Product Designation for Commercial Import of Premium Frozen Duck Meat into India - Customs - Instruction No-04/2024

Instruction No. 04/2024-Customs F. No. 401/25/2024-Cus-III Government of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs) Room No. 229A, New Delhi dated, 07th March, 2024 To All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners (Customs/Customs (Preventive)/ Customs Central Tax), All Pr. Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs/Customs (Preventive) All Pr. Director /Director Generals under CBIC Subject -Product Designation for Commercial Import of Premium Frozen Duck Meat into India reg. Madam/Sir, Reference is Invited to Customs Notification No 13/2024-Customs dt. 06.03 2024 relating to Import of Frozen Duck Meat read with DGFT Notification No 66/2023 dt. 06.03 2024 . (Copies enclosed) 2. In this regard, reference is also invited to OM No L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625) dated 22nd February 2024 enclosing the Annexure regarding Product designation for commercial Import of premium frozen duck meat Into India from the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on the above-mentioned subject (copy enclosed). 3. Vide the above communication, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has designated the Regional Officer/Quarantine Officer, Animal Quarantine Certification Services located at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru to certify that the Imported goods are meat and edible offal, of ducks, frozen (other than backs of ducks, frozen) meeting the parameter as Annex to OM dt. 22.02 2024. 4. It is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction. 5. The difficulties, if any, In the implementation may be brought to the notice of the Board. Encl : As stated (Radhe Krishna) Under Secretary to the Government of India Email: [email protected] Tele: 011- 23094012 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION NO. 13/2024-Customs New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 G.S.R. 158(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E), dated the 30th June, 2017 , namely:- In the said notification, (1) in the Table, after S. No. 3AA and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely: - (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 3AB. 0207 42 00; 0207 45 00 Meat and edible offal, of ducks, frozen 5% - 116 ; (2) in the Annexure, after condition number 115 and the entries relating thereto, the following condition number and entries shall be inserted, namely: - (1) (2) 116. If, at the time of import, - (a) the importer furnishes a certificate to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, from the designated officer in terms of O.M. No. L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625), dated 22nd February, 2024, issued by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, that the imported goods are meat and edible offal, of ducks, frozen (other than backs of ducks, frozen), satisfying the parameters specified in the Annex to the said O.M.; and (b) the importer furnishes to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, - i. a certificate from an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Tourism recommending that the importer is a 3-Star and above operational hotel as per notification issued by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, as amended, or ii. a valid restricted import authorisation issued under DGFT notification No. 66/2023, dated 06th March, 2024, as amended ; 2. This notification shall come into force on the 07th day of March, 2024. [F. No. CBIC-190354/166/2023-TO(TRU-I)] VIKRAM VIJAY WANERE, Under Secy. Note: The principal notification No. 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E), dated the 30th June, 2017 , and was last amended vide notification No. 10/2024-Customs, dated the 19th February, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 115(E), dated the 19th February, 2024. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) NOTIFICATION No. 66/2023 New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 Subject: Amendment in import policy condition for Duck Meat Chapter 2 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule I (Import Policy) S.O. 1118(E). In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of FT (D R) Act, 1992 , and read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 , as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby revises the import policy condition of the following items under ITC(HS) Code 02074200 and 02074500 of Chapter 2 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule I(Import Policy), as under: Exim Code Item Description Import Policy Existing Policy Condition Revised Policy condition 02074200 -Of ducks : -- Not cut in pieces, frozen Free - Import of Premium Duck Meat as per DAHD OM No. L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625) dated 22.02.2024 and under Department of Revenue Notification No. 13/2024-Customs dated 06.03.2024 for supply to Hotels and Restaurants shall be Restricted . Other Imports under given ITC(HS) code shall be Free . 02074500 -Of ducks : -- Other, frozen Free - Import of Premium Duck Meat as per DAHD OM No. L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625) dated 22.02.2024 and under Department of Revenue Notification No. 13/2024-Customs dated 06.03.2024 for supply to Hotels and Restaurants shall be Restricted . Other Imports under given ITC(HS) code shall be Free . Effect of the Notification: Import of Premium Duck Meat as per DAHD OM No. L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625) dated 22.02.2024 and under Department of Revenue Notification No. 13/2024-Customs dated 06.03.2024 for supply to Hotels and Restaurants shall be Restricted . Other Imports under ITC(HS) codes 02074200 and 02074500 shall be Free . This is issued with the approval of Minister of Commerce Industry. SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI, Director General of Foreign Trade Ex- officio Addl. Secy. [F. No. 01/89/180/200/AM-02/PC-2(A)/Part-I. /E-31445]