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APEDA will ensure that the overall ceiling earmarked for value added sugar in consumer pack upto 2 kgs shall not exceed the limit of 25,000MTs for the Current Licensing year 1999-2000 under any circumstances. As soon as the ceiling is exhausted, APEDA will report this fact to the M/O Commerce , EP(Agri.II ) Section as well as to this office.
It has been decided to release a ceiling of 1 million tons of wheat for export and also to allow export of wheat products without any quantitative ceiling during the Current Licensing year of 1999-2000 and place it at the disposal of APEDA who will allocate the ceiling as per procedure laid down by them.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade ( Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Paragraph 1.3 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002 ( incorporating amendments made up to 31.3.1999), the Central Government hereby makes following amendments in the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002.
The consignments accompanying a certificate for grade of raw silk of 2 A and above given by any foreign certifying agency, whether specified or not in the Licensing Note 3 above (inserted vide Notification No. 9 dated 19.5.99) may be treated as of grade 2A and above and permitted to be cleared on the strength of the said certificates without any reference to Central Silk Board(CSB).
It is hereby clarified that, the consignments of Mulberry Raw Silk, pending clearance from the Customs, which were accompanied by certificate for grade of raw silk given by any of the notified agencies specified in the Notification No. 9(RE 99) 1997-2002 dated the 19th May, 1999, may be permitted to be cleared on the strength of the said certificates from such notified agencies without further reference to the Central Silk Board(CSB), except in cases where samples had already been drawn and where the C.S.B. had challenged/disputed the gradation of Raw Silk certified by a foreign inspection agency.
In exercise of powers conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items , 1997-2002 published on 31st March, 1997 (RE-98) as amended from time to time, namely.
The matter has been considered carefully and it is clarified that in terms of Public Notice No. 6 (RE-99) dated 6.4.1999, wherever exports have already been completed prior to the date of this Public Notice, but exports have been completed outside the export obligation period, then such exports are deemed to have been made within the prescribed export obligation period and no penalty is to be charged for such regularisation /extension. However , no refund whatsoever is permissible in cases where any penalties etc may have already been paid.
Representations have been received from the individual exporters as well as Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council regarding classification of sarees/dhoties/lungies in textile group under DEPB scheme. The matter has been examined and it has been decided that unhemmed and or unstiched sarees/ dhoties/ lungies are classifiable as fabrics whereas hemmed and or stiched sarees/dhoties/lungies are classifiable as madeups under the DEPB scheme.
Attention is invited to para 2 of Notification No. 2 (RE-99)/1997-2002 dated 31.3.99 wherein it is notified that any item importable under Special Import License (SIL) shall be importable on surrender of SIL equivalent to three times the c.i.f. value of imports, except in those cases where the requirement of surrender of SIL is more than three times the c.i.f. value of imports.
In exercise of powers conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items , 1997-2002 published on 31st March, 1997 (RE-98) as amended from time to time, namely.