Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi -110 011
Public Notice No. 30 /2009-2014 (RE- 2010)
The 14th February, 2011
Subject: Amendment in paragraph 4.24A related to Advance Authorisation for
Annual Requirement in HBP v1.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2009-14, following amendments are being made in the Handbook of
Procedures, Vol. 1, 2009-2014(RE 2010).
1. Amendment of clause at Sl. No. (i) of paragraph 4.24A of HBP v1:
Earlier clause:
(i) “RA while issuing Authorisation shall mention technical characteristics,
quality and specifications in respect of following inputs:-
…………………………………………………………”
Amended clause:
(i) “At the time of clearance of the import consignment against the
authorisation, exporter shall mention technical characteristics, quality and
specifications which shall be endorsed in the Bill of Entry / invoice, duly
attested by the Customs authority, in respect of following inputs:
…………………………………………………………”
Effect of this amendment:
By this amendment, exporter shall have the flexibility to import the relevant
input(s), without the need to approach the Regional authority of DGFT to amend
the authorisation, for clearance of such consignment. Inputs mentioned in clause
at Sl. No. (i) of paragraph 4.24A of HBP v1 remain the same.
2. Amendment in the 1st sentence of the clause at Sl. No. (iii) of paragraph
4.24A of HBP, v1:
Earlier clause:
(iii) “Within eligible entitlement, an exporter may apply for one or more than
one authorisations in a licensing year, subject to condition that against one
Port of registration, only one authorisation can be issued for same product
group.”
Amended clause:
(iii) “Within eligible entitlement, an exporter may apply for one or more than
one authorisation in a licensing year, subject to the condition that against one
Port of registration, not more than five authorisations can be issued for same
product group.”
Effect of this amendment:
This facility shall enable the exporter to avail upto 5 Advance Authorisations
for Annual requirement, per port of import, per product group. Earlier the
exporters were permitted only one Authorisation per port of import, per product
group.
Sd/-
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
(F. No. 01/94/180/Sectoral Review-Chapter 4/AM11/PC-4)