Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of
Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade
TRADE NOTICE NO. 21/2018
17th November, 2017
To
1. RA’s of DGFT 2. Customs Commissionerates 3. Members of
Trade 4. Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC, Department of Revenue
Subject: Implementation of MOU between India and Mozambique for import of
pigeon peas and other pulses grown in Mozambique – reg.
Vide Notification No 19 dated 5.8.2017, import policy of Pigeon Peas (Cajanus
cajan)/Toor Dal under EXIM Codes: 0713 60 00, 0713 90 10 and 0713 90 90 was
revised from ‘free’ to `restricted’ and imports were subject to an annual
(fiscal year) quota of 2 lakh MT as per the procedure notified. The notification
had also laid down that this restriction will not apply to Government’s import
commitments under any bilateral/regional Agreement/MOU.
2. In this
regard, as per Article 3 (2) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of the Republic of Mozambique and Government of the Republic of India
on cooperation in the field of production and marketing of pigeon peas, both
parties have agreed to target export of 1,25,000 MT of pigeon peas and other
pulses grown in Mozambique to India during 2017-18.
3. Till now, around
40,000 MT has already been imported from Mozambique. Accordingly, only 85,000 MT
is to be imported further. The remaining quantity will be allowed for import
subject to following conditions:
a. Import will be allowed only through
the following 5 ports: (i) Mumbai, (ii) Tuticorin, (iii) Chennai, (iv) Kolkata,
and (v) Hazira
b. Import will be subject to production of “Certificate of
Origin” certified by the authorized signatories with stamps provided by the
Government of Mozambique, which is being shared with the concerned Customs
authorities of the above ports and CBEC.
c. While providing the Origin
Certificate (including details exporter, importer and quantity of pulses), the
designated authority will send a scanned copy of the certificate to
[email protected] and [email protected]. The importer here in India will send a
mail to DGFT with scanned copy of the certificate issued as above, for NOC on
the same e-mail address as above, i.e., [email protected] [email protected].
DGFT will compare both these documents and allow NOC to the applicant, based on
which Customs will clear the consignments.
d. For shipments in the
transit, the importer will be required to get NoC from DGFT based on the Origin
Certificated issued to him by the Mozambican Authority. The Customs will clear
consignments only on getting NOC from DGFT.
(S. P. Roy) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail:
[email protected] [Issued from File No. M-5012/300/2002-PC 2(A)(e-2578)]
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