Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 26 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated : 28 February, 2011
Subkject:- Export of Honey to USA and European
Union.
S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government, with immediate effect,
makes the following amendments in
Notification No 66(RE – 2008)/2004-2009 dated
01.12.2008.
2. Vide Notification No 66(RE – 2008)/2004-2009 dated 01.12.2008, a new
Chapter 4 with Serial Number 33 A relating to export of Honey to USA was
inserted in the Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items.
Now, by this notification the existing entries of Chapter 4 in the Schedule 2 of
ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items are substituted as follows:
“Chapter-4
| Sl. No. |
Tariff Item HS Code
|
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 33 A |
04090000 |
Kg |
Natural Honey |
Free |
Export of honey to USA and European Union(EU) shall
be allowed subject to the following conditions:
1. Honey exported shall
be ‘wholly obtained’ Indian origin honey only, and;
2. No blending of
Indian honey shall be permitted with honey originating from any other
country.” |
3. Effect of this notification:
Now, the conditions mentioned in the Column “Nature of Restriction” in the
Table at para 2 above shall be applicable for export of Honey to European Union
also. Earlier it was applicable on export of Honey to USA only.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/52/AM09/Export Cell)