Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No. 29 (RE–2013)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated The 24th July, 2013
Subject: Amendment in Notification No. 18 (RE–2013)/2009-2014 dated 11th June,
2013.
S.O.(E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), read with paragraph 2.1
of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the
Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in
Notification No. 18
(RE–2013)/2009-2014 dated 11th June, 2013:
- Policy Condition 4 of Chapter 5 shall not apply to ‘human hair’. Accordingly,
the amended Policy Condition 4 shall read as under:
“Import of all live-stock products, shall be subject to a sanitary import permit
to be issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government
of India, as per Section 3A of Live-stock Importation Act, 1898, as incorporated
by Live Stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29th
August, 2001), or as amended from time to time. This condition shall not apply
to human hair under ITC (HS) Code 0501”
- The phrase ‘Import of items of animal origin or the products intended for
animal feeding containing animal origin materials’ shall replace the phrase
‘Import of all items/products’ at the beginning of the Policy Condition 1 of
Chapter 23. Accordingly, the amended Policy Condition 1 shall read as under:
“Import of items of animal origin or the products intended for animal feeding
containing animal origin materials under ITC (HS) Code 2309 ‘Preparations of a
kind used in Animal Feeding’ shall be subject to a sanitary import permit to be
issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of
India, as per Section 3A of Live-stock Importation Act, 1898, as incorporated by
Live Stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29th August,
2001), or as amended from time to time.”
2. Effect of this notification:
- Sanitary Import Permit requirements vide
Notification No. 18 of 11.6.2013
will not be applicable to Human hair under ITC (HS) Code 0501.
- Only items of animal origin or the products intended for animal feeding
containing animal origin materials under ITC (HS) Code 2309 will require
Sanitary Import Permit.
Sd/-
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in
(Issued from 01/89/180/118/AM-02/PC 2(A))