Amendment in Para 2.61 of Hand Book of Procedure (HBP) 2015-20

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Department of Commerce
Vanijya Bhawan

Public Notice No. 41/2015-2020-DGFT| Dated: 08 December, 2022

Subject: Amendment in Para 2.61 of Hand Book of Procedure (HBP) 2015-20 reg.

F. No. 01/89/180/Misc-37/AM-07/PC-2[A]/Part-V/E-25648.—In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Para 2.61 (a), (b) and (c) of the Hand Book of Procedure (HBP) 2015-20.

2. As per the revised Appendix 2J notified, vide DGFT Public Notice No. 40/2015­20 dated 08.12.2022, the revised Para 2.61 (a), (b) and (c) of the HBP) 2015-20 reads as under:

“2.61 Eligible entities for allocation of quota

(a) Milk Powder (Tariff Code No. 0402.10 or 21) and White Butter, Butter oil, Anhydrous Milk Fat (0405): National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED).

(b) Maize (corn) (Tariff Code 1005.90): National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and State Cooperative Marketing Federations.

(c) Crude sunflower seed or safflower oil or fractions thereof (Tariff Code No. 1512.11) and Refined rape, colza, canola or mustard oil, other (Tariff Code No. 1514.19 or 1514.99): National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Cooperative Marketing Federation & State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporation”.

3. Effect of this Public Notice:

Para 2.61 of the Hand Book of Procedure (HBP) 2015-20 has been amended with respect to DGFT Public Notice No. 40/2015-20 dated 08.12.2022. Subsequent to de-notifying 4 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) i.e., MMTC, The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. (STC), PEC Limited and STCL Limited as STE under FTP -2015-20, the aforementioned entities are not eligible for allocation of quota.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from File No 01/89/180/Misc-37/AM-07/PC-2[A]/Part-V/E-25648]