Import of White Poppy Seeds

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..... Import of White Poppy Seeds
News and Press Release
Dated:- 18-12-2013

The year-wise quantity and value of import of white poppy seeds in the country during the last three years is as bel .....

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..... ow: IMPORT OF POPPY SEED (HS CODE-12079100) YEAR QTY(MT) VAL (RS IN CRORE) 2010-11 16537.08 179.09 2011-12 19605.64 177.57 2012-13 13209.55 151.03 2013-14* 8893.00 189.91 Note: Figur .....

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..... es for 2013-14 (upto September 2013) is provisional. The Government protects the domestic cultivators of poppy seeds against cheap imports in two ways, by: (i) imposing a customs duty and (ii) prescr .....

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..... ibing a minimum tariff value. At present, the effective customs duty on imported poppy seeds is 25.42% ad valorem and the minimum tariff value is fixed at US $ 4,395 per MT. The information was given .....

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..... by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan in Rajya Sabha today.
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