The Government of India, through Public Notice No. 08 (RE-99)/1997-2002, issued on 8th May 1999, amended the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1) for the Export and Import Policy 1997-2002. This notice revised the DEPB (Duty Entitlement Pass Book) rates and value caps for specific product groups. For plastic, the DEPB rate for printed flexible packaging material was set at 18%, with value caps of Rs. 200/kg for pouches and Rs. 150/kg for other forms. For chemicals, Deltamethrin (Decamethrin) Technical Minimum 98% had a DEPB rate of 17% with a cap of Rs. 8000/kg. In engineering products, multi-cylinder fuel injection pumps for diesel engines were assigned a DEPB rate of 15%, with a cap of Rs. 8500 per unit. In the food product category, meat products had a DEPB rate of 2%. The notice also included amendments to the descriptions of specific export products, such as updating the plastic product description to “Single side decorative laminates with or without barrier paper” and correcting entries for textile products like manmade-cotton blended fabrics and acrylic fur fabric.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 8 (RE-99) /1997-2002
NEW DELHI: 8th May, 1999
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, as notified in the Gazette of India extraordinary, Part-II- Section 3 – Sub- section (ii) vide S.O No. 283(E) dated 31.3.97, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1) (RE-99), 1997-2002.
1. The following shall be added in the respective product groups as given in Appendix- 28A.
Product Group: Plastic
Product code: 63
|
S.No. |
Description |
DEPB rate |
Value cap for DEPB entitlement |
|
143 |
Printed flexible packaging material of one layer or printed or unprinted adhesive laminated/extrusion laminated flexible packaging material of multi layers of relevant substrate with or without hotmel in the form of rolls/strips/strips/sheets/ labels/ wrappers or in pouch form. |
18% |
Rs.200/kg for pouch and Rs.150/kg for others. |
Product Group: chemical
Product Code: 62
|
975 |
Deltamethrin (Decamethrin) Technical Minimum 98% |
17% |
Rs.8000/kg. |
Product Group: Engineering
Product code: 61
|
584 |
Multi cylinder fuel injection pumps for diesel engines |
15% |
Rs.8500/pcs. |
Product Group: food
Product Code:67
|
14 |
Meat products |
2% |
2. The description of export product given in S.No. 70 of plastic product shall be amended to read as “Single side decorative laminates with or without barrier paper”.
3. The description of export product given in S.No. 475 of Engineering product shall be amended to read as “Spherical Grey/malleable/ Ductile iron castings Rough/machined”.
4. The table at S.No. 43 of textile product shall be corrected to read as follows:
|
43 |
Dyed and/or Printed
a) Fabrics/ sarees b) Madeups c) Hosiery made from 100% polyester filament yarn/texturised yarn ‘with or without embroidery’ and/or ‘with or without metallised yarn’ |
19.00
14.00 16.00 |
Rs. 300/kg.
… Rs.300/kg. |
|
44 |
a) Dyed and/or – manmade-cotton blended fabric ‘with or without embroidery’ and/or ‘with or without metallised yarn’ (manmade content not less than 50% by weight) b) Dyed and/or printed manmade -Cotton blended fabric ‘with or without embroidery’ and/or ‘with or without metallised yarn’ (manmade content between 25% and 50% by weight). |
14.00 12.00 |
Rs.300/kg. for fabrics with embroidery or with metallised yarn.
|
|
45 |
Acrylic fur fabric ‘with or without embroidery’ and/or ‘‘with or without metallised yarn’ (Acrylic content 100%) |
13.00 |
Rs.300/kg. for fabrics with embroidery or with metallised yarn. |
This issues in public interest.
Sd/-
(N.L.Lakhanpal)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Copy to all concerned,
By orders etc.
(Ajay Sahai)
Jt. Director General of Foreign Trade
(F.No.01/94/180/504/AM00/PC-IV)
