Treatment the peas (other than Yellow Peas) imported during the period 25.4.2018 to 15.5.2018 - DGFT - TRADE NOTICE No. 21/2018-19

Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade 6th July, 2018 TRADE NOTICE No. 21/2018-19 To 1. RA s of DGFT 2. Customs Commissionerates 3. Members of Trade 4. Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC, Department of Revenue Subject: Treatment the peas (other than Yellow Peas) imported during the period 25.4.2018 to 15.5.2018. Government of India vide Notification No 4/2015-2020 dated 25th April, amended the import policy' of Yellow Peas from 'Free to 'Restricted'. Subsequently. vide Trade Notice No. 10 dated 16th May, 2018 , it has been clarified that the Import Policy of item under Exim Code 07131000 -Peas (pisum sativum) includes all Peas i.e. Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun peas and Kaspa peas, and the effect is not restricted to only Yellow Peas , but to all items classified under Exim Code 07131000 . 2. Considering that the clarification on inclusion of all kind of peas under 07131000 was issued on 16.05.2018, the issue as to how to treat the peas (other than Peas) imported during the period 25.4.2018 to 15.5.2018 is being clarified as under: Consignments of peas (other than Yellow Peas) imported during the period 25.4.2018 to 15.5.2018 and awaiting clearance at Customs or consignments of peas (other than Yellow Peas) with Bill of Lading prior to 16.5.2018 are permitted freely. 3. Custom Authorities are advised to verify the type of peas, while allowing clearance of consignments covered under the above stipulation. (S.P. Roy) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: [email protected] [Issued from File No. M-5012 /300/2002-PC 2(A)(e-2578)]