GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NOTIFICATION NO. 11 (RE-2013)/2009-2014
NEW DELHI, THE 22ND APRIL, 2013
Subject: Amendment in the Import Policy of Fish Body Oil (Refined).
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign
Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government
hereby makes the following amendment in Chapter 15 of ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1
(Import Policy):
- The Quality Parameter (iv)-Eicosapentaenoic Acid EPA + Docosaphexaenoic Acid
DHA of Fish Body Oil (Refined) under Exim Codes 1504 20 10 and 1504 20 20 as
prescribed in Policy Condition 5 at the end of Chapter 15 of ITC (HS) 2012,
Schedule 1 (Import Policy) is revised from the present ‘5-15% by weight’ to ‘Not
less than 5% by weight’. After the revision, the Quality Parameters in Policy
Condition 5 of Chapter 15 shall be as under:
| Sr. No. |
Quality Parameter |
Value |
| (i) |
Free fatty Acids: |
<0.10% (as Oleic Acod) |
| (ii) |
Moisture: |
<0.5% |
| (iii) |
Perozide value (PV): |
<10 milli equivalent/kg of oil |
| (iv) |
Eicosapentaenoic Acid EPA + Docosaphexaenoic Acid DHA:
|
Not less than 5% by weight |
| (v) |
Trans fat: |
<0.1% |
- Effect of this Notification
The prescribed standard of EPA & DHA content in Fish Body Oil (Refined) has been
revised to ‘Not less than 5% by weight’ without any upper limit.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail : [email protected]
[Issued from F. No. 01/89/180/Misc.90/AM-05/PC-2(A)]