Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No. 23 /2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: 7 October, 2015
Subject:- Export Policy of rice.
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 1.02 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-20, the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect, in
Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items relating to export of rice:
2. The existing entries against Sl. No. 55, 56 & 58 of Chapter 10 of Schedule 2
of ITC(HS) Classification of
Export & Import Items are replaced as under:
Chapter 10
Cereals
| Sl. No |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 55 |
1006 20 00
1006 30
1006 30 10
1006 30 90
1006 40 00 |
Kg. |
Non Basmati Rice |
Free |
1. Export to be made by private
parties from privately held stocks.
State Trading Enterprises (STEs)
including M/s. NCCF & NAFED
are also permitted to export
privately held stocks of nonBasmati
rice.
2. Export shall be through Custom
EDI ports. Export is also permitted
through the non-EDI Land Custom
Stations (LCS) on Indo-Bangladesh
and Indo-Nepal border subject to
registration of quantity with DGFT.
RAs Kolkata & Patna and such
other RAs as notified by DGFT
from time to time will be the
designated RAs for the purpose of
such registration of quantity. |
| 56 |
1006 10 10 |
Kg |
Rice of seed quality |
Restricted |
Export permitted under license
subject to following conditions:
(i) submission of following
documents to Customs at the time
of export:
(a) A license to carry on the
business of a dealer in seeds issued
under Section 3 of the Seed Control
Order (1983) from the State
Government; and
(b) Declaration that the export
consignment of seeds has been
chemically treated and is not fit for
human consumption; and
(ii) Export packets will be labeled
that seeds are treated with chemical
insecticides and cannot be used for
food or feed purposes. |
| 58 |
1006 10 90 |
Kg |
Other [rice in husk
(paddy or rough) other than seed quality] |
Restricted |
Export permitted under license. |
Note 1 Export of wild variety of wheat and paddy seed is restricted. See chapter
12 for details.
3. Effect of this notification:
Export of rice of seed quality has been moved from ‘Free’ to ’Restricted’
category.
(Anup Wadhawan)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/775/AM10/ Export Cell)
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