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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department
of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No. 11/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated : 23rd June, 2017
Subject: Amendment in export policy of Muli Bamboo and export policy for
bamboo products.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 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 amendments, with immediate effect, in Chapter 14 of Schedule
2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items, as an ended from time to
time :
A. The existing entries against SI. No. 90, Chapter 14 of Schedule
2 of ITC(HS) Classification, shall be substituted as follows:
| SI. No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 90 |
1401 10 00 |
Tons |
Muli Bamboo (melocanna bacifera) |
Free till 31.03.2019 |
1. All the Muli Bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for
export subject to proper documentatior /Certificate of Origin (CoO) and
compliance of transit rule of concerned State Forest Department for
transportation.
2. The CoO shall be issued by the concerned
State Forest Department from where Muli Bamboo has been procured by the
exporter. |
B. A new entry at SI. No. 90 B in Chapter 14 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS)
Classification, shall be added as follows:-
| SI. No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 90 B |
1401 10 00 |
Either Tons or Square Meter or number |
Bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal source; except
bamboo charcoal, bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots |
Free |
1. All the bamboo products made from bamboo obtained from legal
sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/
Certificate of Origin (CoO) proving that the bamboo used for making
products has been obtained from legal sources.
2. The CoO shall be
issued by the concerned State Forest Department/ Agriculture Department
from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser of making
handicrafts/machine made products. |
2. Effect of this notification
Export of Mull Bamboo till 31st March, 2019 and bamboo products (except bamboo
charcoal, bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots) mace from bamboo obtained
from legal sources has been permitted.
(A.K. Bhalla)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail:
[email protected]
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/162/59/AM16/Export Cell)
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