In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the amendments to Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015-20. These amendments shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st April, 2015.
It operationalises the provisions of Memorandum of Understanding dated 23.10.2010 between India and Bangladesh by facilitating border trade between the two through two new border Haats at Kamalasagar, Tripura on the Indian side and Tarapur Kasba on Bangladesh side.
ANF3B-2 for claiming benefit of Served From India Scheme (SFIS) for foreign exchange earned in the year 2014-15 is being notified.
In supersession of the earlier Public Notice No. 4/2015-20 dated 1st April, 2015, the procedure for implementation of the Track and Trace system for export of drug formulations has been modified.
(i) Revised procedure to be followed by Pre-shipment Inspection Agencies (PSIAs) for issue of Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificates (PSICs), with effect from 01.07.2015, has been notified.
Time upto 30.04.2016 has been prescribed for export of 1998.5917 MTs value added products of Red Sanderswood by Government of Andhra Pradesh, permitted vide Public Notice No. 42 (RE-2013)/2009-2014 dated 03.12.2013
Procedure notified vide Public Notice No. 73 (RE-2013)/2009-2014 dated 18.11.2014 for export of Certified Organic Products, except Textiles, would come into effect from 01.06.2015.
The quantity of sugar to be exported to EU under CXL Quota and to USA under TRQ upto 30.09.2015 has been notified.
Pre-import condition shall be mandatory for import of raw sugar under Advance Authorisation scheme. Export obligation period for raw sugar imported under Advance Authorisation has been reduced to six months from the date of clearance of each consignment by customs authority.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 7/2015-2020 DATED THE 1st May, 2015 For border trade between India and China, the CIF value per consignment is being increased from ₹ 1,00,000/- to ₹ 2,00,000/- in case of Nathula, while for Gunji and Namgaya Shipkila, the existing CIF value limit of ₹ 25,000/- is being enhanced to ₹ 1,00,000/-.
