On June 26, 2024, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, issued Public Notice No. 13/2024-25-DGFT. This notice introduces amendments to Para 2.57 and 2.58 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023 (HBP), focusing on the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Scheme for imports.v The amendments primarily affect the procedures and eligibility criteria for imports under the TRQ Scheme:
i. Procedure for Import under TRQ Scheme:
- Imports under the TRQ Scheme align with Customs Notification No. 28/2020-Customs, dated June 23, 2020, issued by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. The scheme specifies quantities and conditions for importing specific goods, such as milk and cream, dent corn, popcorn, crude sunflower seed or safflower oil, and refined rape, colza, or mustard oil.
- Notably, the import of maize under TRQ is subject to the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh, permitting imports on actual user condition and payment of prevailing customs duty, not TRQ customs duty, pending further orders in related writ petitions.
ii. Eligible Entities for TRQ Allocation: Entities eligible to apply for TRQ allocations include:
- For milk and cream: National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED).
- For corn and other specified items: NAFED, State Cooperative Marketing Federations, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), and State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporations.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Public Notice No. 13/2024-25-DGFT Dated: 26th June 2024
Subject: Amendment in Para 2.57 and 2.58 of the Handbook of Procedures – reg.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments under Para 2.57 and 2.58 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023:
2.57 Procedure for import under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme
a. Imports under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme shall be as per the Customs Notification No. 28/2020-Customs dated 23.06.2020 of Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India as amended from time to time.
b. The details of Items covered under the TRQ Scheme are as follows —
| SI. No. | HS Codes | Description of goods | TRQ Quantity |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 0402 10 or 0402 21 00 | Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms,
(a) of a fat content by weight not exceeding 1.5%. (b)of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5%‘ – not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
10,000 MTs |
| 2. | 1005 90 11 | Dent corn (Zea mays var. indents):—-Yellow | 4,98,900 MTs |
| 1005 90 19 | Dent corn (Zea mays var. indenta):—-Other | ||
| 1005 90 20 | Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata) | ||
| 1005 90 90 | Other | ||
| 1005 90 30 | Popcorn (Zea mays var. everta) | 1,100 MTs | |
| 3. | 1512 11 | Crude sunflower seed or safflowel- oil and frctions thereof | 1,50,000 MTs |
| 4. | 1514 19 or 1514 99 | Refined rape, coiza or mustard oil and fractions thereof | 1,50,000 MTs |
c. Whereas the Hon’ble High Court of judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh vide order dated 31.12.2014 in WPMP No.43494 of 2014 and W.P.No.34771 of 2014, has permitted import of maize only on Actual User Condition and on payment of Customs duty prevailing, but not TRQ Customs duty, subject to further orders in the Writ Petition. Accordingly, TRQ on Maize shall be subject to orders of the Hon’ble High Court in the said Writ Petition.
2.58 Eligible entities for allocation of quota
The following entities shall be eligible for applying for TRQ with reference to para 2.57 of HBP:
(a) Items at para 2.57(b)(1) – National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED).
(b) Items at para 2.57(b)(2) – National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), State Cooperative Marketing Federations.
(c) Items at para 2.57(b)(3) & (4) – National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Cooperative Marketing Federation & State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporation.
Effect of this Public Notice:
Procedure and Eligibility under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme are amended.
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
Email: dgf–tanic.in
(Issued from File No. M-5409/2002/PC-2[A1/Part-I. E-17901)
