DGFT Article, News Analysis Notification, Circulars, Policy Circulars, Press Release and Instructions issued by Direct General of Foreign Trade on Trade
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Consequent to the withdrawal of Public Notice No. SC(C)-2(44)/63-II dated 4th January 1965 and Public Notice No. SC (I)-2(44)/63-IV dated 26th March 1971 vide Public Notice No. 1/2003-04 dated 28th October 2003 issued by the Ministry of Steel, the items listed at Serial No 77 to 109 shall stand deleted.
In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, as notified in the Gazette of India extraordinary, Part-II Section 3, Sub Section (ii) vide S.O. No. 349 E dated 31.3.2002, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the following amendments in Public Notice No. 9/2002-07 dated 30.04.2002 and Public Notice No. 12/2002-07 dated 6.6.2003 prescribing the procedure for import of certain items under the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade signed on 2.3.2002.
All the Brand Rate applications starting from (date to be notified later) will be dealt with in the Brand Rate Unit in respective RLAs / DCs, as the case may be. The Brand Rate fixation in respect of applications received up to (date to be notified later) and corrections / amendments to the rate already issued will be dealt with in the DBK Cell in DGFT Hq. The exact date of effect would be notified later.
Representations were received from trade stating that the condition of matching of Allicin content is difficult to befulfilled due to lack of testing facilities for Allicin. Further, it has been reported that there would be deterioration in the content of Allicin, over a period of time.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, as amended, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby deletes Note 11 under the General Notes for All Export Product Groups as containedin the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.2, 2002-2007, as amended.
Cases where applications were filed on or after 20.2.1999 with Rubber as one of the inputs or the sole input but Licences have not been issued, or issued after excluding natural rubber as input, would be reviewed and Natural Rubber may be included or fresh Licences may be issued as the case may be after obtaining declaration that no benefit of drawback has been claimed on natural rubber used in export production. If the licence was expired, the same may be revalidated upto 31.12.2003 by the RLA. However, for such revalidation no fee or application in Appx. 10G shall be called. This shall be applicable even in respect of licence where No Bond or EODC has been issued by RLA.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Paragraph 1.1 and 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy, 2002-2007 the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the “ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 2002-2007.
Attention is invited to Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, as amended and Paragraphs 4.9 and 4.10 of the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.1, 2002-2007, as amended and also to the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.2, 2002-2007, as amended from time to time.
The applicant may apply for EPCG license wherein duty saved amount is upto Rs. 50 crores to the Regional Licensing Authority (RLA) on the basis of self-declaration subject to final fixation of nexus by the RLA. The applicant shall give an undertaking that in case the RLA subsequently disallows the Capital Goods including jigs, fixtures, dies, moulds and spares, the license holder shall pay customs duty as applicable together with 15% interest on such goods.
The matter has been deliberated upon and it is clarified that the second hand personal computers (PCs)/Laptops are covered under the definition of “second hand goods” and their import is governed by the provisions of Para 2.17 of EXIM Policy,2002-07 and not covered under the definition of “capital goods” as defined under Para 9.10 of EXIM Policy and Para 2.33 of Hand Book of Procedures (Vol.I). In view of this, second hand personal computers (PCs)/Laptops can also not to be permitted for import under EPCG scheme under the provisions of para 5.1 of the Exim Policy, even for service providers.
