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Import of poppy seeds
Notification No. 27 dated 1st
August 2000
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.
After amendment the following will read as under:
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Exim
Code No.
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Items
description
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Policy
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Conditions
relating to the policy
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Import
permitted against SIL/ Public Notice
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12079100
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Poppy
seeds
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Restricted
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Import
subject to Licensing Note No. 4 below.
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Import
permitted again
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3.
In the Import Licensing Notes appearing in Chapter 12 of the said ITC
(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002 the following clause
shall be inserted at the end:
�(4)
Import of Poppy Seeds (Exim Code No. 120791 00) shall be allowed subject to the
following conditions:
(a)
Import permitted only from Australia, Austria, France, China, Hungry, the
Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Czech Republic;
(b)
The importer shall produce an appropriate certificate from the competent
authority of the exporting country that Opium Poppy have been grown licitly /
legally in that country as per requirements of International Narcotics Control
Bureau; and
(c)
All import contracts for this item shall compulsory be registered with
the Narcotics Commissioner, Gwalior prior to import.�
This issues in Public Interest.
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