme

· Shea Nut and Butter is a Skin Care Tonic found in Africa

· Earlier it was allowed for export production subject to pre-import condition

[DGFT Public Notice No. 43/2015-2020 dated 12 December 2022]

Effect of this Public Notice: The import item Shea Nut or Shea Butter is excluded from serial number 10 of Appendix 4J with immediate effect.

Subject:- Amendment in Appendix 4J of Handbook of Procedures 2015-20- reg.

In exercise of the powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 & 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in Appendix 4J of Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020:

1. The existing entry at Sl.no. 10 of Appendix 4J is amended to be read as under:

Serial No.	Import Item(s)	Export Obligation Period with pre- import condition from the date of clearance of each import consignment by Customs Authority
10	Import items (except Shea Nut or Shea butter) as allowed under notified SION/prior fixation of norms by NC for export of all items covered under Chapter 7 and Chapter 15 of ITC(HS) Classification.	90 days

(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/115/AM17/PC-4)