Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 75 (RE – 2013)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated: 27 March, 2014
Sub: Export of River Sand to Maldives under Bi-lateral Trade
Agreement between Government of India and Government of the Republic of
Maldives.
S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended read with Para
1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the
Central Government hereby substitutes the Export Licencing Note 2 as appearing
in Chapter 25 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items,
as below:
“Note 2
(i) Export of River Sand to Maldives permitted as per ceiling mentioned below
subject to issue of No Objection within the annual ceiling by CAPEXIL who shall
monitor the ceiling and send a quarterly report to Export Cell in DGFT:
| S. No. |
Item |
Annual Ceiling of Quantity in MTs |
| |
|
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
| 1. |
River Sand |
2 lakh |
2.5 lakh |
3 lakh |
(ii) For the export of above quantity of River Sand, CAPEXIL shall ensure
that the suppliers/extractors have obtained appropriate clearances and mining of
the sand is not undertaken in the Coastal Regulation Zone Area, which is
prohibited under the Coastal Regulation Zone notification.
(iii) In addition to above, export of River Sand will be allowed subject to the
exporter obtaining necessary environmental clearances/No Objection Certificate
from the designated nodal authority of respective State Governments from where
the River Sand is obtained. This permission will also be subject to any State
legislation/judicial orders relating to mining of River Sand”
2. Effect of this notification:
Export of the quantities of River Sand with the annual ceiling indicated in
the respective columns in Export Licencing Note 2(i) above has been permitted
for export to the Republic of Maldives under Bi-lateral Trade Agreement between
Government of India and Government of the Republic of Maldives.
(Madhusudan Prasad)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
(Issued from 01/91/171/59/AM09/Export Cell)