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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of
Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
TRADE NOTICE NO.
15/(2015-2020)
Dated: 31st August, 2017
To
1. All RA’s of DGFT
2. All Customs Commissionerates
3.
Members of Trade
Subject: Implementation of Notification No. 19 dated 5.8.2017– reg.
Reference is invited to
Notification No. 19 dated 5th Aug, 2017
amending the
import policy of Pigeon Peas (Cajanus Cajan)/ Toor Dal under Chapter 7 of the
ITC(HS) 2017 and
Trade Notice No 13 dated 11th Aug, 2017 on the above subject.
2.
Trade Notice No. 13 dated 11th Aug, 2017 has provided for import [as per para
2,17 and 9.11 of the Handbook of the Procedure (2015-2020)] of Pigeon Peas/Toor
Dal for which irrevocable Letters of Credit have been opened prior to 5th
August, 2017 and subsequently registered with the jurisdictional RAs, as per
provisions of Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20).
3.
Subsequently representations have been received indicating that some firms have
entered into contracts prior to 5th August, 2017 for import of Pigeon Peas/Toor
Dal with either (i) advance payment, or (ii) some advance payment and rest
amount payable in Cash against Documents (CAD), or (iii) 100% CAD.
4. The
matter has been considered and the Director General of Foreign Trade, in
exercise of powers under Para 2.58 of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20), by
relaxing the provisions of Para 1.05, hereby allows registration of such
Contracts with the Regional authorities of DGFT for import of Pigeon Peas
(Cajanus Cajan)/ Toor Dal, wherein advance payment had been made (full or in
part) prior to 5th Aug, 2017 and for which a contract/purchase invoice and payment
details certified by the bank are available.
5. Further, in relaxation of
the provision of time limit for registration of contracts, as in Para 1.05 of
FTP, such contracts must be registered with the Jurisdictional Regional
Authorities headed only by the Additional DGFTs, latest by 7th September, 2017
(5.00 p.m.). Applicants seeking relaxation in Para 1.05 of FTP (2015-20) may
submit their application to the jurisdictional RAs headed by Addl. DGFT, for
registration of their contracts wherein advance payment had been made prior to
5th Aug, 2017, by making an online payment of Rs 2000/- as application fee for
seeking relaxation in Policy/procedure as per Appendix 2K.
6.
Accordingly, such contracts shall be registered by the Zonal RAs i.e Chennai,
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and RAs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ludhiana
as per their jurisdiction, only after duly verifying that firms have entered
into contracts prior to the date of issuance of the notification and where
advance payments have been made against a contract/ purchase invoice and where
the payment objective/ intent is clearly mentioned in the payment transaction
document by the bank concerned as import of Pigeon Peas/ Toor Dal. The
registration will be permitted only with the approval of the Head of Office.
(S. P. Roy)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: shyama.roy
nic.in
[Issued from File No. M-5012/300/2002-PC 2(A)]
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