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Amendment in general notes regarding Import Policy
Notification No. 3 dated 31st
March 2001
In exercise of powers
conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of
the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central Government hereby makes the
following amendments in the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items,
1997-2002 published on 31st March, 1997 (RE-98), as amended from time
to time, namely:
2.
The following shall be added after paragraph 6 of Chapter 1A (General
notes regarding Import Policy) of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import
Items, 1997-2002:
7.
Import of meat and poultry products will be subject to the compliance of
conditions regarding manufacture, slaughter, packing, labelling and quality
conditions as laid down in Meat Food Products Order, 1973. All manufacturers of
meat/poultry products exporting their goods to India shall be required to meet
the sanitary and hygienic requirements as stipulated under Schedule-II of the
aforementioned Order. The imported product shall also comply with the specified
packaging, labelling and quality standards as laid down in Schedule-IV of the
Order. Compliance of these conditions is to be ensured before allowing customs
clearance of the consignment.
8.
Import of all such edible/food products, domestic sale and manufacture of
which are governed by Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, shall be
subject to all the conditions laid down in the aforesaid Act. Import of all
these products will have to comply with the quality and packaging requirements
as laid down in the Act. Compliance of these conditions is to be ensured before
allowing customs clearance of the consignment.
9.
Import of all primary agricultural products will be subject to a Bio
Security & Sanitary-Phyto Sanitary import permit, to be issued by Department
of Agriculture and Co-operation, as per conditions of Plants, Fruits and Seeds
(Regulation of Import into India) Order, 1989. The permit will be based on
Import Risk Analysis of the product, to be conducted on scientific principles,
in accordance with the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary
measures. The Import Risk Analysis will be conducted based on various scientific
principles, including inter alia,
(a)
The type of pests etc. known to be associated with the particular product
in the exporting country;
(b)
The organisms already established in India; and
(c)
The potential impact of such organisms on India�s international trade.
10.
Irrespective of the Policy indicated against the exim code nos. 090220 04
and 090240 06 in column 3 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import
Items, 1997-2002, the import of these items will be subject to the conditions of
the provisions of the Tea Waste (Control) Order, 1959 as amended from time to
time. Import of tea waste is to be allowed only to the licence holders under the
aforementioned Order issued by Tea Board.
11.
Import of textile and textile articles is permitted subject to the
condition that they shall not contain any of the hazardous dyes whose handling,
production, carriage or use is prohibited by the Government of India under the
provisions of clause (d) of subsection (2) of section 6 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with the relevant rule(s) framed
thereunder. For this purpose, the import consignments shall accompany a
pre-shipment certificate from the notified agencies. In cases where such
certificates are not available, the consignment will be cleared after testing of
the same from the notified agencies.
3. This
issues in Public Interest.
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