Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 117 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated : 14 May, 2012
Subject: Export Policy of Sugar.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the 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,
hereby makes the following amendments in respect of Sl. No. 93 in Chapter 17 of
Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items.
2. The existing entries against Sl. No. 93 in Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of
ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items are substituted as follows:
| S.No. |
Tariff Item HS Code
|
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 93 |
1701 00 00 |
Kg |
(a) Sugar |
Free |
Prior registration of quantity with DGFT. |
| |
|
Kg |
(b) Preferential Quota Sugar to EU and USA
|
STE |
Export permitted through M/s.Indian Sugar Exim
Corporation Limited subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT
from time to time. |
2. Conditions for obtaining Registration Certificates (RCs) for export will
be specified in policy circular being issued subsequently.
3. Effect of this notification:
(i) With the issue of this notification, Export Licensing Note 1 of Chapter
17 would cease to be applicable for export of sugar which is not against Advance
Authorisation. For such exports registration of quantity with DGFT would be
mandatory. For export against Advance Authorisation Scheme there would be no
change.
(ii) There is no change in Export Licensing Note 2 of Chapter 17 (relating to
export of organic sugar).
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/Export Cell)(Part)