Compulsory Registration of Contract with APEDA Must for Groundnut Exports to EU

[DGFT Notification No. 37 dated 9th April 2010]

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import items, as amended, from time to time.

2.   With immediate effect, entry at Sl. No. 48 A of Notification No.  57(RE-2007)/2004-09 Dated 21.11.2007,  read with Notification No. 110 (RE-2008)/2004-2009 dated 9.6.2009, stands substituted as follows:-

SNo.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of Restriction

48A

1202 10 10

Kg

Groundnut (of Seed Quality)

Free

(a) Export to EU permitted subject to Compulsory registration of contracts with APEDA, alongwith controlled Aflatoxin level certificate given by agencies/laboratories nominated by APEDA;

(b) Exports to Russian Federation permitted subject to pre-shipment quality certification issued by

(1) Insecticide Residue Testing Laboratory.

(2) Geo-Chem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.

(3) Reliable Analytical Laboratory

(4) Arbro Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

(5) Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi

(6) Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research, Branch Office Bangalore

(7) Delhi Test House; and

(8) Vimta Labs.

or any other agency as may be notified from time to time.

1202 10 19

Kg

Groundnut (Other)

1202 10 91

Kg

Groundnut (Other of Seed Quality)

1202 10 99

Kg

Groundnut (Other)

1202 20 10

Kg

Groundnut (Kernels, H.P.S.)

 

1202 20 90

Kg.

Groundnut (Other)

4.   This issues in Public Interest.