Amendment in para 2.107 of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020 - DGFT - 23/2015-2020

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) PUBLIC NOTICE No. 23/2015-2020 New Delhi, the 7th September, 2021 F. No. 01/93/180/63/AM-21/PC-2(B)/e-27749.- In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby revises Para 2.107 of Handbook of Procedure to incorporate the following items under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India-Mauritius CECPA, besides laying down the procedure for import of the following items under TRQ as Annexure III to Appendix 2A in accordance with Table 4 of Notification No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 on India-Mauritius CECPA: Description HS No. In/out of quota rate (%)as per WTO In-quota Tariff rate Notification Tariff Rate Quota Quantity The following items are permitted under the TRQ under India-Mauritius CECPA# Fresh : -- Other 06031900 - 30% No. 25/2021- Customs dated 31 st March, 2021 15 tons Pineapples 08043000 - 10% 1000 tons Lichi 08109060 - 10% 250 tons Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground 09051000 - 10% 15 tons Vanilla : Crushed or ground 09052000 - 10% 1 ton Tunas 16041410 - 0% 7000 tons Other 16041490 - 0% 7000 tons Other prepared or preserved fish 16042000 - 0% 7000 tons Other (Specialty Sugar) 17011490 - 10% 15000 tons Beer made from malt. 22030000 - 25% 2,000,000 litres Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake);mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. 22060000 - 0% 5000 litres In containers holding 2 l or less----- Rum 22084011 - 0% No. 25/2021- Customs dated 31 st March, 2021 1.50 million litres In containers holding 2 l or less--------- Other 22084012 - 0% 1.50 million litres Other------ Rum 22084091 - 0% 1.50 million litres Other------ other 22084092 - 0% 1.50 million litres Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories. 6102; 6103; 6104; 6105; 6106; 6109;6110; 6111; 6112 6203; 6304; - - Details of the HS Codes as in Table 3 of the above Notification 7.5 million pieces$ #Imports will be permitted subject to the arrangements /Procedure as laid down in Annexure-III of Appendix-2A. $ Out of total quota of 7.5 million pieces, at least 5 million pieces of aggregate of all such items have been manufactured from yarn/fabric sourced from India. 2. Annexure III of Appedix -2A is as annexed. 3. Effect of this Public Notice : TRQ for items as in Table 4 of Notification No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 on India-Mauritius CECPA and procedure for such imports is notified. Also see. PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 31/2015-2020 dated 28-10-2021 AMIT YADAV,Director General of Foreign Trade Ex- officio Addl. Secy. Annexure-III to Appendix-2A Imports of Items under the TRQ of the India- Mauritius CECPA (i) The total quantum of items that can be imported under India- Mauritius CECPA shall be as follows. S. No. ITC(HS) Code Description Tariff Rate Quota Quantity (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 06031900 Fresh : -- Other 15 tons 2. 08043000 Pineapples 1000 tons 3. 08109060 Lichi 250 tons 4. 09051000 Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground 15 tons 5. 09052000 Vanilla : Crushed or ground 1 ton 6. 16041410 Tunas 7000 tons 7. 16041490 Other 7000 tons 8. 16042000 Other prepared or preserved fish 7000 tons 9. 17011490 Specialty Sugar 15000 tons 10. 22030000 Beer made from malt. 2,000,000 litres 11. 22060000 Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake);mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non- alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. 5000 litres 12. 22084011 In containers holding 2 l or less: ---- Rum 1.50 million litres 13. 22084012 In containers holding 2 l or less: ---- Other 1.50 million litres 14. 22084091 Other Rum 1.50 million litres 15. 22084092 Other other 1.50 million litres 16. 6102; 6103; 6104; 6105; 6106; 6109;6110; 6111; 6112 and 6203; 6304; Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories.* 7.5 million pieces** *Details of the HS Codes as in Table 3 of the Customs Notification mentioned above. ** Out of total quota of 7.5 million pieces, at least 5 million pieces of aggregate of all such items should have been manufactured from yarn/fabric sourced from India. ii. These imports will be permitted subject to the following arrangements/ procedure:- a. Import would be subject to Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 25/2021-Customs dated the 31st March, 2021 (as amended form time to time) relating to India-Mauritius CECPA. b. All applications must accompany a pre-purchase agreement from one of the eligible exporters of specified items in Mauritius. The pre-purchase agreement must indicate the quantity and the duration of fulfillment of the contract. The list of eligible exporting entities of the item from Mauritius shall be decided by the Government of Mauritius. c. At the time of clearance of the import consignment, the importer in India must produce a Certificate of Origin issued by concerned authorities in Mauritius. d. The year in respect of these imports will be the period from 1st April to 31st March, i.e. financial year in India. e. All applications for grant of import authorization shall be sent only through e-mail at importdgft@ nic.in in the prescribed format as given below: Sl. No. Name and Registered office address of the applicant IEC No. Item sought to be imported ITC (HS) Code Qty. applied for (MTs) CIF value (Rs.) Fee Date of submission of the application Port of Registration of TRQ. f. Allocation will be made equally among the eligible applicant subject to quantity applied. The application in ANF 2M and ANF1 along with the requisite fee is required to be filed online. The application should be sent by 28th February of the financial year, for allocation in the next financial year. g. The TRQ authorisation shall contain the name and address of the importer, Importer Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as applicable, quantity and validity period of the certificate. h. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES). i. Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting electronically in the ICES system.