Customs - Export of non-Basmati Rice in terms of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 through Kakinada Port Reg. - Customs - 16/2015

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE COMMISSIONERATE :: VIJAYAWADA 55-17-3 :: C-14 :: 2 nd Road :: INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AUTO NAGAR :: VIJAYAWADA :: 520 007 :: A.P. C.No. VIII/.48/247/2015-Cus. Tech. Date : 16.09.2015 Public Notice No. 16/2015-Customs Sub : Customs - Export of non-Basmati Rice in terms of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 through Kakinada Port Reg. Attention of the trade is invited to para 2.02(c) of the Foreign Trade Policy effective from 01.4.2015, in terms of which the import/ export policies for all goods are indicated against each item in ITC (HS). Schedule 1 of ITC (HS) lays down the Import Policy regime while Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) details the Export Policy regime. 2. Further Sl.No.55 of Chapter 10 of the Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) details the Export Policy pertaining to the export of non-basmati Rice with the following restrictions. a) Export to be made by private parties from privately held stocks. State Trading Enterprises (STEs) including M/s. NCCF 86 NAFED are also permitted to export privately held stocks of non Basmati rice. b) Export shall be through Custom EDI ports. Export is also permitted through the non-EDI Land Custom Stations (LCS) on Indo- Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal border subject to registration of quantity with DGFT. Regional Authorities Kolkata 85 Patna and such other RAs as notified by DGFT from time to time will be the designated Regional Authorities for the purpose of such registration of quantity. 3. All Exporters are required to submit to the Customs authorities, at the time of export, a self-declaration stating that the Non-Basmati Rice proposed to be exported is from the privately held stocks in the Proforma enclosed to this Public Notice along with all the documents at the time of filing of Shipping Bill. 4. In this connection, considering the sensitivity of the non-basmati rice export, the exporters of non-basmati rice from the EDI port of Kakinada are required to produce a list of procurement containing the details viz., name and complete postal address along with PIN Code of the person from whom the stocks are procured, and quantity of all the procurements for all the Shipping Bills pertaining to the Vessel. This shall be submitted within 10 days from the date of sailing of Vessel carrying export cargo. 5. Earlier Public Notice No.19/2011 dated 21.09.2011 as amended by 20/2011 dated 07.10.2011 stands rescinded with immediate effect. Encl.: Annexure A . (S. K. RAHMAN) COMMISSIONER Annexure This is to certify that all the quantity i.e. ...(weight) MTs of (quality) rice proposed to be exported vide the Shipping Bill No. .........dated in M.V. ... (Vessel Name) is non-basmati rice and is totally from privately held stocks. In the event of anything found contrary to this effect we undertake full responsibility and will oblige the penal action proposed, if any. We further undertake that we will provide a list of procurement containing the details viz., name and complete postal address, along with PIN code, of the person from whom the stocks are procured, and quantity of all the procurements for all the shipping bills pertaining to the vessel, within ten days from the date of sailing of the vessel. Name of the Exporter Full postal address, e-mail and phone number of the exporter: