(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTA ORDINARY
PART-I SECTION-1)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE No 184 (RE: 2008)/2004-2009
NEW DELHI, DATED 5th JUNE, 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following additions/corrections in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.2, 2004-2009, as amended from time to time.
2. In the statement of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) as contained in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2), 2004-2009, as amended from time to time, amendments/corrections at appropriate place as mentioned inANNEXURE “A” to this Public Notice are made.
This issues in Public interest.
Sd/-
(R.S. GUJRAL)
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
and EX-OFFICIO ADDITIONAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Issued from File No. 01/85/162/349/AM06/DES.VI
ANNEXURE “A”
to Public Notice No. 184 (RE: 2008)/2004-2009 dated 05.06.2009
AMENDMENTS/CORRECTIONS
Description of import item in the norm covered by entry at Sl. No. E-125 under Food Products is amended as under:-
| Sr.No. | Export Item | Quantity | Import Item | Quantity |
| E-125 | Shea Stearine | 1 M.T. | 1.Shea Nuts (Oil content
45+/-1% OR Shea Butter 2. Tonsil Bleaching Earth 3. Acetone |
5.20 MT **
2.295 MT 0.05 MT 0.04 MT |
**For every one percent increase in the oil content beyond 46% in Shea Nut, the permitted quantity for its import may decrease by 150 kgs on pro-rata basis and for every one percent decrease in oil content below 44% in Shea Nut, the permitted quantity for its import may increase by 150 kgs on prorata basis.
“NOTE :- For item No. 1 of import items viz. Shea Nuts, customs authority to draw samples for every bill of entry and test the same for its oil content. The customs authority to endorse on the Bill of Entry the oil content of each consignment. Regional Authority to redeem authorizations based on the weighted average of oil content so endorsed by the customs authority. However, clearance of import consignments should not be held back till the results are obtained, but to be allowed upon customs examination & drawing of Samples.”
