Public Notice No. 36 dated 17th
September 2002 (As amended by Public Notice No. 52 dated 5th December
2002)
The issue of grant of advance licences for import of garlic
against export of garlic products has been engaging the attention of the DGFT
Head office for quite some time. The matter has been examined.
2.���� For the notice of general public and RLAs,
the Director General of Foreign Trade, in exercise of powers conferred on him
under paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, as notified in
the Gazette of India extraordinary, part-II Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide
S.O. No. 349(E) dated 31.3.2002, here by notifies that the advance licences
under para 4.7 of the Handbook of Procedures, Vol 1 (1st April, 2002
� 31st march, 2007) for import of garlic against export of garlic
products shall be issued by the�
Regional Licensing Authorities with
(i) prior import condition, and
(ii)����� the condition that the weight of Allicin
content in import and export should match with a variation of +/- 2% on the
basis of Chromatographic profile of import and export item.
3.���� The RLAs shall continue to process such applications
and issue advance licences under para 4.7 of the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 1
(1st April, 2002 � 31st march, 2007) along with the above
endorsements and thereafter continue to forward the same to the ALC in the Head
office as per the Policy provisions and procedures laid down for this purpose,
for finalization of norms.
4.������� This
issues in public interest.